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Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Why do you mean by 'using Adobe' They make lots of different products with different system requirements. What programs are you using, and what are you doing with them?

sorry for not being specific - I want to use things like Photoshop, illustrator and video editing for highschool and to college.

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Just now, peepeepoopooman said:

sorry for not being specific - I want to use things like Photoshop, illustrator and video editing for highschool and to college.

Probably get a used gaming laptop is your best option for performance for the price. A usb m1 mba might be a decent option if you want a mac.

 

Do you care about other aspects of the laptop?

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2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Probably get a used gaming laptop is your best option for performance for the price. A usb m1 mba might be a decent option if you want a mac.

 

Do you care about other aspects of the laptop?

aren't gaming laptops usually a bit bulky? 

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A used M1 MacBook Air

Laptop: 2024 16" MacBook Pro M4 Pro, 512GB, 48GB Unified Memory | Phone: iPhone 16 Pro Max 512GB | Wearables: Apple Watch SE | Car: 2025 Honda Accord SE & 2007 Ford Taurus SE | CPU: R7 5700X | Mobo: ASRock B450M Pro4 | RAM: 32GB 3200 | GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 9070XT | Case: Fractal North | OS: Win 11 | Storage: 1TB Crucial P3 NVME SSD, 1TB PNY CS900, & 4TB WD Blue HDD | PSU: Seasonic Focus GX-850 | Display: LG 27GL83A-B 1440p @ 144Hz, Dell S2719DGF 1440p @144Hz | Cooling: Noctua NH-U12S | Keyboard: G610 Orion Cherry MX Brown | Mouse: G305 | Audio: Audio Technica ATH-M50X & Blue Snowball | Server: 2024 M4 Mac mini, 256GB SSD, 16GB Unified Memory | Storage: Terramaster D4-320 DAS (12TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro, 12TB Seagate Ironwolf, 6TB WD Blue HDD, 500GB Crucial SSD)
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3 minutes ago, peepeepoopooman said:

is there like parts or details I should look out for (storage, etc.)?

More is better, but storage is the least important and you can always leverage cloud an external storage options. Performance wise, all you need is the M1. If you can get 16GB of memory great. Try to get at least 256GB on storage, 128 is not really usable. 

Laptop: 2024 16" MacBook Pro M4 Pro, 512GB, 48GB Unified Memory | Phone: iPhone 16 Pro Max 512GB | Wearables: Apple Watch SE | Car: 2025 Honda Accord SE & 2007 Ford Taurus SE | CPU: R7 5700X | Mobo: ASRock B450M Pro4 | RAM: 32GB 3200 | GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 9070XT | Case: Fractal North | OS: Win 11 | Storage: 1TB Crucial P3 NVME SSD, 1TB PNY CS900, & 4TB WD Blue HDD | PSU: Seasonic Focus GX-850 | Display: LG 27GL83A-B 1440p @ 144Hz, Dell S2719DGF 1440p @144Hz | Cooling: Noctua NH-U12S | Keyboard: G610 Orion Cherry MX Brown | Mouse: G305 | Audio: Audio Technica ATH-M50X & Blue Snowball | Server: 2024 M4 Mac mini, 256GB SSD, 16GB Unified Memory | Storage: Terramaster D4-320 DAS (12TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro, 12TB Seagate Ironwolf, 6TB WD Blue HDD, 500GB Crucial SSD)
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1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

More is better, but storage is the least important and you can always leverage cloud an external storage options. Performance wise, all you need is the M1. If you can get 16GB of memory great. Try to get at least 256GB on storage, 128 is not really usable. 

thanks

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