Son needs computer for Graphic Design in college. Help?
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flamefire999
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No, especially not in a laptop. They don't use the graphics power and it's not worth it unless he's into gaming.
mgx42
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If your looking for an all around great laptop for something like graphic design and other school work, a Macbook Pro would be a good choice. They can be a bit pricey but they do last and are user friendly. My Macbook Pro is over 5 years old and still working great. I am by no means an Apple "fanboy", but I speak from experience, and when I was in school, kids with cheaper laptops always ran into problems and had to go into the computer lab to get any work done. Spend the money and he (and you) won't be disappointed. Also any Windows based laptop in the same price range would also be a great choice, I only mentioned the MBP because that is what I had experience with as a college student.
Solandri
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If he's going to be rendering videos with Premiere, then yes he "needs" a dedicated GPU. It can cut render times by a factor of 4 or more.
If he's just going to be doing Photoshop, a dedicated GPU will speed up some functions (mostly filters and transforms). But overall I don't think I'd consider it "needed". Most of these filters finish in a few seconds or fractions of a second in software.
Some old benchmarks:
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CS6-GPU-Acceleration-162/
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Photoshop-CS6-GPU-Acceleration-161/
The Macbook Pro recommendation is a good one for graphics design. Regardless of whether you love or hate Macs, Apple loads them with a calibrated screen that covers 100% of the sRGB color space. sRGB is what digital cameras and the web targets, so a screen that displays 100% of it is essential if you want to make content for the web. There are a few PC laptops which can cover sRGB after calibration, and many external monitors do as well. But unless you're going to buy extra color calibration equipment, it's just a lot easier to pay the extra for a Macbook Pro. (Only the Pros; the Airs have some of the worst screens out there when it comes to color rendition.)
Edit: If you must get a PC laptop, the Dell XPS 15 is a good alternative when it comes to color rendition and dedicated GPU. You should probably borrow someone's colorimeter to do an initial screen calibration though.
If he's just going to be doing Photoshop, a dedicated GPU will speed up some functions (mostly filters and transforms). But overall I don't think I'd consider it "needed". Most of these filters finish in a few seconds or fractions of a second in software.
Some old benchmarks:
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CS6-GPU-Acceleration-162/
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Photoshop-CS6-GPU-Acceleration-161/
The Macbook Pro recommendation is a good one for graphics design. Regardless of whether you love or hate Macs, Apple loads them with a calibrated screen that covers 100% of the sRGB color space. sRGB is what digital cameras and the web targets, so a screen that displays 100% of it is essential if you want to make content for the web. There are a few PC laptops which can cover sRGB after calibration, and many external monitors do as well. But unless you're going to buy extra color calibration equipment, it's just a lot easier to pay the extra for a Macbook Pro. (Only the Pros; the Airs have some of the worst screens out there when it comes to color rendition.)
Edit: If you must get a PC laptop, the Dell XPS 15 is a good alternative when it comes to color rendition and dedicated GPU. You should probably borrow someone's colorimeter to do an initial screen calibration though.
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