Comments on: A good laptop for a graphic designer

By: RichH

RichH — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:13:36 +0000

I wrote this review in 2008, and as far as I know you couldn’t get a new macbook pro for £999 3 years ago

By: .

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:35:45 +0000

well, actually my mac book pro only cost £999.

By: denis

denis — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:08:51 +0000

finally a web designer who doesnt worship an apple mac. Ive got to say, for the price of a mac book pro you can easily grab yourself a nice PC, and save enough to avoid living on toast and beans for the next few months. Im a web designer, and i love my pc.get a mac when you can really afford it.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:11:03 +0000

I wouldn’t say Vista is bad for graphic design – but I must admit I didn’t use Vista for long before I reverted to using XP. the main reason for that was that I needed to use a 64bit OS and I had XP 64bit and not Vista 64bit. I never noticed anything really wrong with Vista though – Photoshop and 3DSMax etc all ran just fine it it. I’ve since bought a new laptop though which has Windows7 64bit on it, and that is a much much nicer OS than either XP or Vista in my experience – and it also works perfectly as an OS to run all your favorite graphic design apps perfectly, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. I genuinely do prefer it to OSX, but that’s just personal taste. As long as you have enough RAM and a decent CPU any OS you choose should be fine for graphic designing.

By: Jojo

Jojo — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:15:07 +0000

windows vista is bad for graphic designing?
ive dell inspiron 1545 got it last mnth it has 4gb ram and 500 harddrive
is it gud for grapic design?

By: tee hamburg

tee hamburg — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:36:21 +0000

Good info!!!

By: Ess-P9

Ess-P9 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:58:45 +0000

Thanks for replying!

Nice to hear that Its standing up to the test of time. This I think has secured the dell Idea, you should ask for comission!!! You should cheak out the studio laptops they have, nice looking, and some good specs. I hope that I only get the ctrl key problem, the laptops going to have to survive three years!!! Well I can only try!!! And for the price they’re offering, Two years is a good lifespane!

Thanks again!!

Stef

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:34:21 +0000

Glad you found it useful. I’m still using the Dell happily and would still recomend it. All that’s wrong with it after a years use is one of the Ctrl keys has popped off – but that’s only because my little girl took a fancy to it and bashed the keyboard while I wasn’t looking until something fell off.

The one thing I would say, is that’s it’s heavy. Really really heavy. It’s not as portable as I’d hoped but for the performance and the hi-res screen I was willing to sacrifice that. Looking back I sort of wish I’d got something a little easier to cart around – but other than that it’s great!

I upgraded the RAM to 4GB a while back and now run XP64 bit on it, and it all runs really smoothly.

Another year and I’ll think about an upgrade, but it still keeps up with most of the newer machines I see folks using.

As for the car – unfortunately not! Every single penny of the saving went on buying prams, car seats, cots and nappies, but I wouldn’t have it any other way

By: Ess-P9

Ess-P9 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:58:13 +0000

Alright! Im just about to go to uni to study graphic design, and My battle is between dell and acer, Ive always wanted a mac (after using them in collage) but now it is just never going to happen. I have all the software for windows, that would easily mount up into the thousands for mac; so if I am going to trade my tower for a lap top, it is going to have to be windows. Added to the decision is the fact that I will want XP and not CPU hungry Vista. The acer laptop I was looking at has the downgrade to XP wich is great, but The dell has the charm of being about £150 cheaper. I have a limited budget about £800 if that. Build quality will be a facter aswell I will need a laptop that will last the trips to and from the Uni.

I have found this artical very intresting. It has defanetly made me respect the Idea of a dell laptop. But I would like to hear an update!! Which car did you buy with the saveings?????

By: Marco

Marco — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:20:05 +0000

hey,

hi everybody, i’m student, i’m gonna study graphic design in the university, but i’m looking for a laptop that is faster for that staff and also for some games of last generation like the tycoons’ like roller coaster or other games, i want with a big screen i want suggestions and then i pick the best i think,

thanks, see ya…

By: David

David — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:57:53 +0000

I would really like to know how you configured your Vostro, what specs is your laptop?

I am a graphic designer, so i was wondering would this laptop be good running programs such as photoshop, illustrator, dreamweaver, flash etc?

Found this on Hot UK Deals, what do you think?

Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium – English
3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1×1024 + 1×2048 MB)
320 GB (5400rpm) SATA Dual Hard Drive (2x 160GB)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Microsoft Works 9.0 – English
Intel Pro Wireless 3945 (802.11 a/b/g) MiniPCI Card
1Yr Basic Warranty – Next Business Day Included
56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter – UK
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
17.0″ Widescreen WXGA+ (1440×900) TFT Display
Matte Jet Black with 2.0 mega pixel camera

Thanks

By: Dave Johnston

Dave Johnston — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:49:55 +0000

for info, from Dell UK, mid Feb 2008, this machine with XP, 1440×900 screen, 3 MB RAM and 2.2 GHz chip is currently £499 ex tax

By: SHILPA

SHILPA — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:31:19 +0000

hi,

it was nice reading your experience, especially since i am in a huge dillemma with what to buy.
The first machine i saw was a MacBook Pro, for £1600 at an Apple Dealer’s store. Way off my budget.
I am a graphic designer in India, and i zoomed down to:
- Dell Precision M4300, for £1044
- then to Dell Vostro 1500, for £810.
My budget is £900.
Then I saw Sony FZ25 for £914 , but it has Vista… which I dont really want for I have heard Vista is incompatible with softwares, and I hate its interface anyway; but Sony has a nice LCD 90 screen. So, I cant decide between the Sony Screen or Windows XP.
My configurations are the same as you mentioned, except the screen size and 4GB RAM.
I am very unhappy with the deals. Besides, Dell India doesnt have a shop
Can you suggest anything?