Deal or No Deal!? Good comp for CS3???

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Clayton_Sandoval
May 12, 2008
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Hi all,

I am looking to purchase a new laptop to mainly use Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Windows. I have been doing a good amount of research and what seems to be the most important thing for running Photoshop fast and efficiently is RAM and a good screen. I’ve been looking around for computers now for a couple weeks, and I think i finally found one I like. So my question to you guys is for $1200, does this computer seem like a good deal and will it run Adobe Photoshop CS3 successfully? Here are the details:

–Computer–:ThinkPad T61 Widescreen
–Processor–: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz 800MHz 3MBL2) –Operating System–: Windows Vista Home Premium
–Display Panel–: 15.4 WSXGA+ TFT (Widescreen Super eXtended Graphics Array Plus Resolution: 1680×1050)
–System Graphics–: Intel GMA X3100 GM965
–Total Memory–: 3GB PC2-5300 DDR SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM) –Hard Drive–: 160 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
–Intel Turbo Memory hard drive cache–: Intel Turbo Memory 1GB –Wireless Cards–: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (supporting Centrino Pro) –Battery–: 6 cell Li-Ion Battery

Thank you, Your help is much appreciated guys!!

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dave_milbut
May 12, 2008
I can’t speak for it’s use specifically as a cs3 box, but i’ve been running ibm websphere RAD (web development) software on that same setup for a couple months now and it runs like a champ.
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Sid_Phillips
May 12, 2008
Looks good on paper (or pixels). I’d say go for it. But set aside another $200 or so for a Spyder to calibrate it, unless you already have something else.

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