wearybuyer
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Hi! Sorry if there are a billion posts just like this, but it seems like the best place to try...
I'm looking to get a laptop as a desktop replacement, but hopefully still have a degree of portability (bedroom to living room to neighbor's house, etc.).
I do a bit of video editing and photo work; nothing crazy professional, but I do like using Adobe After Effects to green screen things and edit video, and I use Photoshop CS2 (oi, I know I need to upgrade) on a daily basis.
I'm a casual gamer; I play WoW on an occasional basis when the urge strikes. Something that could handle potential cool games in the future would be nice, but I'm not the kind of guy that's trying to play Crysis on max settings (or whatever the current benchmark game of choice is).
If possible, I'd love to stay in the 15-17" range.
I'd love to stay under $1,200-$1,400 if possible, but I don't know what's typical. I've been doing Google searches for reviews and discussions on various laptops I come across, but I just don't know what's what.
Ultimately, I'm hoping for something that I can use to video blog, the occasional special effects video project ("hey, look, I learned how to rotoscope"), fairly heavy use of photoshop, and play games without my computer wanting to blow up.
Not to make the search any more difficult, but if there's a chance that there are businesses (be it Best Buy or the Apple store, etc.) with display units, I like being able to play around with it first. I'm too nervous about ordering things online without having first had a chance to see it...
Anyone happen to know of a possible dream machine out there? I know my budget and pickiness probably makes that difficult, but if anyone knew where to find something awesome, I figured it'd be here.
Thanks in advance! And if not, thanks for reading anyway.
I'm looking to get a laptop as a desktop replacement, but hopefully still have a degree of portability (bedroom to living room to neighbor's house, etc.).
I do a bit of video editing and photo work; nothing crazy professional, but I do like using Adobe After Effects to green screen things and edit video, and I use Photoshop CS2 (oi, I know I need to upgrade) on a daily basis.
I'm a casual gamer; I play WoW on an occasional basis when the urge strikes. Something that could handle potential cool games in the future would be nice, but I'm not the kind of guy that's trying to play Crysis on max settings (or whatever the current benchmark game of choice is).
If possible, I'd love to stay in the 15-17" range.
I'd love to stay under $1,200-$1,400 if possible, but I don't know what's typical. I've been doing Google searches for reviews and discussions on various laptops I come across, but I just don't know what's what.
Ultimately, I'm hoping for something that I can use to video blog, the occasional special effects video project ("hey, look, I learned how to rotoscope"), fairly heavy use of photoshop, and play games without my computer wanting to blow up.
Not to make the search any more difficult, but if there's a chance that there are businesses (be it Best Buy or the Apple store, etc.) with display units, I like being able to play around with it first. I'm too nervous about ordering things online without having first had a chance to see it...
Anyone happen to know of a possible dream machine out there? I know my budget and pickiness probably makes that difficult, but if anyone knew where to find something awesome, I figured it'd be here.
Thanks in advance! And if not, thanks for reading anyway.