The best photo-editing laptops

Choosing a laptop for photo editing used to be simple - you get the best MacBook you could afford! This wasn't just down to brand snobbery though, as Apple's Retina display technology was almost unrivalled in the PC laptop sector, meaning if you wanted ultra-crisp visuals with the most consistent viewing angle contrast, you had to take a bite of the Apple.

But these days pretty much every major laptop manufacturer offers a model sporting a top spec 4K screen with 100% sRGB colour space coverage and wide contrast to keep highlight and shadow detail consistently visible.

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Ben Andrews

Ben is the Imaging Labs manager, responsible for all the testing on Digital Camera World and across the entire photography portfolio at Future. Whether he's in the lab testing the sharpness of new lenses, the resolution of the latest image sensors, the zoom range of monster bridge cameras or even the latest camera phones, Ben is our go-to guy for technical insight. He's also the team's man-at-arms when it comes to camera bags, filters, memory cards, and all manner of camera accessories – his lab is a bit like the Batcave of photography! With years of experience trialling and testing kit, he's a human encyclopedia of benchmarks when it comes to recommending the best buys.