New computer time

Amps

Time to purchase new hardware.

Needs to run Adobe Photoshop and After Effects, plus Ableton, so it needs to be high spec. Where do you lot buy yours from? I’m looking for somewhere UK based.

Not interested in building my own, and not interested in buying a Mac, as I already have two and both have failed miserably of late.

Any advice on what to look for and avoid regards components would be greatly appreciated.

Mad_Cyril

Amps
I’ve used this mob a few times for work ’tings and they’ve been decent.

https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/

Dont take the name of the website too literally.

Or you could build your own macbook?

Smallman1

A MacBook Pro is your friend Amps.

Hope that helps.

303abuser

i was going to suggest the mac mini. my 2012 has held up for pretty well for production and i’ll probably be upgrading to the new one this year.

Kells77

Yeah I have Macs also, although I only bought them last year, so they’re both still doing just fine.

Are you looking for a laptop or a desktop?

Amps

Kells77 Dektop Kel.

Amps

Are you a complete pair of spastics? Did you read my post at all?

303abuser

Amps i’m not a massive apple fan, especially of late, but their hardware is generally very durable and performs very well. you’ve maybe had some bad luck, but the new mac mini is decent value for the performance. my current machine is 9 years old, has almost never been turned off, and still handles ableton with a couple of dozen tracks and dozens of plugins before i have to start bouncing to audio.

Kells77

Amps I did a quick search and it looks like your top 3 best options (that aren’t a Mac) are:
1) Microsoft Surface Studio 2 - pretty freaking pricey though!
2) Lenovo Yoga A940 - looks weird AF, but it’s got a tablet-style screen
3) HP Pavilion 590 - per the site I found, “An excellent graphic design computer that won’t cost the earth”, but it’s only the tower, no monitor.

Source: https://www.creativebloq.com/features/best-computers-for-graphic-design

Hursty

https://www.ebuyer.com/store/Computer/cat/Laptops ?

RichM

Have you thought about building your own??

Amps

RichM For fucks sake 😆

Mad_Cyril

RichM LOL

SM001

Whats your price range, Amps?

Amps

I have clearly fucked this thread up, and somehow managed to miss the point. Allow me to start again:

Dear all, which specialist computer shop based in the UK do you all buy your computer hardware from?

Kells77

Amps Doh! Sorry….it’s Monday morning here. I blame that for lack of reading comprehension 😂

Mad_Cyril

Amps
I think your only real error was over-estimating the intellectual capacity of drug addled middle-aged casualties 🤣

RichM

Amps I’d recommend Comet

Wasily

Amps Overclockers UK

Smallman1

No idea Amps, work take care of everything.

Hope that helps.

303abuser

Mad_Cyril 😅 i stand by my response.

Kells77

Hey now! 😂

SM001

Have you tried using a calculator, Amps?