I want to get a laptop for school. I am finally starting all my design classes and I am tired of always working on my desktop. I want some more flexibility that would allow me to hit up a cafe and work. I was thinking of getting a custom built laptop because I also don't want to take a performance hit with a laptop. Basically I want it to run The Adobe master collection flawlessly and still be convenient. roughly $1200 is my limit but I have decided to have a maximum of $1500. I have been looking at stealthmachines website and Sager notebooks website as well. https://www.stealthmachines.com/overview.php?computerid=12 that is the laptop i was looking at, i want something that looks professional and would be good for video editing and working in after effects. I also Enjoy the option of future upgrading but at the moment the smartest decision is eluding me. I can't decide whether to get something custom built like this or order a laptop from some name brand company. Further debate would be much appreciated.
In my opinion you'll do fine with what you've selected on stealthmachines. If you plan to do a lot of video editing I would spring for a bigger HDD. Or you could instead use a decently large SSD and export finished video onto a large external drive.
I plan to have two hard drives. maybe an ssd for caching but I would definitely upgrade. idk i am juwst getting nervous because there are definitely other options out thereb but I don't know about them
but what about these ultra books? is it better to just get one of those or use the more expanded laptops?
hmmmm
If you're doing heavy design work I would stick to a laptop, an ultrabook would be better if you're just taking notes and stuff like that. The Stealthmachines one looks good.