Hello there,
I posted about this on reddit and didn't get much response (there are so many subreddits!) and from a quick search here, similar threads were about 2 years old. So I thought I'd ask again in the photo/video crowd here.
I'm looking for a laptop recommendation that can do well with Adobe Lightroom Classic/Photoshop. My current camera produces 24MP files but I'd like something that can easily handle larger 45MP files. DaVinci resolve is probably the bigger ask, it REALLY struggles on my current machine (I absolutely have to do proxies, which makes the timeline manageable, but any kind of transition effects are still really hard to preview without a final render). For photos I currently use the CS6 suite, so Bridge > ACR > PS, and loading files from ACR to PS (for stacking etc) is fine, but just kinda slow. I will eventually upgrade to the CC products...
I used a 2007 macbook pro a long time ago, so I'm maybe open to mac recommendations, but this is the PC forum and I'll note that I currently have a Lenovo that I've been pretty happy with (aside from the DaVinci performance). My Lenovo is a ~2015 Thinkpad yoga, i7 5500U with Nvidia 840M graphics, 16gb ram. It's not eligible for the Windows 11 upgrade, another factor at play here.
A few laptops that have peaked my interest over the years are the Asus ProArt Studiobook 16, Frameworks 16 (the modular one), and obviously the M-chip macs. Taking a quick look at Lenovo's current offerings, it seems like the Legion models are maybe what I'd need to look at.
I'd appreciate any other recommendations, even if it's simply a brand or model line to start looking at. I'd love to keep it around $1000 but my brief searching is showing me I might have to bump that up a lot ($1500-2000) if I want to get significantly better performance than my current machine.
Note: I understand desktops would be more powerful/better value, but I'd appreciate just hearing about laptops.
Thanks all!
I posted about this on reddit and didn't get much response (there are so many subreddits!) and from a quick search here, similar threads were about 2 years old. So I thought I'd ask again in the photo/video crowd here.
I'm looking for a laptop recommendation that can do well with Adobe Lightroom Classic/Photoshop. My current camera produces 24MP files but I'd like something that can easily handle larger 45MP files. DaVinci resolve is probably the bigger ask, it REALLY struggles on my current machine (I absolutely have to do proxies, which makes the timeline manageable, but any kind of transition effects are still really hard to preview without a final render). For photos I currently use the CS6 suite, so Bridge > ACR > PS, and loading files from ACR to PS (for stacking etc) is fine, but just kinda slow. I will eventually upgrade to the CC products...
I used a 2007 macbook pro a long time ago, so I'm maybe open to mac recommendations, but this is the PC forum and I'll note that I currently have a Lenovo that I've been pretty happy with (aside from the DaVinci performance). My Lenovo is a ~2015 Thinkpad yoga, i7 5500U with Nvidia 840M graphics, 16gb ram. It's not eligible for the Windows 11 upgrade, another factor at play here.
A few laptops that have peaked my interest over the years are the Asus ProArt Studiobook 16, Frameworks 16 (the modular one), and obviously the M-chip macs. Taking a quick look at Lenovo's current offerings, it seems like the Legion models are maybe what I'd need to look at.
I'd appreciate any other recommendations, even if it's simply a brand or model line to start looking at. I'd love to keep it around $1000 but my brief searching is showing me I might have to bump that up a lot ($1500-2000) if I want to get significantly better performance than my current machine.
Note: I understand desktops would be more powerful/better value, but I'd appreciate just hearing about laptops.
Thanks all!
