Help with new computer for Photoshop Use ?

bunny99123 · Nov 11, 2012

I use a laptop for editing when I travel or I did until it broke yesterday

. Anyway, I had no problems with calibration of the monitor changing. Yes I moved it around. My next laptop will be an Apple Pro with Retina Display. My husband has one for work, and also a tower Apple set with a monitor. He is in the printing business, and the Retina Display is very accurate to what will print. I love editing on it when I go to his office. It's a lot of money, but it has an awesome screen.

I have a newer Hp tower, and use a Dell HD monitor, and I have no issues with my photos looking different when printed. Companys have increased screen resolution so much in the last few years, that you can get a very good screen at an affordable price. All in all, I will purchase another labtop in the furture for travel editing, because of my positive experience.

Try to find someone willing to let you try theirs out. Good luck!

MLeeK · Nov 11, 2012

I am going to add my two cents to the 'don't trust HP' club...
We have an HP Desktop and an HP Laptop. I didn't choose them-the husband chose the desktop and the kids bought the laptop second hand. JUNK JUNK JUNK.
The Laptop is a DV7 and LOOKS good for editing, but eats through hard drives if you use Photoshop on it. As in burns them up.
The Desktop has been for internet and kids games-it's gotten 2 hard drives and a video card in the two years we have owned it. One of which was within about 6 months of buying the damn thing. We also have an HP TouchPad and that thing is a GIGANTIC regret. They totally abandoned them and warranty or not you are SOL. If the thing goes completely dead-it's dead and gone. Google that one for all of the nightmares.
We also have a Mac laptop that is older than dirt, a compaq (TOTAL JUNK), toshiba-very good to us, I use 2 dell towers that have been customized, so I am not sure you could even call them Dell's anymore. I've had good luck with them, but I also have them serviced annually because of the change out of hard drives for business and editing, etc.
Go with something that has a rock solid reputation. When I replace laptops I'll go either Mac or Toshiba. When I replace the towers I'll go totally white box.

JohnYoung · Nov 12, 2012

Crikey you have had some bad luck with all your computers.... so why does Photoshop eat the drives on the HP, that does not make any sense (that's not meant as an offense to you) I mean did you find out why ? Also I thought this particular HP (HP Envy DV7) was new out as I cannot find much info on it

Our present laptop is a Fujitsu Siemens Amilio and its been SUPERB. Its on nearly all day every day, but suppose it depends not only on the manufacturer but also the actual laptop you get from them

So I assume the Samsung wont have a long track record for laptops as I understand they have not actually been making them long compared to others .... or am I mistaken (think I read that somewhere)

MLeeK · Nov 12, 2012

JohnYoung said:
Crikey you have had some bad luck with all your computers.... so why does Photoshop eat the drives on the HP, that does not make any sense (that's not meant as an offense to you) I mean did you find out why ? Also I thought this particular HP (HP Envy DV7) was new out as I cannot find much info on it

Our present laptop is a Fujitsu Siemens Amilio and its been SUPERB. Its on nearly all day every day, but suppose it depends not only on the manufacturer but also the actual laptop you get from them

So I assume the Samsung wont have a long track record for laptops as I understand they have not actually been making them long compared to others .... or am I mistaken (think I read that somewhere)

I have no idea. I just quit trying to even run it on that computer. The kids use it for WOW and you'd think that would be pretty intensive on the computer, but it's never caused a problem. HP has a bunch of DV7 models. There are additional numbers that go with them. I think ours is about 2 years old now.
In addition to the problems it FEELS flimsy and cheap compared to the mac and toshiba. So does the Compaq. The Mac and Toshiba feel SOLID as a rock.

12sndsgood · Nov 12, 2012

sounds like a user error Mleek. lol j\k

fooled around with windows 8 at the store yesterday, felt like i was on my xbox. defiantly weird and didnt much care for the look itself. i like a nice noncluttered setup. so i'm still on the fence. It really all come down to when i break down and get a laptop. I'm in the market as well to have something to take with me when i'm out of town on work trips. I also want to used it for basica lightroom work on the road, as well as other basica business needs. I figure as long as I get a good screen they should be really close to what I want when I get back home. and it won't be an issue with exporting them back onto the pc to give them run-thrus before anything was sent out.