Computers & Networking

[NV2]

I'm a high school student who need to create a portfolio of artwork before graduation. I'm

planning to become a photographer and filmmaker and I need a notebook for digital photography,

video production and games (Like GTA IV,The Sims 3 and Crysis). I want to know the top

notebooks that could handle photography,video Production and games. And I also want to know

if I should go with a PC or a Macbook?

[Nokia]

Plan to spend $1000+.

[Kid101]

I think you should go with a gaming laptop. Most gaming laptops are powerful and could handle

the heavy softwares that you are planning to use. You should either go with G51VX-RX05, G71GX-RX05, G50Vt-X5, or Gateway P-7805u.

If you need a cheaper notebook I think that you should go with dv6-1260se(Can't really play

games),Sony Vaio AW310J, HDX 16-1375DX, dv7-2185dx, or Sony Vaio FW480J.

[Nokia]

Ask yourself if you really need to be mobile.

[Starflyer59]

You have to ask yourself how much do you want to spend? You need to be prepared to spend some money for a laptop that will do what you want it to do. I would recommend the Alienware M17. It starts at $1299 and goes up to around $2000.

[NV2]

Yes I need to be mobile and my spending range is up to $1500.

[Entropy]

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NV2 wrote:
Yes I need to be mobile and my spending range is up to $1500.

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My ex just purchased an MSI GT627-218US for $1299 - by all reviews and its specs and EXCELLENT notebook and amazing "bang for your buck".

I'm probably going to be purchasing one myself in the next few months.

One problem though:  Best Buy does NOT carry that laptop, or anything else made by MSI.  Probably 3/4 of BB's notebooks are HP.    (I have a very strong dislike for HP computers in terms of build quality.)

[Drew-Intel]

given that you want to do photo/video editing and gaming on the go, i'd definitely recommend some sort of high performance notebook. specifically, i'd take a look at this asus notebook: http://bit.ly/VktpG

it has an intel core 2 quad processor, so you'll see great performance when rendering video or editing pictures, the 17" screen will provide you ample screen space to have multiple windows open (useful for editing), and the nvidia graphics should give you a very good gaming experience. it falls within your price range, too, so that rocks.