Expert: Glen Demers - 12/14/2008

Question
Hi. I'm looking for a new laptop and could very much use your help. I'm a photographer and I use Photoshop for my editing, so I'm looking for a laptop that provides good colour display, so it has to display a higher than average percentage of the colour gamut (I read most laptops display only 40% to 45% percent). I'm not picky as I already have an external LCD monitor as my primary display, so a laptop that displays above the average 40-45% will be good enough for me.

I did some googling and found a list of top 5 laptops for displaying the colour gamut, with some going up to 137% http://markzware.com/blogs/top-5-laptops-for-displaying-color-gamut/2008/10/14 but here is my problem; I need a laptop that specifically has a 14.1''  WXGA (1280x800) screen, and a graphics card that can run the latest games (I'm not a gamer anymore, but would like to play games later).

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please note that price is not a problem.
PS. I don't want to use a Mac.

Answer
Hi Amelia,
I work in the print industry so I use a desktop computer, I only need a CMYK gamut, I don't play games and I work on a Mac.
That being said, I would test drive the various laptops available in store to see not only color gamut but contrast and viewing angle differences.

Sorry I couldn't provide more help,
Glen Demers
Adobe Certified Expert, Photoshop 7
Prepress Technician, Best Printing Online
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