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Wink_F_Miller
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July 25, 2025
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Lightoom hardware help

  • July 25, 2025
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I'm a casual user who wants to buy a laptop / thinkpad with a stylus to install lightroom on. Any suggestions?

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Sameer K
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Sameer KCommunity Manager
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July 28, 2025

Hey, @Wink_F_Miller. Welcome to the Lightroom Community. I'll try to help you decide. As a baseline, refer to the Photoshop System requirements page: https://adobe.ly/3CDIUEa

 

Consider using a GPU with an average of 2000 operations per second or higher. You can check this on PassMark's benchmark: https://adobe.ly/3CF3i7X

 

Thinkpads are generally balanced (writing this on one). However, you must consider the scale of your efforts & keep some wiggle room. This conversation is from 3 years ago, and you will find a lot of input from experts and legends of our community: https://adobe.ly/41HYZm8

 

Also, please feel free to check independent reviews & productivity benchmarks of whichever device you buy. 

 

I hope this helps. Thanks!
Sameer K

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