Laptop for university and Lightroom?

er
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Very short question: is this laptop suitable:

https://www.notebooksbilliger.de/...095+652197

for Uni and Lightroom (landscape photography)?

Does anyone have any experience with the panel, possibly how much% Adobe RGB color space coverage?

I couldn't find any information or tests on the internet.

I ask because - it is hard to believe - there are also IPS panels that do not always offer a good and stable color display for photo editing.

I thank you in advance!

Em

You can see the minimum requirements for Adobe Lightroom on the following page: https://trustedbay.com/adobe-system-requirements/
And a "correct" color representation is largely up to you.

Ca

8 GB of RAM is simply not enough for image processing.

And every monitor, even of the same type, always has a slightly different color. You won't be able to do anything about it unless you buy a calibrated monitor, as is often found in the printing area. But these are not particularly cheap.

er

I have 2 4K 28 inch IPS monitors at home and have calibrated them as well. When you can travel "more freely" again (you shouldn't lose hope), photo sessions - especially in landscape photography - take quite a long time. First and foremost, the laptop should be for university, for that, in my opinion, it is completely sufficient, but I also want to adjust the colors of the photos "correctly" with Lightroom. I know that the laptop is not suitable for Photoshop, that's why I have my setup at home.

Ca

If so, then I can only recommend a MacBook to you. They are small and handy and nobody can compete with the MacBook screens that quickly. You really have to say that. But unfortunately these things are really expensive. : - /

er

That's the problem, why I can't get a MacBook, as a student and amateur photographer you don't really have a lot of money on the XD

Ca

I know, I was a student myself.

Perhaps it is better if you only use the laptop to briefly check the images, but make color corrections etc. On your monitors at home. I know that's stupid too

er

Hmm… Theoretically, that would even be okay, in any case better than on the camera display, even if it's the 90D (sorry Canon…, but camera displays… Tze tze, you could do that better with the XD color display) or the mobile phone.
Would 8 Gb Ram be enough for Lightroom?

Ca

I wouldn't say that's enough.
Or do we describe it differently. If you are used to it, you will not see any deficits. It's just a little slower, nothing more actually happens. But I would always go to at least 16 GB (with DDR4 it can be more, DDR3 supports "only" 16 GB).

er

Yes, well, then it will be critical, at home I have 32 DDR4 with 3.2 GHz clock in it…

So

The question that does not arise to me:

Why 100% Adobe color space coverage?

On the one hand, everything is displayed in sRGB on the web and on almost every conventional screen, and on the other hand, deviations from one model to the other are possible even with calibrated screens.

In short: 100% Adobe color space coverage is only useful if the entire production chain, starting with the settings in the camera, runs on Adobe RGB and you print it out at the end.

Otherwise it is completely unnecessary to go to Adobe RGB for what you call yourself, a hobby photographer. Don't put so much pressure on yourself there. Your "color true" representation is already there on the next screen where you are looking at the picture, calibrated or not.

So if you are looking for a laptop that will run most of the time for university, then the one given is sufficient for you. For Lightroom this is still okay and even rudimentary processes in Photoshop should be feasible with a little patience.

Otherwise I can only guess the new Macbook models with the M1 chips. An 8GB Air model should make it easy for your activities. Or you go with Windows and buy a DELL XPS 13 ". Both are of course a bit more expensive in terms of budget.