If someone tells me 'you'll have to buy a custom laptop and pay through the nose', I suspect that already. :)
I'm not sure why FP readers have not become ubiquitous. I'm not hyper-security concerned on a personal laptop, because I don't keep sacred information on it to begin with. It seems the would have been a great success... Tom C. On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
