What type of processor should I get in new computer?

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October 31, 2015
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While shopping for a new computer, a salesman told me that a computer with an i5 processor would be too slow to work with Captivate and that I would need an i7. Does anyone have any experience with this?

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Correct answer Lilybiri

There is a lot more factors than just the processor. Personally I prefer i7 over i5, but some users even have i3. Captivate is memory hungry, RAM is important as well. It is also heavy on graphics, if possible get a dedicated graphics card (NVidia works nice with other Adobe applications). If your budget supports it please have a SSD at least for the applications, it starts up so quickly. Last question: are you used to have open several applications at the same time? I always have Photoshop and Audition (sometimes also Illustrator) open together with Captivate

LilybiriCorrect answer

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There is a lot more factors than just the processor. Personally I prefer i7 over i5, but some users even have i3. Captivate is memory hungry, RAM is important as well. It is also heavy on graphics, if possible get a dedicated graphics card (NVidia works nice with other Adobe applications). If your budget supports it please have a SSD at least for the applications, it starts up so quickly. Last question: are you used to have open several applications at the same time? I always have Photoshop and Audition (sometimes also Illustrator) open together with Captivate