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Any one seen any amazing bargains, able to run win7, Photoshop and internet etc
Don't want to spend too much

Posted: January 30, 2013, 06:32:33 pm

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I guess you're going to be doing photo manipulation on it, colour correction, cropping etc?

If you want something that's not going to drag its feet then a budget of around $1000 will be a starting point.

Once bought, it would be ideal to rip out the HDD and put an SSD in it and then store data on a USB HDD.

At least 8GB of ram and a dedicated GPU now that CS5+ makes decent use of GPU's.

Reply #1 Posted: January 30, 2013, 06:37:04 pm


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I know but it will only be a back up thing while we are away from home, so it doesn't have to be too flash.
That's why I'm hoping for a reasonable used one.

Reply #2 Posted: January 30, 2013, 07:25:14 pm

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...able to run internet etc
Don't want to spend too much

You'll need a pretty powerful computer to run the entire internet.

Reply #3 Posted: January 31, 2013, 11:15:39 am

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It's your job to build him such a machine.

TO YOUR MONKEY LAB!

Reply #4 Posted: January 31, 2013, 11:36:55 am


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Builds machine to run entire internet, still cant run crysis on high

Reply #5 Posted: January 31, 2013, 11:59:58 am

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Reply #6 Posted: January 31, 2013, 06:06:08 pm

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Thanks Baldesto, they look amazing for the prices, I was looking at this as well. Between the two under $600 which would be best you recon? I guess there may be more specials coming up from other outfits too.

Reply #7 Posted: January 31, 2013, 06:17:08 pm

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laptops are extremely good value at the moment, stay away from acer and you should be fine ...

Reply #8 Posted: January 31, 2013, 06:43:35 pm

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Ha, ok, cheers!

Reply #9 Posted: January 31, 2013, 07:03:51 pm

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Just to let you know (if anyone cares) I settled for this one in the end. Only a 14" screen but seems to be fast and handy, I figure it will run my 24" monitor at the shop for photoshop and yet be reasonably portable if needed.

Reply #10 Posted: February 06, 2013, 04:31:20 pm

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looks fine Bill ....

Reply #11 Posted: February 06, 2013, 04:45:55 pm

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Looks good as, decent cpu and good amount of ram.

If you feel its too slow, you can always replace the standard hard drive with and ssd, makes quite the difference.

Reply #12 Posted: February 06, 2013, 05:32:42 pm

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Ah nice to know, I saw the newer ones had ssd drives. And I can put another 4G of ram if needed.

Reply #13 Posted: February 06, 2013, 07:07:45 pm
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