Hi guys! Ima long-time LTT watcher, but first-time poster.
I’m a traditional and digital artist. I’m nearing the end of art school (went back to school in my 30s) and just landed my first full-time art-related job. I’ve been using my gaming laptop from 2012 for Photoshop and Illustrator and my 12.9” iPad Pro for portable sketching/vector. This setup worked fine for school, but my laptop is huge and has no touch/pen support for drawing and the iPad is great, but is limited to iOS apps only (no Photoshop or Illustrator).
I’ve been looking at a bunch of 2-in-1 laptops (Yogabook, Suface Pro 6, Surface Book 2, etc, etc,). The ergonomics and ease of use for many of them look amazing. However, I have yet to find any that can keep up without pen lag issues. Is there any 2-in-1out there (with touch/pen support) under $2,000 (USD) that can do Photoshop and Illustrator without major lag creeping up?? I basically want to replace my iPad Pro with a machine that’ll run Adobe products.
I realize the form-factor makes it harder to achieve this, but if my seven year old laptop can easily manage this, I’d think there’d have to be SOMETHING modern and slim that can handle it!
Any experience/suggestions?
Thank you!