Laptop for uni

Check with the campus student store to see if it offers any special deals on Mac or Windows laptops.

Any Apple Silicon based MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of Flash storage should work extremely well for a jounralism program.

Laptop ideas for doing video editing https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/best-laptops-for-video-editing

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

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(and congratulations!)

The naswer depends on what tools will be used. Photoshop Iimage) and Premiere (video) would require higher specs than other tools.

Here is a good article as a start to cover considerations and compare options:
https://www.laptopmag.com/best-picks/best-laptops-for-photoshop