choose laptop for graphic design.
By maz1207
@maz1207 (221)
Malaysia
October 21, 2011 11:59pm CST
which is better? Toshiba satellite L755D S5218 or Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook? I need it to upload heavy software such as adobe photoshop master collection and trados. I will be using it mostly for graphic design and i only need 1 laptop for now. Please give your opinion. Tq.
3 responses
@jjzone44 (917)
• United States
22 Oct 11
Actually, I am really not a fan of either of those choices for graphic design. The biggest problem I see is that they only have a screen resolution of 1366x768.
I run Photoshop CS5 on a Dell Studio 15. It's of the C2d variety, but it has 4GB RAM, 640GB HDD, 256MB ATI discrete graphics, 1920x1080 resolution. That works out fine for me.
I think you would be happier with a machine that you could custom configure for a higher resolution. For most of the pictures I use a Canon EOS 50D, and at max resolution a JPEG image from that camera is around 4752x3168. I would find it hard, (but not impossible) to edit such images with only a 1366x768 resolution. And you have to figure that the window borders of PS are going to take up some of that.
@jjzone44 (917)
• United States
22 Oct 11
Sure you can still create/edit with lower resolution. Resolution doesn't add or subtract to the processing power of a system, it's just that higher resolutions allow you to see more on the screen. You definitely want to make sure you have adequate memory and processing power, as CS5 can take advantage of 64bit computing, and multi-threading. This article explains what the new CS5 can do and use as far as computing power. http://bit.ly/oBXJhp
@henkiprananda (2729)
• Indonesia
22 Oct 11
hmmm, i never use notebook or laptop to create ghrapic design. if i became you, i choose to use PC with linux.
@henkiprananda (2729)
• Indonesia
7 Nov 11
well, that mean you need 1 or 2 GB RAM on it. i think in your country, much laptop have a good quality, not like in my country. a PC with hi specification more ceap than a medium specification laptop.
@RamRes (1723)
• Argentina
23 Oct 11
I would not choose a laptop for graphic design. In most models, the screen is not good enough, it's smaller and many times they don't come with a decent GPU. I think it's better to stay with a desktop, buy the best monitor you can find (some like 19 or 22 inches) with a good graphic card to get the highest resolution possible.
