Will this be OK for some light editing .....

[lickity split]

using LR and the Nik Collection while I travel which I will also be using to back-up files , I’ve never owned a laptop before and I was originally interested in getting a 13” MacBook Pro but I believe because my main desktop at home is a pc it’ll be a bit of a hassle get the files from the Mac to the pc because of something the Mac does to the nefs .

Heres the laptop I’ve been peeking , my camera is a Nikon D850 if the file size matters.

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[Ernie Misner]

using LR and the Nik Collection while I travel which I will also be using to back-up files , I’ve never owned a laptop before and I was originally interested in getting a 13” MacBook Pro but I believe because my main desktop at home is a pc it’ll be a bit of a hassle get the files from the Mac to the pc because of something the Mac does to the nefs .

Heres the laptop I’ve been peeking , my camera is a Nikon D850 if the file size matters.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CD3MRZF/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Looks really good and I think it would serve you well. Also check out the HP Omen Gaming laptops. That is what I wound up with and it is fast and smooth. Go to the page where you can configure it to your desired specs.

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[lickity split]

using LR and the Nik Collection while I travel which I will also be using to back-up files , I’ve never owned a laptop before and I was originally interested in getting a 13” MacBook Pro but I believe because my main desktop at home is a pc it’ll be a bit of a hassle get the files from the Mac to the pc because of something the Mac does to the nefs .

Heres the laptop I’ve been peeking , my camera is a Nikon D850 if the file size matters.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CD3MRZF/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Looks really good and I think it would serve you well. Also check out the HP Omen Gaming laptops. That is what I wound up with and it is fast and smooth. Go to the page where you can configure it to your desired specs.

Wow thanks I really like that site that your able to change/ customize things and it gives you real-time prices differences , that is reall going to come in handy ...

 

[Mystery member]

using LR and the Nik Collection while I travel which I will also be using to back-up files , I’ve never owned a laptop before and I was originally interested in getting a 13” MacBook Pro but I believe because my main desktop at home is a pc it’ll be a bit of a hassle get the files from the Mac to the pc because of something the Mac does to the nefs .

Heres the laptop I’ve been peeking , my camera is a Nikon D850 if the file size matters.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CD3MRZF/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Seems ideal to me, and it should be capable of considerably more than "basic editing". I've recently migrated from desktops to mid-range laptops and everything is fine.

I have to admit that I no longer use LR, but based on my experience using LR5 on a low-end notebook, the laptop you have in mind should be fine. The SSD is large enough for a good collection of programs and speeds up most operations.

The obvious way to transfer files is to set up networking; that is not so simple if you were to opt for A Mac.

 

[lickity split]

using LR and the Nik Collection while I travel which I will also be using to back-up files , I’ve never owned a laptop before and I was originally interested in getting a 13” MacBook Pro but I believe because my main desktop at home is a pc it’ll be a bit of a hassle get the files from the Mac to the pc because of something the Mac does to the nefs .

Heres the laptop I’ve been peeking , my camera is a Nikon D850 if the file size matters.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CD3MRZF/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Seems ideal to me, and it should be capable of considerably more than "basic editing". I've recently migrated from desktops to mid-range laptops and everything is fine.

I have to admit that I no longer use LR, but based on my experience using LR5 on a low-end notebook, the laptop you have in mind should be fine. The SSD is large enough for a good collection of programs and speeds up most operations.

The obvious way to transfer files is to set up networking; that is not so simple if you were to opt for A Mac.

Thank you for your input , yes I’m just looking for a way to perform a back up while traveling and doing some light editing some evenings in the room or while traveling via train/plane .

I spoke with a few different salesmen at Bestbuys regarding the MacBooks and got different answers from them which were only remotely correct but after some Google searches it seems it’s just best to avoid them if I’m a pc desktop person..

 

[Robert Zanatta]

Pretty good price on a powerful laptop.

You can also upgrade/change the drives, if you need more storage or a boost in performance.

This will be hefty as is it's almost 6.5 pounds.

 

[Mystery member]

using LR and the Nik Collection while I travel which I will also be using to back-up files , I’ve never owned a laptop before and I was originally interested in getting a 13” MacBook Pro but I believe because my main desktop at home is a pc it’ll be a bit of a hassle get the files from the Mac to the pc because of something the Mac does to the nefs .

Heres the laptop I’ve been peeking , my camera is a Nikon D850 if the file size matters.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CD3MRZF/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Seems ideal to me, and it should be capable of considerably more than "basic editing". I've recently migrated from desktops to mid-range laptops and everything is fine.

I have to admit that I no longer use LR, but based on my experience using LR5 on a low-end notebook, the laptop you have in mind should be fine. The SSD is large enough for a good collection of programs and speeds up most operations.

The obvious way to transfer files is to set up networking; that is not so simple if you were to opt for A Mac.

Thank you for your input , yes I’m just looking for a way to perform a back up while traveling and doing some light editing some evenings in the room or while traveling via train/plane .

For years, I've travelled with basic notebooks, mainly for photo backup, basic editing, email and Web stuff like Google Earth. For "editing lite", I use Picasa or FastStone. I save images to a ITb USB drive and do the main editing back at base.

Latest travel computer is HP AMD A4, 1.5GHz, 4Gb RAM, Win10. (Office 365, Picasa, Faststone, various other graphics utilities). Works well for most operations, but email using Outlook does require some patience. (Cost about USD$200).

I sometimes use an iPad for travel when space is at a premium. The iPad has good previews, basic editing, and is quite efficient for email. I was able to duplicate most of the functions of my PC notebook without much trouble, including Affinity, MS-Word and Excel. - I actually enjoyed the exercise, never having wrangled an iPad before. (Cost about USD$500 for 128Gb model, but even my older 16Gb model is useful enough or short trips).

I'm retired, so computing on the go is fairly casual, and the inexpensive computers are less of a worry when travelling. I feel more secure using an iPad on public WiFi, and my travelling email identity is "secret" without any association to my everyday "official" email.

 

[lickity split]

using LR and the Nik Collection while I travel which I will also be using to back-up files , I’ve never owned a laptop before and I was originally interested in getting a 13” MacBook Pro but I believe because my main desktop at home is a pc it’ll be a bit of a hassle get the files from the Mac to the pc because of something the Mac does to the nefs .

Heres the laptop I’ve been peeking , my camera is a Nikon D850 if the file size matters.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CD3MRZF/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Seems ideal to me, and it should be capable of considerably more than "basic editing". I've recently migrated from desktops to mid-range laptops and everything is fine.

I have to admit that I no longer use LR, but based on my experience using LR5 on a low-end notebook, the laptop you have in mind should be fine. The SSD is large enough for a good collection of programs and speeds up most operations.

The obvious way to transfer files is to set up networking; that is not so simple if you were to opt for A Mac.

Thank you for your input , yes I’m just looking for a way to perform a back up while traveling and doing some light editing some evenings in the room or while traveling via train/plane .

For years, I've travelled with basic notebooks, mainly for photo backup, basic editing, email and Web stuff like Google Earth. For "editing lite", I use Picasa or FastStone. I save images to a ITb USB drive and do the main editing back at base.

Latest travel computer is HP AMD A4, 1.5GHz, 4Gb RAM, Win10. (Office 365, Picasa, Faststone, various other graphics utilities). Works well for most operations, but email using Outlook does require some patience. (Cost about USD$200).

I sometimes use an iPad for travel when space is at a premium. The iPad has good previews, basic editing, and is quite efficient for email. I was able to duplicate most of the functions of my PC notebook without much trouble, including Affinity, MS-Word and Excel. - I actually enjoyed the exercise, never having wrangled an iPad before. (Cost about USD$500 for 128Gb model, but even my older 16Gb model is useful enough or short trips).

I'm retired, so computing on the go is fairly casual, and the inexpensive computers are less of a worry when travelling. I feel more secure using an iPad on public WiFi, and my travelling email identity is "secret" without any association to my everyday "official" email.

Yes just for emails and booking hotels and what not my iPad is hard to beat but since I bought a LR license and I didn’t go the CC route mobile LR is not an option , I’m not even sure how easily I’ll adapt to editing on a laptop ( without a mouse) but I’m sure I’ll get use to it over time

 

[jfriend00]

FYI, if you ever want to compare processors (particularly when dealing with mobile processors), you can go to https://www.cpubenchmark.net and find the benchmark data for each of the processors you want to compare.

The one in the laptop computer you first asked about is the Intel i7-8750H and you can find its benchmark page here: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-8750H+@+2.20GHz&id=3237. For Adobe photo editing, you mostly want to pay attention to the "single thread rating", not the overall number they show which uses multiple cores.

It has a single thread rating of 2361 which I happen to know is better than my current 6 year old desktop which is fine for light editing. Now, there's more to editing than just CPU (fast memory, fast storage, decent video card), but the CPU is a prime contributor.

 

[Mystery member]

I sometimes use an iPad for travel when space is at a premium. The iPad has good previews, basic editing, and is quite efficient for email. I was able to duplicate most of the functions of my PC notebook without much trouble, including Affinity, MS-Word and Excel. - I actually enjoyed the exercise, never having wrangled an iPad before. (Cost about USD$500 for 128Gb model, but even my older 16Gb model is useful enough or short trips).

Yes just for emails and booking hotels and what not my iPad is hard to beat but since I bought a LR license and I didn’t go the CC route mobile LR is not an option , I’m not even sure how easily I’ll adapt to editing on a laptop ( without a mouse) but I’m sure I’ll get use to it over time.

The trackpads aren't bad, but I find that I'm faster and more accurate with a mouse.

Speaking of booking hotels, the Web seems to be so infested with "booking sites" these days that it's often hard to find the home page of likely motels. Worth looking though, as a direct phone call will usually save at least 20% off the "Best" deal on the Web.

A recent example...

• Booking sites quote for a 3 day stay ranged from $429 to $540.
• Direct call resulted in a $330 cash deal for the same room.

 

[lickity split]

FYI, if you ever want to compare processors (particularly when dealing with mobile processors), you can go to https://www.cpubenchmark.net and find the benchmark data for each of the processors you want to compare.

The one in the laptop computer you first asked about is the Intel i7-8750H and you can find its benchmark page here: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-8750H+@+2.20GHz&id=3237. For Adobe photo editing, you mostly want to pay attention to the "single thread rating", not the overall number they show which uses multiple cores.

It has a single thread rating of 2361 which I happen to know is better than my current 6 year old desktop which is fine for light editing. Now, there's more to editing than just CPU (fast memory, fast storage, decent video card), but the CPU is a prime contributor.

Cool site , and yes I totally agree a computer is only as good as the parts it’s made from which I have no problem admitting I don’t understand that’s why I posted a link to the machine I was looking at , wh3n I get home I wanna see where my desktop ranks , thanks for the link

 

[jfriend00]

FYI, if you ever want to compare processors (particularly when dealing with mobile processors), you can go to https://www.cpubenchmark.net and find the benchmark data for each of the processors you want to compare.

The one in the laptop computer you first asked about is the Intel i7-8750H and you can find its benchmark page here: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-8750H+@+2.20GHz&id=3237. For Adobe photo editing, you mostly want to pay attention to the "single thread rating", not the overall number they show which uses multiple cores.

It has a single thread rating of 2361 which I happen to know is better than my current 6 year old desktop which is fine for light editing. Now, there's more to editing than just CPU (fast memory, fast storage, decent video card), but the CPU is a prime contributor.

Cool site , and yes I totally agree a computer is only as good as the parts it’s made from which I have no problem admitting I don’t understand that’s why I posted a link to the machine I was looking at , wh3n I get home I wanna see where my desktop ranks , thanks for the link

Good idea. The numbers get real meaning for you personally when you can compare to the processor in a known computer you have experience doing photo editing on. Perfect thing to do.

FYI, the speed of the memory is also really important for photo editing. Your proposed laptop is 2666MHz DDR4 which is good.

The hard drive is the laptop is not fast at 5400rpm. I know from experience with my first laptop that had a built-in SSD that a system SSD of 128GB gets kind of cramped after a short while. You can work it out to always have room for the latest photos you took on a particular trip, but you will regularly have to clean off prior photos in order to keep enough room. 256GB gives you a lot more breathing room. You'd really rather not be editing photos from the built-in hard drive.

 

[lickity split]

FYI, if you ever want to compare processors (particularly when dealing with mobile processors), you can go to https://www.cpubenchmark.net and find the benchmark data for each of the processors you want to compare.

The one in the laptop computer you first asked about is the Intel i7-8750H and you can find its benchmark page here: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-8750H+@+2.20GHz&id=3237. For Adobe photo editing, you mostly want to pay attention to the "single thread rating", not the overall number they show which uses multiple cores.

It has a single thread rating of 2361 which I happen to know is better than my current 6 year old desktop which is fine for light editing. Now, there's more to editing than just CPU (fast memory, fast storage, decent video card), but the CPU is a prime contributor.

Cool site , and yes I totally agree a computer is only as good as the parts it’s made from which I have no problem admitting I don’t understand that’s why I posted a link to the machine I was looking at , wh3n I get home I wanna see where my desktop ranks , thanks for the link

Good idea. The numbers get real meaning for you personally when you can compare to the processor in a known computer you have experience doing photo editing on. Perfect thing to do.

FYI, the speed of the memory is also really important for photo editing. Your proposed laptop is 2666MHz DDR4 which is good.

The hard drive is the laptop is not fast at 5400rpm. I know from experience with my first laptop that had a built-in SSD that a system SSD of 128GB gets kind of cramped after a short while. You can work it out to always have room for the latest photos you took on a particular trip, but you will regularly have to clean off prior photos in order to keep enough room. 256GB gives you a lot more breathing room. You'd really rather not be editing photos from the built-in hard drive.

Yes that’s my plan I have a 9 yr old $500 Gateway that I use to use but it started showing its age so I upgrade to a Alienware R5 16 go ram dual graphics cardswith a bunch of other supposedly good specs I really don’t understand but it runs programs smoothly with no lag so I’m just curious how they rank to the desktops of today , the link will definitely come in handy while doing research...