2021 Best Laptops for Photoshop and Lightroom – Specs and Recommendations
2021 Best Laptops for Photoshop and Lightroom – Specs and Recommendations
What is the best laptop for Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom in 2019? How much power do you actually need to edit photos in Photoshop or Lightroom? ►⏩►⏩ Check availability and pricing in the links below!
The models below are the best for photo editing in Photoshop or Lightroom.
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💻 Acer ConceptD 3 Ezel ( https://geni.us/ConceptD3-Ezel-16GB – Commission Earned )
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💻 MacBook Pro 16 ( https://geni.us/i7MacbookPro16 – Commission Earned )
Color Accurate Monitors:
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In 2021 Photographers are on the go a lot. They are constantly on shoots and with this in mind, you need a computer that is light-weight, powerful, color-accurate and has good battery life. So that is by which I am going to discuss how to pick the best laptop for photo editing.
Light-weight (Can you have a big laptop that is light as well?)
There are a lot of great laptops out there but are there any laptops that will be able to meet all of the criteria I listed above. The first thing I want to discuss and I want you to consider earnestly is the weight and size of your machine. When you are editing photos in photoshop, sharp images vs blurry images can totally ruin your shoot. And sometimes that TINY LCD screen on the back of your camera just isn’t good enough to make sure you got the shot with the best light AND in focus.
For this reason, the screen size of your laptop is important. Do you want to have a nice LARGE 17-inch screen to know without a doubt that your image is in focus? Perhaps you are someone that can not stand lugging BIG gear around, so a 13 inch or 15 inch laptop may be the best bet for you. I am wanting you to THINK before you act.
Big does not always mean HEAVY. The LG Gram is a laptop with a BIG screen and weighs under 3 pounds! That is incredible in my book. It is also very color accurate, has a great battery life, and packs some power.
Powerful
How powerful does a Photoshop laptop actually have to be? Well, lucky for you they don’t need to be CRAZY powerful. But I will warn you. If you think that your future may hold any video editing or motion design than I would consider getting one of the more powerful machines that I am going to recommend in this video.
As far as photo editing is concerned you definitely want to have a 7th or 8th generation i5 processor at a minimum! I personally always lean towards an i7. This allows me to be confident that if I were needing to browse the internet, edit photos, listen to music, and work on some branding in Illustrator at the same time I would have the power to do so.
As far as the RAM is concerned you can get away with 8GB of ram if you are only editing photos. But if you want to be surfing the web, listening to music, and editing photos at the same time I would recommend making that 16GB of RAM in order to make sure your computer will not get bogged down. You see, every time you open up a program on your laptop it pulls from the RAM memory. So if you have multiple programs at the same time 16GB of RAM will allow your laptop to remain running fast!
What about the GPU (graphics processing unit)? If you are NOT getting into photo editing or motion design this is not a concern. You can stick with the basics and save a boatload of money. BUT IF YOU THINK that you MIGHT, just might, get into any video editing than I would definitely direct you towards a laptop with at least the NVIDIA MX 150 or the GTX 1050.
Is the hard drive something to consider? YES! If you want your laptop to be fast and reliable, I would definitely make sure your laptop comes with a solid-state hard drive. This SSD has no moving parts which are what make it fast and reliable.
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What do you think of the hp spectre x360? Any suggestions on which laptop to purchase considering that color accuracy and top notch lightroom editing are at the top of my priority list?
Your videos are great by the way!
You look like peter parker after coronavirus
I just bought an i7 tenth gen 4k laptop 16gb ram and onboard graphics. I threw in a few sony a7rii images and to test the speed, i moved the sliders in LR and the color saturation for example takes about a second to buffer and load the change. I know that an i5 laptop could handle this so just wondering if anyone could assume why my i7 Is lightly buffering in LR. Thanks!
Hello. I’ve been wathing your videos for some time now and I still can’t decide which laptop to buy. Now I’m hanging between HP omen 15 (i7, gtx 1660 ti, 16gb ram, 512ssd) and acer conceptd3 pro (i7, quadro t1000, 16gb ram, 512ssd). Any recomendations which one to pick and why?
Do glad to have found your channel
You have been a little too fast for me :). So what was the answer to the "Microsoft Surface or HP Pavilion" question?
I’m seeing a pretty bit jump in price between the Acer Spin 5 and the Surface 3 for the i7 models. $1400 Canadian for the Acer and $1900 for the Microsoft. Is the Surface really that much better to justify the leap?
Thanks, I am in the process of replacing a dead laptop and most importantly I need it for Photoshop!
Please do a video best laptops for home recordings/ audio engineering
So cute is this smart guy…
I was sure leaning towards the Dell XPS 9500 and almost pulled the trigger but I’ve read of issues with reliability and build quality. I have an older Lenovo with a bad color gamut, i5, and 8GB of ram. The one thing I like is having a full SD slot but I can’t multitask with PS and LR with this thing. Sure I could transfer wi-fi or adaptor on a new laptop but honestly quite surprised that laptop companies don’t provide full-size sd cards given that is what Canon and Nikon still use.
I bought Acer’s Nitro 5 before this video is out. I hope I made the right choice 😭 But I guess I’m more to video editing
I would love to know where i can find a 4gb external ssd for $100!
Hi what would be the best laptop for editing 16 bit Medium Format Raw files?
I’m really glad I found your channel and I really appreciate your video. Researching for a new laptop is really overwhelming. I’m a children’s book illustrator, and really need an upgrade from my 4 years old asus rog which has a terrible color accuracy. Now I have my eye on the gigabyte aero 15 which I think would be great for photoshop as well as light gaming. Thank you!
I need your answer please
I have the choice between Lenovo legion 5 and Hp omen 15, both AMD version; which one would you pick if it was you? I can afford them at their highest specs and I am going to do programming, gaming and 3D modeling with it. Please reply
I’m just starting to get into Photoshop/light room. I use Topaz Studio for my editing which works well for my photography but I’m at the point I need more editing options. Great video! I’m liking your recommendation for the Acer Spin 5 for my budget.
@Ben G Kaiser, Sir, please make video on laptops for gaming and Photoshop or Lightroom
I currently use latest version of Lightroom and the old CS5 photoshop. What laptop supports these two programs that I will need to download from a disc? Color accuracy and quality is very important to me as well.
Do you recommend Asus Rog zephyrus m15 4k edition?
Just found you. Ty for this wonderful video. Can I expand the ram on the Dell XPS 15 9500?
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ThanX bro!!! I just subscribed.
I really cannot thank you enough. You do a great job of explaining what I get our compromise for a higher or lower price point!
What about the Lenovo legion 5i or 7i laptops, isn’t they suitable for photoshop, video editing or animation in 2021?
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Thank you sir
Dude can u compare macbookpro M1 vs omen 15 ryzen 7 with rtx 2060 PLZ .even I want to know which is best for price that to in India PLZ I request u many people are asking so only .I too want a choice so plz dude
Thank you for this video. I love photography and I work with Lightroom and sometime Photoshop for special work. I am looking for a laptop with pen and I see the HP Spectre x360 15 or HP Zbook Studio or x2. Can you tell me what you think about? There are better or worst of Acer Conceptd 3 Ezel?
Im a 2d animation student and im looking for a budget laptop that could also run 3d apps like blender. Photoshop uses a lot of ram so my laptop lags very often when i use it with other apps. I’ve done a lot of research of laptops but would like to hear yours too 😅
One mistake I will not make again is choosing one of those low energy CPUs optimized for battery life instead of performance. At Intel those end with a "U". The performance hit is just too huge. I have an HP Pavillion with such a low energy i7-CPU, 16 GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD and it really struggles with daily tasks like watching Youtube videos while Excel, Photoshop, Lightroom and and a few dozen browser tabs are open. Maybe that problem is not that bad witzh a higher number of cores, but in future I will prefer CPUs that are optimized for performance. At Intel they end with an "H" for example.
I also would not use a SATA SDD anymore, because they are much slower than PCIe ones.
For me a very big problem also is loading Thumbnails in a folder with a few thousand images. I wonder, if that is a CPU, GPU, RAM or storage issue. Maybe I should learn to never put more than 1,000 photos into a single folder.
can you suggest a powerful laptop for 4k editing around 950usd (ps:- i already have a monitor) , btw love your channel and content ❤️
What’s the best for gaming and photoshop?
What do you recommend between Yoga Slim 7 and ThinkPad X390?
Hi. Can i use mac book pro 15" or 14" for photography ? Thanks
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