Ok, so here\'s my deal. I\'m working on starting up a portrait photography business and I\'ve given myself until the end of December to get the rest of the pieces together. The problem I ran into when I was doing work on my current laptop (which by the way is from 2005 when I first went to college) is its too fucking slow. I was going to do a fresh install of XP on it but with 32 bit architecture and the way Photoshop is released (pretty sure it can only work on 64), I decided to just buy something new.
Now my plan was to use my current laptop for a few months while I started to build up a client base to keep my initial startup costs down but ran into the snag above. Then I figured I could get a cheap laptop for like 300 but I\'m thinking it would be costlier in the long run and may be too slow for graphic editing and presentations to my clients. I have the option too to just say fuck it and invest in a decent laptop that will last me a few years.
I\'m looking but I don\'t really know where to start to get a good value pricewise while not sacrificing too much power. Anyone have any suggestions that would meet my needs? Again, I\'ll need it for photo editing and presentations in client\'s homes/places of work.
