D620 good for photo editing?

I am thinking of buying d620 rather I was about to buy one. but I stopped when I read few complaints about screen brightness issues.

I will mainly be using d620 for photo editing with PS and other image editing tools. I would say 60% photo editing rest is browsing and emailing.

Do you think Screen would be an issue for this purpose? Any one using D620 for such purpose?

 

check this thread:

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfo...essage.id=21944&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

BUT. I just got one myself, with the Nvidia quadro 110m (which is a 7300 go by the way..don't know what its clocked at though) with the quanta screen, and apparently thats the good one, because it looks fine to me and I'd have no problem doing photoshop on it. I use photoshop at work every day, but I'm not "super pro" in that I'm not one of those people who calibrates their photoshop with the monitor and dials it in just perfect, so, take that for what its worth. Viewing angle not incredible in the vertical, but excellent horizontal, but thats been my experience with most 14" widescreens I checked out at circuit city... like this one: http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Comp...54217/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do


Also, should mention that I got a scratch and dent refurbished version from the dell outlet, and I've yet to be able to find a scratch or a dent on it anywhere (??). Your mileage may vary though, but I was willing to roll the dice.. came up very good for me. Shouldn't need to say it, but dont buy Scratch & Dent unless you're willing to pay their 15% restocking fee... Mine is perfect, but be careful

build quality is sweet, it gets pretty warm when cpu is @ 100% for a while though, could be heat transfer from magnesium casing as opposed to plastic on my old hp. Sweet laptop though, got the 9 cell battery as well, nice palmrest, and the top near the keyboard doesnt get warm..

 

I just saw a d620 the other day. The screen was poor in my opinion. Either it was too dim or if you cranked the brightness up it looked washed out. It was also grainy. I am not sure which screen it was. Perhaps the one I saw was a lemon. It is too bad because otherwise it was quite a solid notebook.

 

I have the NVIDIA 110m and I have no problems with the screen quality. It is more than adquate for photo editing.

 

Hmm...

I would probably advise against the D260, purely because other notebooks, like the E1405/E1505 have a glossy screen option (and also have better screens IMO), which is better for photo editing IMO. The D260 wasn't made for photo editing, so its not going to be its forte, but it will be more than ready for the task if you wish to.

 

The one I saw was the WXGA+ model as well, but I think it had the integrated card. If you check the link above you will see I am not alone in this opinion. Glad you like yours.

 

Unfortunately I cannot speak for the D620, but the WSXGA+ screen on the D820 (both the LG Phillips and Samsung) were both horrible. They were both dim, with collor reproduction really lacking. I used an Asus V6J for benchmarking with severl people. They all confirmed the poor screen. I would be surprised if the D620 is any different.

 

If you want to do professional photo editing with D620, connect it with good external LCD monitor. The WSXGA+ is screen on this latitude is too grainy for me from personal experience.

 

heh, yeah I agree with rpsbp, thats my first choice. I assume portability must be a priority though, because if you just want a notebook that's good for photoshop one of the desktop replacement style ones would be where its at.

Like this one: http://laptopmag.com/Features/Attack-of-the-20-inch-Notebook.htm