Have to buy a laptop...What should I get. I need to use this thing for a while as a replacement for my PC so I'm probably gonna be playing a lot of games on it + using a lot of photoshop on it. I'm horrible at choosing the right thing, the only thing I know to look for is if it's got 4GB of ram....any suggestions? Above all else I'd like a nice screen... I'd like to keep it under 1000$ preferably. I can spend hours looking up random useless information on Wikipedia but DAMN if I can research laptops for more than 20 mins with getting confused/angry.
That's what I do all of my art on.
It cost me just a little above 1,000, but I also bought a 3 year warranty. Straight out it's about 600-700 I think.
I'd also suggest looking on cnet for reviews; they have both professional reviews of laptops and user reviews and they're pretty credible. That's where I researched laptops and picked mine from
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I would also hesitate before going HP since they absolutely load their systems up with stupid unneeded programs that are almost impossible to remove and are a waste of space.
Other than that, just prioritize what you want first, if you want a really good screen more than anything else, start with that.