Anne Adlington

Hi Brian, I have an old colormunki that I’m using until my spyder x2 elite arrives but I’m having trouble with my calibration profile. After I calibrated yesterday on my new Lenovo legion I could see the new profile in the color management tab. This morning I turned on my computer and that saved profile (saved following Damien’s instructions using his naming convention), is gone. It’s not in any of the tabs. I noticed it wasn’t there yesterday after I first calibrated so I recalibrated and it showed up. I was able to make it the default. Today, gone.

Thanks I think the spyder is actually on sale right now

It mentions super bright screens but I didn’t know if that was its only benefit. Of the spyder x2 elite and the calibrite pro hl, do you have a preference of one over the other?

Hi Damien, I’m looking at the spyder x2 elite and see there is a slightly more expensive version called the ultra. Just wondering if that’s a newer version since you wrote your article or if I should stick with the elite.

Thank you! Yes I checked and all of them do have an IPS screen even though it doesn’t say. Actually some of them do say but it’s buried down further. I didn’t even think about the colour casts with the MSIs. I ended up going with the $2599 version and adding another 1TB HD to it

Questions I have are, is it better to go with an older i9 (13900) and an RTX 4080 with 2TB SSD for $3k CAD or the newer i9 (14900) and an RTX 4070 w/1TB for $2600 ? Or for $2300 the i9-13900, RTX 4070 w/1TB. Ram for each is 32GB. This is for the Lenovo Legion 7i 16” ips The two MSIs I’m looking at (Raiders) are both basically $300 more than the Lenovos with the same specs. Lenovos https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_4419&item_id=253748 https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_4419&item_id=253838 https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_4419&item_id=243416 MSIs https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/msi-raider-ge-16-gaming-laptop-black-intel-core-i9-13980hx-1tb-ssd-32gb-ram-geforce-rtx-4070/17539022 https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/msi-raider-ge-16-gaming-laptop-core-black-intel-core-i9-14900hx-1tb-32gb-ram-geforce-rtx-4070/17685415 All of the above have IPS displays. I’m open to suggestions too I was just trying to follow your specs in my search. I’ve killed 2 ASUSs now so I’d like to try something different . Also do you recommend adding a second hard drive? Thank you for your help!

Thank you!

Hi Brian, last time you told me to buy a particular laptop I did and loved it and it’s still kicking but it’s full and old. I was looking online based on other posts here and I’m wondering what you think of these https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_4419_4429&item_id=215400&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1ZGcBhCoARIsAGQ0kkrTfhA4rPoTVQBPPfb6S8uLsK7Rq-J_H6iLBLctdrMZ8XnmwggsGbYaAumhEALw_wcB https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/asus-rog-strix-scar-17-3-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i7-12700h-1tb-ssd-16gb-ram-rtx-nbsp-3060-windows-11/16373306?cmp=seo-16373306&cmp=knc-s-71700000055465140&gbraid=0AAAAAD-7qGygk1LX3zoor-CQJn6ZZdiB4&gbraid=0AAAAAD-7qGygk1LX3zoor-CQJn6ZZdiB4&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1ZGcBhCoARIsAGQ0kkrEGLzbBhB83cb64zIUwvj7rsKhgB-rsBske_JuY6OZC3d_03EIMdkaAp9iEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/asus-rog-strix-scar-17-3-gaming-laptop-intel-core-i9-12900h-1tb-ssd-16gb-ram-rtx-3070-ti-windows-11/15992594?cmp=seo-15992594&cmp=knc-s-71700000055465140&gbraid=0AAAAAD-7qGygk1LX3zoor-CQJn6ZZdiB4&gbraid=0AAAAAD-7qGygk1LX3zoor-CQJn6ZZdiB4&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1ZGcBhCoARIsAGQ0kkpEwym-oKWZqz33IJ2cVTg_DvyQ22ANDh7do867cDo95LVkc9_0NWUaAiKsEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Just a sec while I pick myself up off the floor lol. Thank you for all your assistance, I will try to wait it out.

Well, maybe I’ll hold out for 2022 then if I can

Thank you. And will my child be able to game on this as well?

Ok I found myself on the dell website today, how did I do? https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/desktops/xps-special-edition-desktop/spd/xps-8940-desktop/dxps8940se_s74e?configurationid=a2c80cc2-f5bf-46d6-bb63-eaa545ebd16e or: https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/desktops/xps-special-edition-desktop/spd/xps-8940-desktop/dxps8940se_s73e?configurationid=929260e9-e076-4f5e-ad02-20150a1afce8 I’m not really sure what the difference is could you please make sure I haven’t selected anything dumb? Thank you!

Yay! Thanks for all your help!!!

I FINALLY bought something please tell me there are no red flags here.... They're adding a 500GB SSD. I decided to go with a laptop for the portability. I have my 24" ProArt monitor to edit with as well and one day I will purchase a desktop but of now, hopefully this will be sufficient. ASUS ROG GL552VW-DH71 Gaming Notebook - 15.6" IPS FHD (1920x1080) Intel Core i7-6700HQ(2.60GHz) 16GB DDR4, 1TB HDD - NVIDIA GTX960M 2GB GDDR5 DL DVD-RW BT4.0 Win10

I know, it's insane. The WD 4T hard drive would be another $250.