Some advice required on a potential purchase

[Hectorhector1970]

Thanks for your advice in advance. I really appreciate how people take the time to answer.

I want to buy a new laptop.
I mainly use it for Photoshop and Lightroom and a little bit of video processing.

Bits I'm not sure about.
Would 24GB Ram versus 16GB Ram make any difference to performance (speed)

The Graphics card - does that have any impact. I'm used to purchasing Geforce cards but I've no idea if the Intel card is decent or not a good one.

Do laptops not have SD slots anymore - is it all attached memory card readers now?

Last question is that a decent battery?

If anyone had a list of key specs I should be looking at (like is i7 the best choice, Ram, Video card etc) for best performance of Photoshop / Lightroom.

Chassis & Display Lafité Pro Series:
14" Matte Full HD IPS LED (1920 x 1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor i7-10510U (1.8GHz, 4.9GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM) 24GB 2666MHz DDR4 (1 x 16GB Corsair SODIMM + 8GB SOLDERED)
Graphics Card INTEL® HD GRAPHICS (CPU Dependant) - 1.7GB Max DDR4 Video RAM - DirectX® 12
1st M.2 SSD Drive 2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Memory Card Reader Integrated Micro-SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor 1 x 65W AC Adaptor Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Battery 1 x Lafité Battery 73WH

Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0 USB/Thunderbolt Options 1 x USB 3.1 PORT (Type C) + 1 x USB 3.1 PORT + 1 x USB 3.0 PORT Keyboard Language LAFITÉ PRO SERIES SINGLE COLOUR BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD Operating System Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001] Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language Windows Recovery Media Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account Office Software FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required) Anti-Virus BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode Browser Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only) Laptop Cooling Stands CoolerMaster NotePal L2 Laptop Cooler, upto 17.3 inch Notebook Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE Webcam INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM

 

[Oussebon]

What's the budget and what price did that system come to?

 

[Hectorhector1970]

Thanks Oussebon. Its 1,652.00 . So a budget around that.
I was looking for a 14 inch laptop - slimish.

 

[Hectorhector1970]

That was Euros.

 

[Hectorhector1970]

When you get a chance Oussebon I'd be interested in any suggested configuration you might have.

 

[Oussebon]

No need to bump after just 1 hour! I do have other things to be doing with my Saturday in fairness

Photoshop and video editing can benefit from fairly powerful hardware, and the hardware in the very small and thin chassis is relatively limited.

You could look at the Vyper - which has a much more powerful CPU and GPU and is very light compared to other laptops of the same class.

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You can upgrade storage / add storage, but you are stuck with the CPU and GPU, so if a chassis the size and weight of the Vyper would work for you, it would be worth considering.

 

[Hectorhector1970]

Thanks Oussebon for the advice