Laptop for digital art

Hello everyone, and thanks in advance for the help!

I'm copying the provided sheet. In short, I have a very well equiped desktop that I use for digital ilustration, video editing and 3D modeling / sculpting, but I plan to have a laptop too, so I can move to differents events that take place in my country (comic cons, game cons & jams, festivals, board games demos, and wherever I can find interesting projects).

Thanks again for taking the time to give me some advice!

 

good  morning,

if you are serious about 3d, video and generative arts in general you will need a fast cpu (i5) and a lot of ram

(8 gb is your mininum amount of ram) and a good ssd disk

dell and hp business series laptops are really good (euros 1500 and up) or a mac...

a laptop with 17 inches screen is a must or a good 22 or 24 inches external monitor (eizo, liyama)

64 bits operation system is a must for your job

good luck my friend

Edited by nickos, 23 August 2017 - 12:27 AM.

Thanks for the answer, Nickos. I know the best I can grab is something like a macbook, but as you said, they are quite expensive. I don't expect it to be as good as my desktop, obviously, but I'm trying to find something just good enought so I can use Photoshop and After effects by themselves, at least. I'm not looking for the best performance, only something that's reasonably stable so I don't waste my money, but my main work will be on the desktop. 

Hello,

Where do you plan to shop for these laptops? I don't know any of the prices where you are so this is a little more difficult.

Acer has a pretty good recertified laptop program. I'm not sure if they ship to Spain however. https://acerrecertified.com/

http://acerrecertified.com/acer-15-6-intel-core-i7-2-5-ghz-8-gb-ram-256gb-ssd-windows-10-home-f5-573g-7791

Would this be similar to what you would want? 

hi my friends,

photoshop can be run quite good even on a budget laptop but you will need something more powerful with lot of ram if your using too many filters

after effects need some more power (fast cpu i5 and up and lot of ram and a mid range graphics card)

certainly a much better choice is a desktop since it can be upgraded more easily than a laptop (better graphics card)

mac would not my first choice since not all video edit programs and 3d can be run

Hello again. Captain Chicken, I don't specially like Acer, but the model you posted is close to what I want, that's one to have in mind, thanks =]

Nickos, I already own a desktop, a very good one, but I've been thinking about traveling and going to the events related to comic, ilustration and games around my country, that's why I'm looking for a laptop. 

I'm reading some reviews about the Acer model, most are good due to a nice performance, but a deeper one shows the weak point of this one: the display. Good resolution, but poor color (47% of sRGB available) and low contrast, etc. As I'm using it mainly for ilustrations and so, this is something to keep in mind.