I want to get a laptop that I'll be using primarily for photo editing in photoshop, and maybe a little bit of gaming once in a while. I don't understand how they compare.

Discrete graphics will obviously play games better. You also won't be sharing system memory with the graphics card since most discrete graphics for laptops have dedicated memory.

there I acceleration coming in that will use graphics card for photo processing. when I get home, I will spec out a nice photo editing system for you. how much do you want to spend?

Let's say....a grand.

thanks in advance, by the way.

One thing I can't seem to find any information on is this: What are the equivalencies between integrated graphics and graphics cards? If I had, for example, a 256 card, what if any level of intergrated graphics would match that performance?

oh and actually, that budget is about $1400

that's a very decent budget. not home yet.

what brand are you looking at?
I looked at the dell's. the Dell XPs 15" with 4GB RAM, 7200rpm HD, 128MB video card, and a T8300 processor. it was $1454 with out any discounts.

there are small business dell work stations that have 512MB graphic cards, but they are over $1400. I do all my photo-editing on a dell d620

I've never owned a dell, and I hear mixed reviews about them. So far, the best thing I've noticed about them is that their website makes it easy to configure your computer the way you want it. Some people tell me Dells suck, but they've never given me a valid reason why, so sure, I could go for a dell. Lenovo looks like you get the same shit a little bit cheaper.

Dell sucked before 2005.
Lenovos are IBMs and you are going to spend 1/3-1/2 more for a lenovo.
if money wasn't an option, I would get a lenovo w700 or w700ds. My IBM was more solidly built than any Dell. I would stay away from hp/compaq or gateway. Toshiba's are "ok" but slower. Sony's are awesome, light with the latest technologies... but they break easy.

what changed in 2005?

This looks pretty good...right? http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/control...id=653343E0DE54435882FABC3CE1BC569A

bennyhillifier

they started building them better.

change the processor to:
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T9400 (2.53GHz 1066MHz 6MBL2)
the display to
14.1" WXGA+ AntiGlare
and the memory to
3 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM) or
4 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)

and it's not bad. though I would get the $25 fingerprint reader.

i got a toshiba for 300 bucks its a POS freezes at the toshiba screen sometimes even o.O

I stand by what I said.

Don't get an HP. My motherboard stopped turning on after owning it for 2 months. Warrenty covered it , but i was without a computer for almost a month...

idk, he makes a convincing argument.

i am seeweeus bidnazz

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/acers-q...re-8930g-hits-the-streets-guns-bla/

$1800! that is the shit!

18.4" screen? I thought laptops were supposed to be portable.

that is pretty awesome for $1800 though.

I had my first Dell laptop for almost 6 years, and it'd still work now had I not broken the screen.

I now have an Inspiron 1525 and I love it.

The worst part of Dell is the customer service, they're all outsourced and a total nightmare, other than that, I've never had problems.

18.4" screen? wow... didn't look at that part... it's got the q9000 processor which is what I'm waiting for in my next laptop.

dell xps 1530 with 4GB RAM and a 256MB video card and a 9000's processor (T9300), 1440x900 screen, 320GB 7200rpm hd = $1,569