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Question

Lighteight laptops

Sep 26, 2015 3:50PM PDT

I was set on a dell xps 13 then I was told by an IT person to get a 500 gb hard drive. My budget is about $1200.00. I also want to process photos with adobe Lightroom. What would you recommend as a purchase?

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You can change the HDD later.
Sep 26, 2015 4:15PM PDT
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(NT) I found the Dell inspiron 13 7000 it looks perfect for my
Sep 26, 2015 6:08PM PDT
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One thing.
Sep 27, 2015 7:11AM PDT

The Inspirons have, for the models I've used over the years, barely acceptable displays.

You want to process photos so I would avoid the Inspirons. Your color work may be off.