Recommendation for Windows laptop to run Photoshop CS3?

[minestrone]

I'd say the main requirements for Photoshop are:

Native hi-res screen.
Full 4GB RAM
Reasonable CPU.


So that means a 1920 x 1080 (1080p) screen.

One of these fits your budget, has the hi-res screen option and can be made to look arty-farty for a girl

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...hs1&l=en&s=dhs

I bought one of these last year. Slightly mixed opinion and it needs to go back with more than one problem.

The screen has bright parts to it where it has probably been pushed when in my bag running for trains and what not, I know that dell are going to tell me to get lost when I ask for a replaced screen. Does anyone know what my rights are on this?

Graphics card fails every hour and the screen goes blank for 10 seconds, considering it is a 'multimedia' laptop it's not great, Blueray player has stopped working in the last day.

Backlights on the keyboard have acted up a couple of times.

I got 3 gig and it still drags but I put that down to Vista more than the machine.

I got the 1440 * 900 screen but should have got the larger one.

It is almost the best laptop on the market but I have had too many problems. I am just too busy using it to send it back.

HTH

[minestrone]

Oh yes, and the sound quality is really really really really bad.

I thought the speakers were bust but googling "dell studio speakers quality" I found out they were working as normal.

I never really use it for that kind of stuff but still considering the market it as laptop to watch films on it is truly shocking.

[Fred Bloggs]

Hmmm, maybe not a Dell then! That Samsung looks favourite for now.

[minestrone]

Maybe it is becasue I got one of the very first ones, got it the day it came out.

If DELL take the latop back and fix all the issues I would be pleased as punch with it, I am just very sure they will haggle over the screen. I will never but another bit of dell if they dont fix it.

Been offered a 15% discount code for DELL, it might still be on offer.

[Fred Bloggs]

For the money, that full HD Samsung seems very good value. Most 1080p laptops seem well more expensive for a similar spec. I'm very tempted by it.

Update- I've ordered the Samsung. There appears to be nothing else anywhere near the Samsung spec for that kind of price. I'm glad you suggested this laptop, unlikely I'd have found it myself. Note to anyone else who may be thinking of buying one, there are 3 sub-models of R610, and they're not the same thing at all.