Is anyone doing heavy Photoshop work with the Surface Pro 4? I'd like your feedback on the fit of the product for this work.
I have a SP4 i7/16GB/1TB on order and I'm wondering if it will meet my needs.
I have a SP1 (i5/4GB/125GB) that I'll use in a pinch, but it is very limiting for the following reasons: Storage is too little even with SD cards, RAM is insufficient, battery life is 2 hours max when doing Photoshop, and the screen is a bit small. Still, it gives me an idea of what to expect as compared to someone new to the SP line.
I checked out the Surface Book, but I ruled it out because the screen won't tilt to a position that makes me comortable for editing with the pen on the screen.
My typical Photoshop file runs about 1GB when saved, with the occasional file exceeding 2GB. I watched my RAM usage yesterday during editing and Photoshop was hitting about 9.5GB on the high end. I had other apps that are part of my workflow taking up several more GB.
I'd like something like the SP4 that I can count on for heavy every-day use while being mobile, with at least a solid 4 hours of battery life when doing this kind of work. I'm looking for something very small with styus support, thus I'm not considering larger laptops just yet.
Thanks for any feedback you can offer. If this can handle my work I don't mind paying the price of it. If it gets relegated to using it in a pinch like my SP1, then I'm not going to spend the money.
I have a SP4 i7/16GB/1TB on order and I'm wondering if it will meet my needs.
I have a SP1 (i5/4GB/125GB) that I'll use in a pinch, but it is very limiting for the following reasons: Storage is too little even with SD cards, RAM is insufficient, battery life is 2 hours max when doing Photoshop, and the screen is a bit small. Still, it gives me an idea of what to expect as compared to someone new to the SP line.
I checked out the Surface Book, but I ruled it out because the screen won't tilt to a position that makes me comortable for editing with the pen on the screen.
My typical Photoshop file runs about 1GB when saved, with the occasional file exceeding 2GB. I watched my RAM usage yesterday during editing and Photoshop was hitting about 9.5GB on the high end. I had other apps that are part of my workflow taking up several more GB.
I'd like something like the SP4 that I can count on for heavy every-day use while being mobile, with at least a solid 4 hours of battery life when doing this kind of work. I'm looking for something very small with styus support, thus I'm not considering larger laptops just yet.
Thanks for any feedback you can offer. If this can handle my work I don't mind paying the price of it. If it gets relegated to using it in a pinch like my SP1, then I'm not going to spend the money.