Tom, I think with those specs you might be better off with a desktop. It will give you more flexibility. (And I like laptops that are small and light, while being powerful.)
However, if you are looking for a large beefed up laptop, you might consider something like this by Clevo: http://www.pro-star.com/index.cfm?mainpage=productdetail&model=P170HM I don't know much about those, as it is not my type, but you can read about Clevo e.g. here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/91510-clevo-guide-v2-0-faq-reseller-info.html I personally like laptops from Fujitsu and from Toshiba. I know that Fujitsu has a 17" model, but their website is not responsive this morning. You can look at that page later: http://www.shopfujitsu.com/store/lifebook-nh532-notebook Yet another resource that I'd recommend is portableone.com They sell customized laptops without charging much for it. http://portableone.com/ - see if you find something as a base model, and talk to them. Or talk to them anyway. I've bought my previous laptop from them, and then had it repaired couple times by them. They were very reasonable. HTH, Igor Mon Sep 10 01:47:04 EDT 2012 Tom C 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.
