I'd appreciate advise on Processor speed,monitor spec etc. My budget is around �1,000 but could go a little higher if I have to and has to be a windows xp machine as that is what I retouch on at the office.
Dear Simon
For what it's worth, having invested in the same laptop as suggested by Michael Wilkinson...thanks Michael, I agree. A word of caution however, if you imagine for one moment that using a laptop, however well specified is going to match up to an only half decently configured desktop, then sadly you are going to be very disappointed!
To reduce somewhat that disappointment, I would urge you to do this. Buy as much ram as you can get in the laptop and do get a second hard drive installed. Partition a section of that second drive as a scratch disk for Photoshop. I imagine that you will be attaching a graphics tablet for your imaging work, also essential is a proper monitor, good as the screen is on that particular laptop, for serious work its simply not good enough.
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