What Notebook/Laptop to buy

[joshuahuebner]

This is for all the tech nerds in this forum.

I want to buy a new laptop, mainly for video editing (Premiere Pro) and Photoshop. My budget is 2000€, and I think the Black Friday deals are a good opportunity to buy. I don’t know much about hardware, so I would love to hear your recommendations.

I do need at least 32GB of RAM.

What do you think about the ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16?

Thanks in Advance

Edited Wednesday at 06:34 PM by joshuahuebner

[The Renaissance Man]

You're probably better off doing some research on your own man. AI can help too with the basic understanding if you lack basic knowledge.

[Michael569]

Definitely don't need to spend all of that to match your requirements. Chat GPT is your friend to understand the specs in detail. 

Do you also want to game or is it purely work + graphic work? 

You need to aim for a decent integrated graphic card although you don't need the latest one. Most laptops come with a preinstalled one unless you're savy enough to add one yourself. 

Intel Core i7 processor unit is probably a good choice although Im not fully familiar with the individual sub-models but usually the built laptops will be calibrated well enough. 

You want a decently large SSD, I'd say at least 256Gb Or get something with a good split of SSD / HDD. As long as you use the processing of your SSD for the graphic operations and use HDD mostly for file storage you'll be fine. 

In terms of RAM, 32Gb is becoming a standard with higher tier laptops. I wouldn't go below 16 gig as you may run into memory distribution problems and lag. 

For brands unless you wanna go fancy like MSI or Razer or Alien, I'd probably stick to something like Assus, Dell or even HP. Have a look at each of their websites, filter by the cost and requirements and see what's there. 

Good luck! Watch a few vids, talk to AI but dont get stuck for months, most pre made laptops these days with decent specs are reliable. 

Edited Friday at 01:39 PM by Michael569

[UnbornTao]

Why not one of the latest M4 or M4 Pro MacBook Pro's?

If you are okay with macOS and aren't going to game on it, in terms of power/efficiency, durability, and especially battery life, they're great. Also, long term software updates. But it'd have to be one with 24gb of unified RAM--it's presumably quite efficient too.

I'd also consider the path Windows is going down with the invasive AI, spyware, etc.

Edited Friday at 12:37 PM by UnbornTao