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Rasseru
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September 8, 2017
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Budget good tablet pc laptop for photoshop work? surface 3?

  • September 8, 2017
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Hey there,

I need a new laptop.

I dont have much money for a shiny new one,  I need something for doing art with the current CC PS. 

I work with multi layered PSDs, sometimes large TIFF into the few hundreds of megabyte range.   Need a pen, hence the tablet 2-in-1 approach. 

I wondered, does anyone here use the surface 3's still, are they good for this kind of thing? or similar?   I've seen 8gb i7s for £500 on ebay, not sure how smoothly they run large graphic files like this.

Thanks for any help

    Correct answer JJMack

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    dewan_6144
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    May 28, 2025

    i am expert ghraphicesigning 

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    September 8, 2017

    I have a surface Pro 3 I7.  Photoshop runs well on it however the UI is small in size and Photoshop UI does not fit on screen when you use CC 2x UI the displays is like a 1080x720 display which does not meet PS 1024x768 requirement.  CC will scale it be dfault. So you will need to set 100%UI not Auto or 200%UI.

    Again I have a Surface Pro 3 not a Surface 3.   I do not know if PS will work on a Surface 3. You shoul be able to finf a referbished Surface Pro 3 I7 model for  £500

    Photoshop is not easy to use without a keyboard.  There is a utility Touchkey on the web that can help you there.

    JJMack
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    RasseruAuthor
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    September 8, 2017

    Ah, yes I meant the pro 3.   Small UI is fine, I know my way around photoshop, Thanks for your answer. 

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