Sub-1000€ Editing Laptop

[Julian5]

So after lending my mother every single laptop I have ever had, I think it is time she finally gets her own, She does photo editing on Photoshop and some other editing work but nothing too complex. Budget is around 700 - 1000€, SSD is mandatory and 8GB of ram, preferably a dedicated GPU and around 15". Any tips? Also must be in Spain.

 

Here are some spanish siites:

https://www.pccomponentes.com/portatiles

https://www.amazon.es/

https://tiendas.mediamarkt.es/portatiles-medianos

[limegorilla]

Firstly - why not a desktop? Those cram much more horsepower with lesser expenses - especially with recent pricing

[Julian5]

Just now, limegorilla said:

Firstly - why not a desktop? Those cram much more horsepower with lesser expenses - especially with recent pricing

Yeah, Cant make her change her mind though. She works in 2 places.

[limegorilla]

3 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

Yeah, Cant make her change her mind though. She works in 2 places.

What about remote desktop? If not - Mac. Nothing else. As much as I agree with Linus on "not filling Apples coffers" there is just nothing better than a MacBook. You can pick up last gen ones for around £1000 with top spec

[Julian5]

23 minutes ago, limegorilla said:

What about remote desktop? If not - Mac. Nothing else. As much as I agree with Linus on "not filling Apples coffers" there is just nothing better than a MacBook. You can pick up last gen ones for around £1000 with top spec

She wants windows though

[limegorilla]

7 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

She wants windows though

Bootcamp

[genexis_x]

May be out of budget:

Asus UX430UN - 8250U, MX150 (8W)

Asus UX331UN - 8250U, MX150 (8W)

HP Envy 13 - 8250U, MX150 (8W)

 

Good options:

Acer Swift 3 14 (there's also a 15 inch model but I can't find it) - 8250U, MX150

Acer Aspire 5 15/17 (1080p) - 8250U, MX150

Acer Aspire 7 15/17 - HQ CPU+GTX GPU

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, dieegoperi said:

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I have no idea what you write. But what I can tell you is, stay away from Asus GL553VD and HP Pavilion series. GL-VD has mediocre build quality and cooling while HP Pavilion laptops have mediocre overall build quality.

 

Xiaomi Air is a decent choice. i5 and i7 ULVs don't have much performance difference due to TDP and cooling limitations.

[Julian5]

5 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

I have no idea what you write. But what I can tell you is, stay away from Asus GL553VD and HP Pavilion series. GL-VD has mediocre build quality and cooling while HP Pavilion laptops have mediocre overall build quality.

 

Xiaomi Air is a decent choice. i5 and i7 ULVs don't have much performance difference due to TDP and cooling limitations.

 

9 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

May be out of budget:

Asus UX430UN - 8250U, MX150 (8W)

Asus UX331UN - 8250U, MX150 (8W)

HP Envy 13 - 8250U, MX150 (8W)

 

Good options:

Acer Swift 3 14 (there's also a 15 inch model but I can't find it) - 8250U, MX150

Acer Aspire 5 15/17 (1080p) - 8250U, MX150

Acer Aspire 7 15/17 - HQ CPU+GTX GPU

 

7 hours ago, dieegoperi said:

Buenas! Pues un colega también estaba mirando portátiles, y yo estuve tiempo mirando portátiles hasta que pillé un Xiaomi Notebook Pro (i7 - 16 RAM) por 1000 euros entre envío y aduanas, las pegas para mí de ese Xiaomi son: la pantalla no es tan buena, está bien de resolución y brillo, pero a veces tiene un tearing brutal y la pantalla en videojuegos va a ir a 48hz, si subes a más, te da un tearing brutal; el teclado es inglés de EEUU, para poner la Ñ tienes que pulsar Shift+(tecla al lado del 1) y después la n, los símbolos están muy cambiados y tal, yo que estudio informática pues un poco jodidillo pero te acostumbras. Las cosas buenas: pese a tener una batería de, creo que era, 60 Wh, el tener SSD (súper rápido), un i7-8550U de 15W TDP y una MX 150 de gráfica, hacen que, en Windows 10 con el ultra ahorro de energía, pueda estar jugando, programando o en máquina virtual SIN PROBLEMA y durante muchísimas horas. El peso es de unos 2 Kg pero es que es de metal, muy robusto, el trackpad muy bueno y muy grande. Los altavoces... ay... están apuntando hacia abajo, así que se oyen súper bajo y además sientes que estás detrás del monitor viendo la película.

Otras opciones son:

ASUS GL553VD en eBay por 599€ https://www.ebay.es/itm/PORTATIL-ASUS-GL553VD-DM470-CORE-i5-7300HQ-4GB-DDR4-HDD-1TB-NVIDIA-GTX-1050-4GB/162543684313?_trkparms=%26rpp_cid%3D5a9d09275091e60847711e19%26rpp_icid%3D5a9d08ebe3b66e083857ea83&rmvSB=true

Tienes opciones con i7 y más RAM por poco dinero más, parece que es un ordenador muy decente según las reviews y la calidad de materiales

Lenovo Y520 https://www.amazon.es/Lenovo-Ideapad-Y520-15IKBN-Portátil-I5-7300HQ/dp/B071GQN7CQ/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1521816241&sr=8-17&keywords=lenovo+ideapad

HP compacto, con i7 de nueva generación y una gráfica 940MX muy decente https://www.amazon.es/HP-Pavilion-14-bf110ns-Ordenador-portátil/dp/B077NK5MM9/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1521816290&sr=8-2&keywords=i7-8550u

PD: actualmente tienes nuevos Xiaomi Mi Air de 13 pulgadas con nuevos i7, aunque a decir verdad, el nuevo i5 es casi igual de potente y te ahorras dinerillo

What about this?

https://www.amazon.es/Lenovo-Ideapad-320-15IKB-Ordenador-portátil/dp/B079ZLRHV3/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1521844884&sr=1-1&keywords=portatil

[InertiaSelling]

48 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

What about this?

If you're going for a thin-and-light 15" laptop with an 8th gen U processor and an mx150, the acer swift 3 is a much better option. It should only be marginally more expensive, while offering much better battery life (basically 5 vs 8h of web browsing), a metal chassis instead of a plastic one, and especially a much better display (though that's not hard, since the 320 has a terrible one), which is absolutely crucial for photography. Notebookcheck's review indicates very different behaviour under sustained load, but I guess the CPU and GPU are unlikely to be both stressed at 100% if the laptop is used for photo editing, so it may not be that much of a concern.

[Julian5]

9 minutes ago, InertiaSelling said:

If you're going for a thin-and-light 15" laptop with an 8th gen U processor and an mx150, the acer swift 3 is a much better option. It should only be marginally more expensive, while offering much better battery life (basically 5 vs 8h of web browsing), a metal chassis instead of a plastic one, and especially a much better display (though that's not hard, since the 320 has a terrible one), which is absolutely crucial for photography. Notebookcheck's review indicates very different behaviour under sustained load, but I guess the CPU and GPU are unlikely to be both stressed at 100% if the laptop is used for photo editing, so it may not be that much of a concern.

Unfortunately I can only find the 15.6 inch version in amd

https://www.amazon.es/Acer-Swift-SF315-41-Ordenador-portátil/dp/B079NGP1WW/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1521848456&sr=8-5&keywords=acer+swift+3

is it any good?

[InertiaSelling]

9 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

is it any good?

Iirc the performance should be in the same league as an 8250u with an mx150, but you'd have to give up the 8h battery life (I think it only lasts about 5-6h in the same circumstances) and cope with some stability issues while they get ironed out by software patches.

[genexis_x]

4 hours ago, Julian5 said:

What about this?

https://www.amazon.es/Lenovo-Ideapad-320-15IKB-Ordenador-portátil/dp/B079ZLRHV3/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1521844884&sr=1-1&keywords=portatil

Mediocre build quality and battery life.

3 hours ago, Julian5 said:

Unfortunately I can only find the 15.6 inch version in amd

https://www.amazon.es/Acer-Swift-SF315-41-Ordenador-portátil/dp/B079NGP1WW/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1521848456&sr=8-5&keywords=acer+swift+3

is it any good?

CPU performance between 7300HQ and 7700HQ. GPU performance is about 940MX.