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Hi folks, I hope all is well.

Last year I purchased the following laptop for a course I was (and am) doing:

HP Spectre x360 13-aw2024na Convertible Laptop with HP Tilt Pen Stylus, Intel Core i7 Processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 13.3” Full HD, Nightfall Black

Buy HP Spectre x360 13-aw2024na Convertible Laptop with HP Tilt Pen Stylus, Intel Core i7 Processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 13.3” Full HD, Nightfall Black from our View All Laptops & MacBooks range at John Lewis & Partners. Free Delivery on orders over £50.
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It has 16gb RAM, the i7 processor which can run 2.8-4.7 GHz, and the screen is:

Full HD, multitouch-enabled, IPS, edge-to-edge glass, micro-edge, BrightView, anti-reflection Corning Gorilla Glass NBT, 400 nits, 100% sRGB.

Is this decent for photo editing?

I am looking to now work more on the editing side of things and learn about post production more. I am hoping this laptop is sufficient for the job as I don't want to run out and buy another one if I'm honest.

Yes, I know there will be a lot of Apple users here...we don't use Apple in my house. I was one of the early adopters of Apple phones having the original but left the system after the iPhone 3g I think it was called. Everything in my house is run via Google ecosystem now.

If I did get into photography more and earn money from it then perhaps I could get a MAC system of sorts to just do photography on, but that isn't something likely to happen anytime soon lol
 
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Adamcski said:
Hi folks, I hope all is well.

Last year I purchased the following laptop for a course I was (and am) doing:

HP Spectre x360 13-aw2024na Convertible Laptop with HP Tilt Pen Stylus, Intel Core i7 Processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 13.3” Full HD, Nightfall Black

Buy HP Spectre x360 13-aw2024na Convertible Laptop with HP Tilt Pen Stylus, Intel Core i7 Processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 13.3” Full HD, Nightfall Black from our View All Laptops & MacBooks range at John Lewis & Partners. Free Delivery on orders over £50.
www.johnlewis.com www.johnlewis.com

It has 16gb RAM, the i7 processor which can run 2.8-4.7 GHz, and the screen is:

Full HD, multitouch-enabled, IPS, edge-to-edge glass, micro-edge, BrightView, anti-reflection Corning Gorilla Glass NBT, 400 nits, 100% sRGB.

Is this decent for photo editing?

I am looking to now work more on the editing side of things and learn about post production more. I am hoping this laptop is sufficient for the job as o don't want to run out and buy another one if I'm honest.
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Better than many use :)
It looks fine.
Certainly perfect to get going on.
 
Cheers, I see comments about the screen and nits (no idea what these are) but I'm assuming 400 nits and the 100% sRGB thing is positive as I've seen something related to sRGB in Affinity.

To be honest, I'm just hoping that I purchased this and have managed to bag a laptop that's half decent for the editing lol. It was actually purchased for me to use on a Post Grad university course I am half way through - so if I've accidentally killed two birds with one stone I will be well happy.
 
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Adamcski said:
Cheers, I see comments about the screen and nits (no idea what these are) but I'm assuming 400 nits and the 100% sRGB thing is positive as I've seen something related to sRGB in Affinity
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It just means how bright the screen is.
 
The main problem will be the 13.3" screen which is really too small for comfortable photo-editing. You might find investing in an external 24" screen is worthwhile.
One nit is equal to one candela (one candlepower) per square meter (1cd/m2).
The processor is one of Intel's cut-down low-power mobile items with only four cores / eight threads but it should be adequate.
One good thing about HP laptops is that the RAM and SSD should be upgradable if required and HP makes the maintenance manuals available to show how it's done.
 
Cheers, will have to see how I get on with it then. I wasn't expecting it to be the best, but as long as I can get some editing done and learn the basics it will do me. Saves me having to go out and buy something else (for now). I did look at the 16" Mac book Pro with the 32 GB ram and 1 tb hard drive but it's £3200 odd and as a Google man, I can't spend that on something to edit the odd photo now and again. I do however have a 32" curved gaming monitored linked to my Xbox so may have a look at that. Not sure it's any good for photos but it's decent for gaming lol think it was this one:
 
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Curved monitors aren't considered ideal for photo editing but I think you'll find it better than the laptop screen. It's IPS and a sensible resolution at 2560x1440 so go for it.
 
Just wondering :)

Seems like a lot of the youtubers / professionals I watch on YouTube use Apple systems / laptops for post processing - is there something MAC stuff does that is better than Windows systems?

We popped into Apple in Solihull yesterday to have a nose around - priced up a desktop system (not what they call it - the box with monitor and keyboard that is separate and it was £4k lol). But if I get more into it (I only run Affinity on this laptop I don't have other software) and decide to get more involved in post processing, then I may buy the Adobe stuff as that seems more widely used...then am I better to get that for windows or get it for MAC.

All stuff that isn't overly relevant for now though.
 
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If I were to get a mac, is there a minimum spec I should go for?
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I do my editing on a 2012 macbook pro 13" screen....
I've fitted an ssd but it only has 8gb ram.
It works great for me as I only process a handful of images at a time....
 
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