Thread: Best laptop for Graphic Design?

Best laptop for graphic designers?

Honestly, there is no such thing as "the best laptop for designers". Luckily it's not that complicated. It's mostly based on your individual day-to-day operations and your budget. For example, the requirements for someone who does alot of video editing would be a bit higher than someone who designs posters etc. This relates to running "memory hog" applications such as Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere in comparison to just running PhotoShop and InDesign which require a bit less on the side of resources.
Currently I am employed as a Graphic Designer/Web Developer. My usual day-to-day applications are Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver(Windows)/Aptana Studio (Mac), Flash, Visual Studio. I am more of a developer than a designer and therefore performance is a big thing for me. Whenever I work I open all required applications simultaneously which (to me) makes my day a bit more productive. This means that I require a laptop which can handle Design and Development applications all running together with ease.
I work at home or at the office (depends on my mood). Am a Mac and am a PC. My laptops are configured as follows and work perfectly without any crashes or "lack of memory" issues. They are both "high-end" laptops and would take a bigger chunk of your budget than "lower-end" laptops.
At Work:
MacBook Pro: 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR Ram 800MHz, 200 GB HDD, 512 MB Geforce 8600M GT Graphics Card, Mac OSX version 10.5.6.
At Home:
Dell Studio 17: 2.5 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR Ram 800MHz, 250 GB HDD, 256MB ATI® Mobility Radeon HD 3650, Windows Vista Home Premium SP1.

They both get the job done. But that's just for me. The job could get done with alot less in the "power" department such as 2GB of memory rather than 4GB or a 1.8 GHz Processor rather than a 2.5 Ghz which in turn saves you a few bucks. Therefore use what works for you and your pocket.

Nope. I don't think that Mac will be the appropriate choice for Graphic work.
Dell Studio is the best Laptop for Graphics,. I am also in Designing field and i am using Dell Studio from last 1 year and it's such a nice experience to work in it.

Originally Posted by probe

I've got Dell Studio XPs, heard good things about macs but I can't stand using them. Your thoughts?

Dell studio is one great laptop for designers. I can recommend MacBook Pro as well. It has quite good specs on doing some designing things.

i think hp is one great laptop

The best Laptop for the Graphic designers is selected based on the features and other operations performed by the laptop that have to satisfy the needs of the Graphic designers.

The decision can be taken based on what kind of designers are going to work on it? Is it only for 3d designer or for work station work that should go for better resolution which is suitable for graphics usage. If we need better processor and graphic card do rendering, the only time we can choose over Mac over PC is when we need to use FCP.

If you strategy to use your laptop for graphic designs, it is best to get a laptop that has the newest and maximum specifications. Laptops with average specifications are often inadequate if you strategy to run several heavy-duty programs and may generate choppy graphics.

In my opinion the best Laptop for the Graphic designers is Dell Studio