Need some /g/ood advice Looking for a powerful enough laptop

>>18685549
>i dont trust these tech people with their dirty tech advice
>i know, ill go on 4chan's norman advice board
i just really dont understand this
try g, obviously

Artist and animator here.

Actually try a touch-based laptop before you buy one. I tried a surface pro and thought I would like it, but it was endlessly frustrating when the heel of my hand kept switching the layer on me. You need something pen-sensitive with a way to disable touch.

Also, I recommend checking out the Tiger Direct website. They have a lot of good stuff and it goes on sale a lot.

I've also personally had very good experiences with ASUS products. The hardware is solid and powerful and the customer service is pretty good. They have some annoying bloatware (Splendid Video Enchancement is one you gotta be wary of, it makes your screen yellow), but I;ve been very happy with their stuff.

I also have a friend who swears by the larger iPads. Procreate is a good app for it. Dunno if it has good animation software, though.

>>18685580
The kind of software you need will also depend on the kind of animation you do. Is it frame by frame? That's relatively low-cost. Is it motion comic animation? That needs a stronger PC. Is it completely 3D with a lot of post-processing? You need an absolute powerhouse of a computer.

>>18685565
I did, thought I'd diversify the replies I got. Numbers game.

>>18685580
Well I'm looking for windows, since I haven't had a windows device in years since I got an iMac in 2016. I'm probably gonna (((acquire))) Adobe Flash on it. If there's ADDITIONAL programs for animation, I'd be happy to indulge.

>>18685588
Well, probably keyframe. I'm a 2D artist (for now, just stretching my legs, getting into webcomics, etc)

How powerful is an iMac? Could that work for something like Blender or SFM or whatever people tend to use for 3D?

>>18685592
ToonBoom or OpenToonz (I think that's what they are called, not much od a traditional animator) are effective, cheap options. They're not keyframe, though.

I used After Effects for motion comic animation and really liked it. But the more effects-heavy scenes would take a while.

You need GPU for processing power, RAM for working memory, and also a large memory bank for saving rendered files. Large bank can easily be an external hard drive.

PROTIP: Use a cloud service like OneDrive and set up nightly backups of your work. It is worth the time and money. They will save your ass and you will be very happy you did it.

>>18685613
I don't do 'cloud' anything. Data stays physical for me, laptop, PC, or HDD.

How do ToomBoom or the other one work if not keyframe? Are they like 2D rigging

>>18685619
That's fine, but at least do backups on an external hard drive or something. I can think of at least six times in the past couple years that they've saved my ass. Corrupted saves, accidental deletions, stuff getting saved over. Being able to retrieve a file or a save state you thought was lost is invaluable.

By keyframe animation, do you mean tweening? I haven't personally used ToonBoom or OpenToonz, but I hear good things about them from traditional-style animators who draw every frame. Don't know if they tween.

>>18686494
I guess so, Tweening. The thing is I haven't "started" animating yet other than shitpost 30 second videos on my youtube. I want to start getting serious, and though I have a tablet, I feel like drawing right on the screen is better. Tweening is what the cheap korean studios do, as in it automatically moves the figure(s) based o n the start and end points, no?