I have been researching the piss out new computers for photo editing. I've determined a laptop will get much more use by not confining me to my upstairs office.
Yesterday I bought a Dell XPS 15 with a 4k display. I cancelled the order today. I'm not sure the pop of the 4k screen is worth the battery hit, the screen glare and the scaling issues with Win 10 and some programs.
Initially I thought Video editing would be something I would be doing regularly. But after giving it thought what I will be doing is extracting still photos from 4k video. From my research I don't think this requires the dedicated GPU that video editing does.
So if I plan to just edit high resolution photos and extract stills from 4k video (and then edit them) is there any reason I need a laptop with a dedicated GPU? I'm starting to look at the Dell XPS 13 with the HD display rather than than the 4k touch screen. It's a high spec laptop with incredible battery life, just missing the dedicated CPU of the XPS 15.
I can get a 4k screen on the XPS 13 but I have the same concerns as above.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Yesterday I bought a Dell XPS 15 with a 4k display. I cancelled the order today. I'm not sure the pop of the 4k screen is worth the battery hit, the screen glare and the scaling issues with Win 10 and some programs.
Initially I thought Video editing would be something I would be doing regularly. But after giving it thought what I will be doing is extracting still photos from 4k video. From my research I don't think this requires the dedicated GPU that video editing does.
So if I plan to just edit high resolution photos and extract stills from 4k video (and then edit them) is there any reason I need a laptop with a dedicated GPU? I'm starting to look at the Dell XPS 13 with the HD display rather than than the 4k touch screen. It's a high spec laptop with incredible battery life, just missing the dedicated CPU of the XPS 15.
I can get a 4k screen on the XPS 13 but I have the same concerns as above.
Thanks in advance for any advice.