I'm in the market for a new laptop to be used exclusively for photo editing. Like most things, it seems when you're looking for something very specific it's hard to find. A basic assumption I have is that in many respects, the same attributes that make a gaming laptop desirable would carry over to photo editing. Motion graphics of course I don't really care about too much (except I'd also like to view blue ray discs).
My basic requisites are (I think): 17"+ 1920 x 1080 display (non-reflective) back-lit keyboard Intel 3rd gen i7 CPU of some kind 2 hard drive bays with the ability to have both be SSD drives if I decide on that route Blue Ray player/combo drive writer (no need to write BR) Windows 7 Professional Minimum 16GB RAM Last and probably least, but important, I really want a fingerprint reader. My 5 year old HP 17" Vista (hate), dual-drive laptop has a FP reader and I just like that convenience. It logs me in correctly at least as many times as I type my password correctly. While in many respects minor, I type in passwords surely 60+ times a day for work and I'd like not to have to do that on my pleasure laptop. I'd also like to not go over (wincing), $2500. I know in 5 years it'll be worth $250. I've checked out Alienware and Valkyrie and don't see FP reader options. (I know it's silly. I could settle for facial recognition instead). :) Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
