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Hi

I wanna do freelance work in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.. and I'm planning to buy a good laptop.. the thing is I don't know much abt IT stuff. But do u thnk that the HP Pavilion dv6-1050ei is good enough?:confused:
 
Processor type
Intel® Centrino® 2 P7450, 2 GHz , Level 2 cache 3 MB
Standard memory
3072 MB
Display size
15.6" Diagonal High Definition HP Brightview Display
Display resolution
1366 x 768
Graphic subsystem name
NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
Internal drives
320 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 5400 rpm

It's a well spec laptop, it will do the job - Although most ppl would go for a Macbook in this case :cool:
 
I have an HP pavilion from 2005, still love it and it is still running very well! I don't think you would be disappointed with it.

But, if you really need this for graphics and design work, would you not be better off with a more powerful desktop system? Do you really need the portability?
 
Ry4n said:
Processor type
Intel® Centrino® 2 P7450, 2 GHz , Level 2 cache 3 MB
Standard memory
3072 MB
Display size
15.6" Diagonal High Definition HP Brightview Display
Display resolution
1366 x 768
Graphic subsystem name
NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
Internal drives
320 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 5400 rpm

It's a well spec laptop, it will do the job - Although most ppl would go for a Macbook in this case :cool:
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I will try to go for a bigger display - i.e. better resolution. That resolution is just going to kill creativity!
 
I do need the portability, cos I already have a PC at home but it doesn't have much memory and I can't get another PC as that one is kinda new. So I kinda need portability. I hope I'm not making a mistake cos I'm gonna buy it today lol. I'm used to Windows.. Not Mac. Why would be Mac better?
 
If you're serious about photo editing and colour correcting a laptop display won't do,
in terms of the numbers of colours. Most laptop displays are TN based, even the ones with LED backlights. I'd recommend a good S-IPS external display 22 inches and up,
with a decent sized laptop. I would use the external display to work on, use the laptop for the sake of portability.

Dell and HP displays should be 8 bit. The commercial Samsung displays available in shops are not. The new Apple 24 inch cinema display should also be 8 bit.
 
PeterCH said:
If you're serious about photo editing and colour correcting a laptop display won't do,
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Odd but that is pretty much all I seem to do all day . . and on a laptop. ;) The weak link is almost always either the printer you're using or the screen the person is viewing your work on.

I do however agree that an external display wouldn't go amiss.
 
With 13K you should be able to sneak in a 17" HP? This one is around 13k and has a 17 inch. External Display = Monitor.

HP Pavilion dv7-1230ez Intel Core2 Duo Processor P7450 (2.13GHz) 17" WXGA+ High Definition BrightView Widescreen 3072MB DDRII 667MHz (2048MB + 1024MB) 320GB SATA 5400rpm Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support , NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS 512MB, Intel® WiFi Link 5100, 5.1 Smat Card Reader , Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN , Bluetooth® wireless , Integrated Fingerprint Reader , Webcam with Mic , Media Remote , Altec Lansing® speakers with integrated sub-woofer , Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 1.1.0
 
slpn beauti said:
Do you know where I can find this one then?
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OK, so I was hasty in pasting those specs.... That notebook is no longer available :( This one is though, for R12 000!, extra 2gig RAM is around R400 and extended warranty around R1500; you can PM me if you want a quote:

6830s Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2048MB DDRII 800MHz 1 DIMM 250 GB 5400rpm LightScribe DVD+/-RW DL - Fixed Intel 802.11 a/b/g/n Bluetooth Module 17.0 WXGA+ Camera ATI Mob Radeon HD 3430 256MB (up to 512MB Hyperm) Windows Vista Business 32 + Office 2007 Ready 1~1~0 (XP PRO DRIVERS INCLUDED IN THE BOX)
 
bwana said:
Odd but that is pretty much all I seem to do all day . . and on a laptop. ;) The weak link is almost always either the printer you're using or the screen the person is viewing your work on.

I do however agree that an external display wouldn't go amiss.
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You know if you're good, you can overcome a laptop display too, so you're exempted from the recommendation ;).

Anyway the colour banding on 6bit+DiFRC displays is quite noticeable once you know what to look for, and it's :(. Your MBP prolly also has an 8bit display.
 
slpn beauti said:
It's 13 grand.. here is the full specs..Posted the link. Didn't buy it yet.. and what is an external display? sorry, im a dumbass when it comes to computer stuff.

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/za/en/ho/WF06a/321957-321957-3329744-64354-64354-3837241.html
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External display is a large desktop sized screen you keep at your place of work and connect to your laptop to allow you to edit on a better quality and much larger screen.

Laptops usually have lower colour depth screens, even the newest Mac Book Pros have suffered from this. The screen is TN based (type of technology used to make the laptop screen thin and fast in response and relatively cheap while very bright). TN screens usually can't show 16.7million colours at once and use colour dithering to show 16.2million colours (they cycle through colours fast to fool the eye) - that's called a 6bit+DiFRC screen.
A true 8bit screen is usually a bit more expensive but many older gen screens such as the HP1955 (19 inch monitor) were such but had slow response rates - ie smearing when watching an action movie but full colour reproduction when editing photos. Most large screens in places like Incredible Corruption are sadly 6bit+DiFRC (TN) based. I think HP and DELL make IPS/MVA based screens as well as TN based and they can be almost in the same price range as IC bought Samsungs and Acers.

Anyway even if you have a tiny screen with your laptop, it's not such a big worry as working at home or work will allow you to just connect a big display to your laptop and use that instead.

The 16.2 million colours becomes a problem when a smooth gradient is shown on screen say in a picture, often these screens suffer from colour banding-instead of a smooth gradient you see bands of graduation in colour. The other issue is that many TN panels boast super high dynamic contrast ratios which
mean the backlight is set very high to artificially create such a high contrast, this makes the monitor difficult to calibrate.
 
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ok... thanks everyone for helping me out :) So I can attach my laptop to a pc monitor then? If so.. how do I do that? lol
 
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