What's a good laptop for graphics?(<$800)

**The_Other_One** · 04-23-2007, 09:53 PM

One of my friends is in need of a laptop for college. She's an english major, but draws a lot. So, she'll be using Photoshop, a scanner, and a tablet almost daily. This laptop will also be carried around a good bit so it needs to be fairly sturdy and probably have decent battery life... Onboard graphics are fine, a good processor and 1GB or more of RAM should suffice for her graphics...

My original thought was an Asus I saw on Newegg, but she's since decided she wanted to get a cheaper one. So are there any proven laptops out there to choose from? So many of them seem to have their problems. And then it's horrible how biased I am about brands

JamesBart · 04-23-2007, 10:04 PM

Asus are the way forward imo! i use mine for photoshop, illustrator and AE. they are a nice solid build and will last!!! try and change her mind!!!

**The_Other_One** · 04-23-2007, 10:11 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220122

I found this one, but I really was hoping for a higher-end processor... I mean it'll probably be fine; definetly better than her PIII 650MHz desktop. But still, I wanted something really nice, ya know. But also, this was the only Asus around the $800 price range that had 1GB RAM. I do a bit of Photoshoping on my laptop with 512MB RAM, and trust me, I REALLY need to upgrade sometimes

JamesBart · 04-23-2007, 10:25 PM

yeah i like this one and i know what you mean about the processor. try and do some video editing on 512 ram also

it a killer haha, so whens the upgrade planned?

its a good looking laptop as well

i think im just Asus biased

**The_Other_One** · 04-23-2007, 10:33 PM

Haha, I did a presentation of sorts using Premiere on my laptop... It didn't work out too well

And yes, I too am a bit biased towards Asus...but I'm also skeptical about this model because I can't find many reviews on it...

04-23-2007, 09:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 24 Posts: 12,388	What's a good laptop for graphics?(<$800) One of my friends is in need of a laptop for college. She's an english major, but draws a lot. So, she'll be using Photoshop, a scanner, and a tablet almost daily. This laptop will also be carried around a good bit so it needs to be fairly sturdy and probably have decent battery life... Onboard graphics are fine, a good processor and 1GB or more of RAM should suffice for her graphics... My original thought was an Asus I saw on Newegg, but she's since decided she wanted to get a cheaper one. So are there any proven laptops out there to choose from? So many of them seem to have their problems. And then it's horrible how biased I am about brands __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

04-23-2007, 10:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 24 Posts: 12,388	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220122 I found this one, but I really was hoping for a higher-end processor... I mean it'll probably be fine; definetly better than her PIII 650MHz desktop. But still, I wanted something really nice, ya know. But also, this was the only Asus around the $800 price range that had 1GB RAM. I do a bit of Photoshoping on my laptop with 512MB RAM, and trust me, I REALLY need to upgrade sometimes __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

04-23-2007, 10:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 24 Posts: 12,388	Haha, I did a presentation of sorts using Premiere on my laptop... It didn't work out too well And yes, I too am a bit biased towards Asus...but I'm also skeptical about this model because I can't find many reviews on it... __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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04-23-2007, 10:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
JamesBart Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,376	Asus are the way forward imo! i use mine for photoshop, illustrator and AE. they are a nice solid build and will last!!! try and change her mind!!!

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JamesBart Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,376	yeah i like this one and i know what you mean about the processor. try and do some video editing on 512 ram also it a killer haha, so whens the upgrade planned? its a good looking laptop as well i think im just Asus biased