I need to purchase a new laptop and wondered what was recommended when using lightroom?

Question

Ehich laptop is most compatible with Lightroom?

Answer 1

Also, if you are planning to also use the laptop to edit your photos, you want to go with a 17" screen. I have a small 15" ASUS laptop with an Intel I5 CPU and 6GB of RAM. Lightroom runs fine on that but I only use it to offload images from my CF card and use Lightroom or Elements to verify the download was successful by checking the RAW images in a RAW viewer so I have no need for a lot of power. However, the small screen is not suitable for serious editing.
I also have a Macbook Pro 17" which I also use. I have a small working catalog on that machine. I used to use it for traveling but, being considerably larger and heavier than the ASUS, I don't take it on the road anymore. The screen was large enough that I could view 1:1 previews and still see nearly the entire image on the screen which made it suitable to make changes and judge quality but I still wait to to do the serous edits (like using Photoshop) when i get home where I can export/import my working catalog to my Mac Pro with the big monitor.
The 17" screen on the Macbook makes serious editing possible and there is enough power and memory to run both Lightroom and Photoshop. If the laptop is going to be your primary darkroom, go with a 17" screen with a fast processor (Intel I5 or better, I7) and at least 8GB of RAM (Photoshop really loves RAM). One other thing I will mention is that I worked in IT for a very large bank where we had thousands of laptops deployed from a number of different manufacturers. The Lenovo laptops had the least problems over all with a much lower percentage of them having to be returned/repaired. I personally had good luck with the Dell laptops and have owned them personally as well but many of my coworkers did not fair so well.