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13" $500 Multimedia Laptop

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Hi..

 

I'm clueless in Laptop markets.

I need a good 13" laptop for mobile, basic work like accessing company portal, and good photo editing performance, so a light compact laptop with good display and good image processing is preferred in US$500 mark, I don't want to pay more than that.

 

Could anyone recommend me some?

Thanks..

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13in tends to be a more premium size.

There doesn't appear to be anything decent for 13in with your budget.

14in starts to open up models.

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28 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

13in tends to be a more premium size.

There doesn't appear to be anything decent for 13in with your budget.

14in starts to open up models.

Wat?! 13 inch is a premium size in today's laptop market instead of 17 inch?

 

14 inch might be a little too wide for my preference but if there are some thin compact lightweight good display and good image processing, bring them in, please..

 

I'm only willing to pay them $500 as I will use it mainly for what I already mentioned above.

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4 minutes ago, Sakaki_Makio said:

Wat?! 13 inch is a premium size in today's laptop market instead of 17 inch?

 

14 inch might be a little too wide for my preference but if there are some thin compact lightweight good display and good image processing, bring them in, please..

 

I'm only willing to pay them $500 as I will use it mainly for what I already mentioned above.

yep kinda weird I never got why 15in were pushed so cheaply and hard.

 

storage wants? ram? willing to buy 1 config and upgrade post? ( can be amazing value if someone charges way to much for stuff like SSD or ram and you can change it)

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

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36 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

yep kinda weird I never got why 15in were pushed so cheaply and hard.

 

storage wants? ram? willing to buy 1 config and upgrade post? ( can be amazing value if someone charges way to much for stuff like SSD or ram and you can change it)

I think Ram is important for image editing work, no? Please advice..

 

Large storage capacity is not too important for me as long as it can fast transfer many files, as I use it when I'm away from my main system at home which I will move my works from laptop to main PC later.

 

Display quality, good image processing, fast file transfer speed are my main preference, good battery is a plus.

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12 minutes ago, Sakaki_Makio said:

I think Ram is important for image editing work, no? Please advice..

 

Large storage capacity is not too important for me as long as it can fast transfer many files, as I use it when I'm away from my main system at home which I will move my works from laptop to main PC later.

 

Display quality, good image processing, fast file transfer speed are my main preference, good battery is a plus.

Adobe apps?

12-16gb. 
okay so 240-500gb.

image processing isn’t hard. 
 

I’ll let another member help you. I’m crashing for the night. 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

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GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

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22 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

Adobe apps?

12-16gb. 
okay so 240-500gb.

image processing isn’t hard. 
 

I’ll let another member help you. I’m crashing for the night. 

Yes, I use Adobe Light Room

240-500gb no problem.

Not sure if I need that much of RAM

 

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10 hours ago, Sakaki_Makio said:

Yes, I use Adobe Light Room

240-500gb no problem.

Not sure if I need that much of RAM

 

okay so you can customize the HP Laptop - 14t

to have a FHD screen, i3 8gb ram, 256gb SSD. for 520$ before any discounts (there is almost always a 10% off code)

but it will take a month to get here

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

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Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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2 hours ago, GDRRiley said:

okay so you can customize the HP Laptop - 14t

to have a FHD screen, i3 8gb ram, 256gb SSD. for 520$ before any discounts (there is almost always a 10% off code)

but it will take a month to get here

Customizable laptop is nice to have. I'll take a look at it. Thanks so much

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10 minutes ago, Sakaki_Makio said:

Customizable laptop is nice to have. I'll take a look at it. Thanks so much

yep, I believe the ram+SSDs are swapable post buying it

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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