The MacBook is favoured by many photographers, and for good reason. Today's processors can fill in for them, and they pack enough pixel-pushing punch for photo editing. A conventional hard disk drive will bottleneck performance like flat tires on a Ferrari, and while dedicated graphics cards are great for gaming, they're not a necessity here. This used to be more eye-sore than eye-candy, with appalling contrast and viewing angles, but thankfully IPS display tech fixes this and you shouldn't settle for anything less.Īn SSD (solid state drive) is a must as your primary storage in any new laptop. It's easy to get bogged down in the tech and spec soup of computer terminology, but there are a couple of key areas photographers need to think about. Watch the video above for the top 7 things to consider when buying a laptop.