Laptop spec to run Adobe Premiere Pro

[Jude5CC3]

Hi guys

I wonder whether anyone can advise me of the required spec to use with Adobe Premiere Pro (APP). (Yes, I have looked on the Apple website. But I'd find it useful to hear from other people who also use this software). I currenly have a 4 year old, high spec (shown below) Dell laptop which was supplied by my company's IT dept. In the last week I've noticed that while editing subtitles, APP is hanging and going slow, especially when I don't want it to. If I press 'play' it hangs, sometimes for 30 seconds. If it's playing and I press 'stop' it can carry on playing, again for 30 seconds or so. Today my IT colleague thoroughly checked over my laptop. He thinks it is absolutely fine and working as it should.

I'm used to Windows operating system and 97% of my company's other laptops have Windows installed.  Are Apple pc's/laptops always better?

[John T Smith · Accepted solution]

Laptop ideas https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/best-laptops-for-video-editing

Not 100% current, but may help... This has some laptop discussion, and includes 2 recommendation links from Puget Systems... copied from Peru Bob... NOTE - go to the Puget site to see their CURRENT information
https://community.adobe.com/t5/video-hardware/premiere-pro-hardware-articles-to-read-before-you-buy-...

[Jude5CC3]

Thanks John. Very useful. Much appreciated.

[Jude5CC3]

Hi John

Could I ask your opinion of this Dell (2nd one on list) : https://toptenreviewed.com/best-laptops-for-adobe-premier/

Thanks

Jude

[John T Smith]

Sorry... I do not use a laptop, and I build my own desktop computers (myself & wife) so I only have some saved links for when someone asks about a laptop

[Jude5CC3]

OK no problem. Thanks.

[Conrad_C · Accepted solution]

The specs on that Dell are high for when it was released, although it seems to be designed more as a business/office laptop rather than a graphics workstation, and some parts are getting dated. Overall it looks good enough that current Premiere Pro should run OK on it, at least when editing 1080p video. It might struggle with 4K though. Before running off to a new computer, one thing I didn’t see in the specs was how large the internal storage is, and how much free space is on it?

I'm used to Windows operating system and 97% of my company's other laptops have Windows installed.  Are Apple pc's/laptops always better?

By @Jude5CC3

I’ve enjoyed using Mac laptops for many years, and I will say that Apple Macs are great, but not always better than PCs. For desktop computers especially, there are ways to customize a PC for performance that aren’t options for Macs.

For laptops, in the last few years Apple has had an advantage in power efficiency, which means being able to edit video for longer on battery power, and less heat and fan noise. However there have always been PC laptops that were more powerful when plugged into wall power. In the last year or so Windows laptops have been catching up in power efficiency. If you’re used to Windows, there should be enough good options to be able to stay with Windows for a new laptop, especially if you need to get it through a Windows PC-oriented IT department.

[Jude5CC3]

Hi Conrad

Thanks for your reply. Much appreciated.

Re, your question about internal storage, does the info below help?

[Jude5CC3]

Hi Conrad

Could I also ask your opinion on this one. The Dell looks suitable: https://toptenreviewed.com/best-laptops-for-adobe-premier/

[Warren Heaton]

If you go with Apple, any Apple Silicon based MacBook Pro.    I'd go with 32GB/2TB or more, but no less than 16GB/1TB.

[Jude5CC3 · Accepted solution]

Thank you for this. Noted!