Dont know if anyone is clued up on laptops that can offer some advice. Im wanting a laptop for my main use now as I work away from home all week. As far as work is concerned it wont need to be that powerful. As far is play is concerned Id like it to have a pretty good screen and graphics. I will probably be using this to edit my pictures on so will be running Photoshop CS5 and lightroom at the same time with some large images and really dont want it to be slow. Id also like as good a screen as possible to faciliate said editing of pictures. Are the samsung LED displays as good as they look? Im thinking i5 processor or maybe i7, not sure if that would be overkill. As important as the display is, I dont want a huge 19" screen or anything daft, it does still need to be portable. A genuine rs232 port would be nice for work but failing that I might just get a cheap toughbook off ebay and use that for work. Any suggestions ?...
Thanks
Steve

 

No particular reccomendations at this moment in time, we have been looking for a few weeks for an additional laptop all seem great online however when feeling the actual laptop they all feel fairly poor quality and I don't have much confidence in them.

I'm still a fan of Acer but haven't bought a new Acer for a year or so now, I think all companies are cutting costs on the build quality and considering the fact a laptop is moved around alot I feel this is more important than the processors and .5 of a Ghz.

Best bet go out and have a look and feel, I think you pay for build quality nowadays as opposed to the actual specification.

 

Fair points, think I'll have a look around pc world and get a feel for them. Not bought one in years!!