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    Which Lenovo/IBM laptop, is the best for gaming and photoshop?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by WaffleBoy, Apr 24, 2011.

  1. WaffleBoy

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    Which Lenovo/IBM laptop, is the best for gaming and photoshop?
     
    WaffleBoy, Apr 24, 2011
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    According to your signature, Dell 17".
     
    marcob, Apr 24, 2011
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    The Dell for me... the IBM/Lenovo fo my friend... he doesn't like Dell...
    so? which laptop?
     
    WaffleBoy, Apr 24, 2011
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    W520 with an Nvidia 2000 and a FHD. Probably.
     
    marcob, Apr 24, 2011
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    Ok, thanks
     
    WaffleBoy, Apr 24, 2011
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    Personally, I think that asking about what's the best ThinkPad for gaming is like asking what's the best airplane for going to the supermarket...
     
    ThinkRob, Apr 25, 2011
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    Not really. An airplane is overkill, a Thinkpad when it comes to gaming is not.
    The thing is that the Thinkpads are not really gaming machines.
     
    marcob, Apr 25, 2011
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    I've heard good things about the W520 running Starcraft 2, and I know the FHD display w/ 95% gamut would be great for Photoshop.

    What kinds of games are you planning on playing? Starcraft 2 and Portal 2 on high settings with the shaders turned down to medium run just fine on my NVIDIA QFX 770M which is less powerful than the NVIDIA QFX 1000M/2000M
     
    edit1754, Apr 25, 2011
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    It's also the reason a lot of experts ignore the question. I actually surprised at the number of gaming questions that come up with the ThinkPads. I guess it's actually a good thing.
     
    Thors.Hammer, Apr 25, 2011
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    I am not surprised to see gamers looking for business notebooks. All the "consumer" level divisions of the major companies (Dell, HP..) have basically demonstrated they are experts at making shoddy products and having terrible/incompetent customer support. Even gamers and home users want a well built machine that comes will solid technical support if they need help. I do not think I would recommend a consumer level Windows 7 based machine to anybody.
     
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    ThinkPads are not geared towards gaming. You would be better off with an IdeaPad as they actually have gaming GPUs.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Apr 25, 2011
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    Except IdeaPads don't have great screens for Photoshop. IdeaPads are like HP DV6 laptops, in which they have have good gaming power, while screen quality and resolution upgrades are basically overlooked and ignored.

    A good gaming and photo editing laptop (that won't necessarily get great battery life unfortunately, but I've heard it can still achieve 3 hours) would be a Sager NP8130 with the 95% gamut matte display upgrade. Even the 60% gamut glossy 1920x1080 display would be better than anything you can find on an IdeaPad.
     
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    AboutThreeFitty, Apr 25, 2011
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    Well OP didn't really list a price...
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Apr 25, 2011
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    Let's hope I can actually see that amount of battery life in use when I get my W520 (maybe longer since it is a dual core + Quadro 1000M)! :D
     
    kirayamato26, Apr 25, 2011
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    How bout a 17" HP Elitebook? The last gen can be had with an IPS screen and 1920x1200 rez, and the newer gen is 1080p. Both are great for gaming and have IPS.

    I personally am going to save the gaming for the desktop in favor of battery life. I like the idea of the x220 with 9 cell battery - 15 hours!
     
    klezmer41, Apr 25, 2011
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    LaptopMag's battery life test is usually really light web surfing.

    I really wish they could stuff a Nvidia GT 555M card in it. For me, it would be a perfect laptop. Oh well. :(
     
    AboutThreeFitty, Apr 25, 2011
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