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Best budget laptop for Adobe products.

darry85
New Here ,
Feb 09, 2017 Feb 09, 2017

Hello,

I currently have a mid-2012 macbook pro that I'm looking to replace. I'm looking into PC's because I can get more for less.

My current computer has:

Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

I was looking at something that is $500 or less.

I was looking into the lenovo flex 4 for running photoshop, animate and illustrator.

Is it powerful enough or should I be looking elsewhere? Thanks!

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sadistica69
New Here , Feb 09, 2017 Feb 09, 2017

Unfortunately, The better the components in the computer.. the higher the price. I have a CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra GUA880 Gaming Desktop - AMD FX-4300 Quad Core 3.8GHz, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 1TB HDD, 24X DVD, NVIDIA GT 720 1GB, with Windows 10 that I purchased from Amazon for $485. I, also, purchased a monitor completely separate. It is a gaming PC but it runs programs very smoothly. Personally, I love it!

However, these are the basics, that I have found in a Google search, for a photo editing computer:

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Nancy OShea Community Expert
Community Expert , Jun 15, 2022 Jun 15, 2022

I don't think a $600 laptop can do the job.  You'll get a lot more bang for the buck with a desktop PC.

 

Don't buy anything that doesn't have sufficient scratch disk storage, RAM, CPU and GPU.  It must support your OS, Creative Cloud and Photoshop + all other apps you use.  An underpowered computer will not give you a good user experience. 

 

Make sure your computer meets the minimum CPU & GPU requirements. Most Creative Cloud apps work on these systems, no more than 2 versions back:

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According to me any good gaming laptop with at least a RTx 3050 is enough GPU for adobe products. Make sure to take a laptop with 16GB RAM at least. For this time, at least a i7 processor or Ryzen 7 processor will be amazing too.

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