Laptop recomendations that can handle last Lightroom and z8 files

rolando03 said:

Hello

I got a z8 a couple of months ago and have been editing the pictures on my pc. Soon I will be traveling for a month and will need a laptop to do this. My currently laptop is ancient and is crashing with the z8 files so I am looking for a new laptop. I am not after anything fancy, just a laptop that can edit the z8 files fast usnig the last lightrom version. My budget is under $1k. What would you guys recomend? Thanks

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The Point and Shoot Pro said:

rolando03 said:

Hello

I got a z8 a couple of months ago and have been editing the pictures on my pc. Soon I will be traveling for a month and will need a laptop to do this. My currently laptop is ancient and is crashing with the z8 files so I am looking for a new laptop. I am not after anything fancy, just a laptop that can edit the z8 files fast usnig the last lightrom version. My budget is under $1k. What would you guys recomend? Thanks

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This will work wonderfully for you. Most all editing software is available for Arm now and it's really powerful for image work. It's lighter than the MBA, has a better display, better battery life and around the same price.

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Austinian said:

The Point and Shoot Pro said:

rolando03 said:

Hello

I got a z8 a couple of months ago and have been editing the pictures on my pc. Soon I will be traveling for a month and will need a laptop to do this. My currently laptop is ancient and is crashing with the z8 files so I am looking for a new laptop. I am not after anything fancy, just a laptop that can edit the z8 files fast usnig the last lightrom version. My budget is under $1k. What would you guys recomend? Thanks

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This will work wonderfully for you. Most all editing software is available for Arm now and it's really powerful for image work. It's lighter than the MBA, has a better display, better battery life and around the same price.

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I'm not clear as to what machine you're referring to; one of the Windows ARM laptops?

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The Point and Shoot Pro said:

Austinian said:

The Point and Shoot Pro said:

rolando03 said:

Hello

I got a z8 a couple of months ago and have been editing the pictures on my pc. Soon I will be traveling for a month and will need a laptop to do this. My currently laptop is ancient and is crashing with the z8 files so I am looking for a new laptop. I am not after anything fancy, just a laptop that can edit the z8 files fast usnig the last lightrom version. My budget is under $1k. What would you guys recomend? Thanks

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This will work wonderfully for you. Most all editing software is available for Arm now and it's really powerful for image work. It's lighter than the MBA, has a better display, better battery life and around the same price.

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I'm not clear as to what machine you're referring to; one of the Windows ARM laptops?

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The Point and Shoot Pro said:

Austinian said:

The Point and Shoot Pro said:

rolando03 said:

Hello

I got a z8 a couple of months ago and have been editing the pictures on my pc. Soon I will be traveling for a month and will need a laptop to do this. My currently laptop is ancient and is crashing with the z8 files so I am looking for a new laptop. I am not after anything fancy, just a laptop that can edit the z8 files fast usnig the last lightrom version. My budget is under $1k. What would you guys recomend? Thanks

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This will work wonderfully for you. Most all editing software is available for Arm now and it's really powerful for image work. It's lighter than the MBA, has a better display, better battery life and around the same price.

Click to expand...

I'm not clear as to what machine you're referring to; one of the Windows ARM laptops?

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Opps, the link didn't post. Hang on.

ASUS Zenbook A14 (UX3407)｜Laptops For Home｜ASUS Canada

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Awkward_Swine said:

The Point and Shoot Pro said:

Austinian said:

The Point and Shoot Pro said:

rolando03 said:

Hello

I got a z8 a couple of months ago and have been editing the pictures on my pc. Soon I will be traveling for a month and will need a laptop to do this. My currently laptop is ancient and is crashing with the z8 files so I am looking for a new laptop. I am not after anything fancy, just a laptop that can edit the z8 files fast usnig the last lightrom version. My budget is under $1k. What would you guys recomend? Thanks

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This will work wonderfully for you. Most all editing software is available for Arm now and it's really powerful for image work. It's lighter than the MBA, has a better display, better battery life and around the same price.

Click to expand...

I'm not clear as to what machine you're referring to; one of the Windows ARM laptops?

Click to expand...

Opps, the link didn't post. Hang on.

ASUS Zenbook A14 (UX3407)｜Laptops For Home｜ASUS Canada

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Unfortunately, Lightroom Classic does NOT run ARM native, and will be emulated. Not ideal. It will run but features like AI Denoise / Enhance will not work or will be very, very slow.

Any <$1000 current model PC with at least 16GB of ram will probably work fine, but you will have to pay more for a model with a GPU that can effectively use the AI Denoise features.

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palombian said:

I have a 2 years old Vivobook 14X OLED with i9-13900H CPU and RTX 2050 GPU and according to this test

https://www.topcpu.net/en/cpu-c/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-x1-26-100-vs-intel-core-i9-13900h

the lowest model Snapdragon doesn't seem overwhelming

PS: my Vivobook is good enough for travel and weekends but no speed monster.

I would choose a better GPU, the CPU is performant enough but suffers from thermal throttling in the small case.

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• 32GB DDR5 RAM | 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD
• 15.6" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz IPS Display (100% DCI-P3)
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (8GB GDDR6)

The Point and Shoot Pro said:

Awkward_Swine said:

The Point and Shoot Pro said:

Austinian said:

The Point and Shoot Pro said:

rolando03 said:

Hello

I got a z8 a couple of months ago and have been editing the pictures on my pc. Soon I will be traveling for a month and will need a laptop to do this. My currently laptop is ancient and is crashing with the z8 files so I am looking for a new laptop. I am not after anything fancy, just a laptop that can edit the z8 files fast usnig the last lightrom version. My budget is under $1k. What would you guys recomend? Thanks

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This will work wonderfully for you. Most all editing software is available for Arm now and it's really powerful for image work. It's lighter than the MBA, has a better display, better battery life and around the same price.

Click to expand...

I'm not clear as to what machine you're referring to; one of the Windows ARM laptops?

Click to expand...

Opps, the link didn't post. Hang on.

ASUS Zenbook A14 (UX3407)｜Laptops For Home｜ASUS Canada

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Unfortunately, Lightroom Classic does NOT run ARM native, and will be emulated. Not ideal. It will run but features like AI Denoise / Enhance will not work or will be very, very slow.

Any <$1000 current model PC with at least 16GB of ram will probably work fine, but you will have to pay more for a model with a GPU that can effectively use the AI Denoise features.

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Really, they don't have their software optimized for arm yet? wow.

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Awkward_Swine said:

The Point and Shoot Pro said:

Awkward_Swine said:

The Point and Shoot Pro said:

Austinian said:

The Point and Shoot Pro said:

rolando03 said:

Hello

I got a z8 a couple of months ago and have been editing the pictures on my pc. Soon I will be traveling for a month and will need a laptop to do this. My currently laptop is ancient and is crashing with the z8 files so I am looking for a new laptop. I am not after anything fancy, just a laptop that can edit the z8 files fast usnig the last lightrom version. My budget is under $1k. What would you guys recomend? Thanks

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This will work wonderfully for you. Most all editing software is available for Arm now and it's really powerful for image work. It's lighter than the MBA, has a better display, better battery life and around the same price.

Click to expand...

I'm not clear as to what machine you're referring to; one of the Windows ARM laptops?

Click to expand...

Opps, the link didn't post. Hang on.

ASUS Zenbook A14 (UX3407)｜Laptops For Home｜ASUS Canada

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Unfortunately, Lightroom Classic does NOT run ARM native, and will be emulated. Not ideal. It will run but features like AI Denoise / Enhance will not work or will be very, very slow.

Any <$1000 current model PC with at least 16GB of ram will probably work fine, but you will have to pay more for a model with a GPU that can effectively use the AI Denoise features.

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Really, they don't have their software optimized for arm yet? wow.

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Wow indeed. They do have Photoshop and Lightroom (not-classic) on native ARM but not Lightroom. I would love to have an ARM based PC, but Lightroom Classic is my must-have requirement.

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number_5 said:

If you live in the US, here is a list of gaming laptops from B&H. They are not light, but they should be able to do most, if not all, of the stuff you throw at them. Based on the spec, I like the $1149 (a bit over your price, 4.96 lb / 2.25 kg + power adapter weight), MSI 15.6" Katana 15 Gaming Laptop. It has, the stuff you care about:

• 32GB DDR5 RAM | 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD
• 15.6" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz IPS Display (100% DCI-P3)
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (8GB GDDR6)

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