Hiya all
I'm looking for a laptop that will be good for doing Photoshop work on (without needing an external monitor), for less than £1500, and I was hoping you guys might be able to help, please?
I've discounted the Apple as too expensive, and am currently considering a Dell XPS Studio 16, with RGBLED, Core i7 and 6GB RAM (although without a SSD). This is even more tempting because I can use the Dell EPP and get 10% off.
However; I'm well aware of how little I know about the current PC market in general, let alone laptops, and so I would welcome guidance. I need it to be - without compromise - a superb screen, and I need the performance and hardware to take advantage of the Photoshop CS5 PhysX engine (although does that rule out a Dell???). I'd very much like it to be sexy-looking, but primary consideration is most definitely the ability to do heavy photographic work (on 21 megapixel RAW files) of an almost-comparable performance to my desktop PC (Core i7 920, 6GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 285 with 24" Dell 1920x1200 screen).
Help and guidance would be much appreciated!
Oh, and comments on the Dell support plans would be welcome too (or pointers to more info!)
Cheers,
Martin