Should do OK, you'll take something of a speed hit due to the shared VRAM, but it's probably comparable in performance overall to my system with its older processor.
This is essentially what I have: http://www.amazon.com/HP-Pavilion-HDX16-1140US-16-0-Inch-Laptop/dp/tech-data/B001NPDKTO/ref=de_a_smtd Just with a speed bumped processor and a bit more HDD space. Cheaper than what I payed of course, but I bought last June. -Adam On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: > Mid range is something like this: > > http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-DV6-2162NR-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Up-Battery/dp/B0031ESWP2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1276534150&sr=1-1 > > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: >> Depends on what you consider mid-range. >> >> My HP HDX16 does just fine with PS CS3 (and probably would be faster >> with CS4 or CS5 as it's 64-bit capable). It's a Core 2 Duo at >> 2.166GHz, 4GB RAM with GeForce 9600M video with 512MB VRAM. Pricing's >> on the higher side of mid-range (a little over $1100CDN a year ago). >> Cheaper than any Mac laptop though, and better spec'd than the plain >> MacBooks aside from CPU clockspeed. >> >> -Adam >> >> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> My old desktop PC died, where I had photoshop, scanning software, etc. >>> It was hardly able to keep up with photoshop, and it had a hard time >>> with the new fangled USB 2.0 card reader that I used to read my 8Gb >>> SDHC cards, the previous generation reader was ok, but could not read >>> the SDHC cards. >>> >>> So my question is: are the newer laptops (mid-range) able to handle >>> photoshop ok? I'm leaning towards laptop, as the portability makes it >>> way more convenient than a desktop. But I fear that they do not have >>> the horsepower of desktops and I will have a difficult time using >>> photoshop. >>> >>> Any experiences or opinions? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Gonz >>> >>> -- >>> -- Reduce your Government Footprint >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> M. Adam Maas >> http://www.mawz.ca >> Explorations of the City Around Us. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > -- Reduce your Government Footprint > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
