Techie information before a purchase

If you decide you want to buy a new computer, laptop or desktop, have a friend who understands computers go to this link

This has some laptop discussion, and includes 2 recommendation links from Puget Systems... copied from Peru Bob
https://community.adobe.com/t5/video-hardware/premiere-pro-hardware-articles-to-read-before-you-buy-or-build/m-p/11557686

John,

Don't tell anyone, but I'm 75!   Age is not a reason to resist the confusing computer talk!

If you can wait a few weeks and the annual habit continues, Adobe will put the current version on sale near the Thanksgiving weekend. 

Your i7 computer enough power to edit video -- at least camcorder and phone video. Your i5 a lot less so. 

I don't think you can upgrade from a nearly 10 year old version of the program. But if you look for special prices online, you may be able to find the current or last year's version of the program at a discount price. Sometimes as cheap as the upgrade price.

But my first question is why are you upgrading? Is there something version 12 doesn't do that you want to do? There's no need to upgrade unless there's a need or desire to upgrade to take advantage of newer features.

What type of editing do you do? If it's just basic editing, you may be able to even get by with Windows Video Editor or Mac iMovie, both of which are freely included with most operating systems.