1 Reply Latest reply: Jul 23, 2014 1:12 PM by Nancy O. RSS

    Can you recommend a new Laptop for Photoshop and Illustrator CC?

    Photoshoprint Community Member

      Hello everyone,

       

      I'm in need of your help, especially people who know some things about processors and graphic cards. I'm looking to upgrade my computer and I really want to know if it's worth it.

      Currently, I'm using a Sandy Bridge, dual core i3 processor with a dedicated Radeon 6490m graphics card,, 8Gb of RAM at 1333Mhz, 64GB SSD + 500GB HDD, Windows 8.1 x64.

      I'm running Photoshop CC and Illustrator and I must say, I can feel a lag in both applications. My work is generally made of UI, Web Design and such, so I'm working with lots of layers. I'm getting lag when typing, transform tool, panning and such.

       

      I'm looking at buying a 15.6 laptop, but what bugs me are the processors. The benchmarks are really low for the ones like i5-4500U, where something like i5-4200M is much better. Thing is, I'm looking for something thin and light and all the laptops with "M" processors are kind of thick.

      Is anyone using these type of processors? How much do you think I need a dedicated graphics card also?

       

      Thank you in advance!

       

      P.S. Please don't be afraid to reply, I'm sure there are many other people looking for answers.