I don't know anything about this machine but I think I'd prefer to have
one of those drives be external so that it can be easily swapped with
another. My own Dell laptop is a Vostro 1500. After using it on the
road for the past nearly 7 weeks to do daily image downloading and
backup I realized that what it needed more than anything was a couple of
60-80 GB external USB drives to avoid hassling with DVDs. Mine also
has integrated video and (a bit slower) Intel Core 2 Duo processors but
with only 2GB RAM. I think it has plenty of horses to do image
processing as it is but the screen has such gawd-awful color I don't
even like to look at images there. I wouldn't use it for image
processing without an external monitor except for operations where you
could ignore the fact that the color looks awful.
I don't know how you can evaluate the color without seeing the screen in
action. I read some of the reviews on this machine at Dell's site but
the reviewers seem to be gamers or audiophiles who complain about the
tinny speakers with no bass. Not much to go on for image processing.
Chuck Norcutt
(owner of the Krappy Kolor laptop)
NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Just trying to keep it on topic.
>
> It is time for me to replace my laptop and I'm looking at a Dell Studio 17
> with an Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 processor (2.5GHz/800Mhz/6MB cache), 4GB Dual
> Channel DDR2 memory, dual 320GB SATA hard drives (5400 RPM) and an integrated
>
> video card (Intel Graphics Media accelerator X3100.) The larger screen should
>
> allow me to move the tool bars out of my image area, shouldn't it?
>
> I will primarily be using it for processing images while on the road. Will
> this get it done with CS3 and Light room? Am I making a mistake not getting
> a dedicated video card?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. The sales person at Dell tried to
> nudge me toward the XPS line, however it seemed a little like overkill and
> required about another $1000.
>
> Any other suggestion on other laptops would be appreciated. Bill Barber
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