DELL Vostro Notebook 5301

[defaulttkever4wuljj]

Hello, I bought a new DELL Vostro witrh following specs. From what I can read from Adobe system requirements for Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator are my specs should be adequate. Can anyone with experience let me know if this is adequate in real life? Thanks and be safe. 

Win10 Pro 64 bit

11th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 Processor (8MB Cache, up to 4.2 GHz)

13.3-inch FHD (1920 x 1080)

8GB, onboard, LPDDR4x, 4267MHz

256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive

Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics with shared graphics memory

[John Waller]

Adequate probably sums it up. It's a low end laptop which will offer modest performance. 16GB Ram would have been good but the system should be adequate as it is.

You can sign up for a free 7 day Trial of Creative Cloud and see what you think of the performance.

If you're happy you'll be automatically switched to a paid Cloud Plan. Nothing for you to do.

If not, remember to cancel within 7 days to avoid being charged for a Cloud plan.

[defaulttkever4wuljj]

Thanks

[Test Screen Name]

I'd worry most about the tiny SSD. Where do you plan to keep your work? 

[Abambo]

I'd worry most about the tiny SSD. Where do you plan to keep your work? 

By @Test Screen Name

That's really the fun-breaker. You would need at least putting your user data on an external drive. 256Gb will be just enough to hold the system and some user programs, but as space use tends to grow with the time, you will soon hit the hard limits. I would be prepared to change it for a 500Gb or better, a 1Tb drive.

Memory: I've just upgraded my daughter's laptop from 8 to 12 Gb, which is the maximum her laptop can afford. My laptop is 16Gb, and I'm hitting from time to time the walls. Check the upgrade possibilities. You may not need to upgrade now, but somewhere in the future it may be necessary, especially if you run concurrently the programs.