Laptop for occasional lightroom

Conscious this is more of a computer than a photography issue but I am looking for a cheap laptop that I can use during liveaboard trips (lightroom Cloud/Classic and occasional PS).

I currently am using a powerful and capable desktop computer (the laptop won't be my main computer)

Can anyone tell me if a laptop with 16GB RAM and integrated graphic chipset can do the job (like Intel 620 HD) ?

My only requirements are

• -No Mac
•  Budget ~ 700USD max / 500GBP / 600EUR

Thank you

I just went to BHPhoto and selected laptops under $1000 and picked 16GB RAM

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/products/ci/18818/N/4110474292?sort=PRICE_LOW_TO_HIGH&filters=fct_price%3A0..1000%2Cfct_ram_965%3A16gb

There are quite a just over the $700 mark with 16GB RAM and 256 GB SSD - I would think any of the Lenovo models would be fine.

Thanks Chris! Do you know if 16gb RAM is enough for seemless Lightroom?

I have 64gb on my desktop and this software is a pig in terms of memory eating (not sure this idiom translates well in English!) - it just takes all of the free memory I throw at it..

12 minutes ago, waterpixel said:

Thanks Chris! Do you know if 16gb RAM is enough for seemless Lightroom?

I have 64gb on my desktop and this software is a pig in terms of memory eating (not sure this idiom translates well in English!) - it just takes all of the free memory I throw at it..

I don't use Lightroom so can't help there.  I'm sure it'll work but potentially it'll be slow.  I have an older laptop with similar specs and it runs Photoshop CS6 and Capture One just fine. 

You could consider a cut down software set for on the road use if you don't want to spend too much - I doubt you need cataloging capability of Lightroom on the road, more the quick review and cull and browsing functions.  If Lightroom is too much of a problem you could use bridge for review or something like Breezebrowser Pro might be significantly cheaper than spending the money needed to keep Lightroom happy on a laptop and it's very fast for reviewing.

That's actually the best solution - Thanks Chris! Will have a look at Breezebrowser.

1 hour ago, waterpixel said:

That's actually the best solution - Thanks Chris! Will have a look at Breezebrowser.

You could always try it out first to see how it copes with a cheap laptop I guess.  The next step up of laptops with 32GB of RAM seem start at $1500-$1600 at least on B&H to get 32GB RAM and other features. 

Breezebrowser has a 30 day fully functioning trial as I recall so you can give it a good try once you have the laptop.  It also has allowed one laptop and one desktop install when I purchased .  I've had Breezebrowser for a while I've always liked it as it is pretty fast and if you set to high quality previews gives a good impression of how the image might look processed.

I realize the brief is for a non-Apple laptop and more memory is always good but FWIW I've got 16Gb of RAM and an SSD in an iMac and it's running LR Classic just fine