I'm not fond of the apparent measurements of widescreen displays. My 22" monitor at work feels smaller than my 19" at home.
Anyway, how bad would a 14" be? The T430 is available with 1600x900 resolution in a 14.1" display, which feels like a good size to me. It's 32mm wider than your X301, same depth, and 7mm thicker. I've always liked the extended 9-cell batteries because they make a nice carrying handle and actually seem to make the laptop feel smaller and more portable. And, it's available with a 2.9-3.5GHz i7-3520M and can hold up to 16GB RAM. Will that do what you need? - Alex -- Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wise is knowing better than to put one in a fruit salad. On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Mitchell Yee <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello everyone: > > I'm going to bite the bullet and uprgrade to a laptop where photoshop > performs decently. I've been shooting a lot of images in raw and my X301 > isn't barely keeping pace with Lightroom (using Win7 and a 256 GB SSD). > Given how raw files are only getting bigger as DSLR sensors grow AND how I > like 13 in displays, my Thinkpad options are becoming nearly non-existent. > > I say that "this might be it" as in I am strongly considering switching to > a MacBook Pro with a 13" display and a i7 processor. As much as I'd like a > MacBook Air (it's light like my X301), at least I can get an 2.9GHz i7. > > Am I missing any other options? I've been a long-time Thinkpad owner but > without a strong 13" contender, it might be time for me to switch. > > Thanks, > Mitchell > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
