Your opinion of a great PS computer

[eliza89681725]

I am curious to know what computer Photoshop users prefer. I often have Bridge, Camera Raw and Photoshop running at the same time, which slows down everything  painfully -- I am talking minutes, not seconds, despite the fact that my computer has 4GB of memory & is 3.2GHz. If it were newer, I might just get a new graphics card, but bordering on ten years (iMac A1311 2010), it doesn't seem such a good idea, since other parts may start failing, at this point. I would like to get a laptop, but from past experience, I usually figure out exactly what I want, shortly after purchasing new equipment, so I thought that asking people running exactly the same software that I am would be the best course of action. I would prefer to hear what users have to say, positive or not, rather than a sales spiel.

[John T Smith]

A 64bit operating system uses enough of that 4Gig of memory that there is very little left to run one program at a time, let alone 3

My opinion (I don't work for Adobe) is 16Gig is the absolute minimum

[eliza89681725]

Thanks JohnTSmith. I will keep that in mind while looking. I am also interested in hearing brand names.

[Nancy OShea]

Buy the best desktop/workstation  and graphics card you can afford.  And don't scrimp on memory or primary SSD drive capacity.   IMO you get more bang for your buck with a Windows PC than a Mac.  But that's up to you.  

Start with the minimum system requirements but keep in mind that these are merely baseline recommendations   Depending on the type of work you do (3D, filters, plugins, etc...)  you will probably need a faster chip and more hard disk, RAM and VRAM than what's recommended below.

• Adobe Creative Cloud system requirements
• Photoshop system requirements
• Adobe Bridge system requirements

Recommended Content Creation Workstation for Photoshop Users

https://www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/content_creation/index.php

[Simmer1]

The problem your having with speed is that your computer has 4GB Memory for running Bridge, Camera Raw and Photoshop I would recommend 8GB memory which is the iMac baseline these days. If your budget permits I'd say go for 16GB of more.