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After 15 or so years, my custom built desktop finally bit the big one. It was built with Photoshop in mind. These days, there are so few computers out there that still use a video card (other than a gamer computer and I don't really want one of those).

If you are familiar with using Adobe Photoshop Elements or Photoshop Premiere Elements, do you find you need a video card or does your non-video card machine handle the images from the programs?

I may buy a prebuilt home/office desktop and have a video card added if need be.
 
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Gene, check out Costco. They have a low end gaming model that should easily do the video tasks you cite. I have bought prebuilts from Corsair, they are higher end but always have a starter model that would fit. The gaming machines do video easily, and they are in a competitive market.
 
Gene, I ended up doing exactly what was suggested above for my kid who does a ton of animation and whatnot. This was something like 4 years ago and that gaming laptop is going strong and still does everything they need it to do. They just have it attach to an ultra wide gaming monitor and that suites their needs of animation and editing great. They're not much of a gamer outside of some Minecraft.

@Evan B is our computer guru here though.
 
The processing power and video/display capabilities in modern machines is incredible.
Hard to even find something that won't be awesome these days. I'm no computer guy, but did buy a new laptop last year.
It made my 8 year old machine look like an Edsel.
 
15 years in computers is like 50+ in cars. Except computers have gotten cheaper. Even with all the inflation/supply nonsense going on.
You should be able to buy a pretty darn nice machine for less that you paid 15 years ago.

I would suggest a laptop and a nice monitor or 2.
I've had laptops, of every brand, for work since 1996. No Apples. Mostly Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc.
2 really good Lenovos in a row at work convinced me to replace my personal Dell laptop with a Lenovo. The Dell was from 2015 or so and was having some issues. One of my HPs from work lasted only a few months. HP makes some good ones, but I've had 2 that were not.
I've had way less equipment issues (keys, etc) with the Lenovos than the other brands. Also WAY less reboot or blue screen issues.
My personal one is a 2022 model and still going strong.

Good luck!
 
Ditto going with a laptop and a nice big monitor if you have room. I did that when I retired and really enjoy that combo.
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Desktops have become like landlines it seems...
 
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15 years in computers is like 50+ in cars. Except computers have gotten cheaper. Even with all the inflation/supply nonsense going on.
You should be able to buy a pretty darn nice machine for less that you paid 15 years ago.

I would suggest a laptop and a nice monitor or 2.
I've had laptops, of every brand, for work since 1996. No Apples. Mostly Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc.
2 really good Lenovos in a row at work convinced me to replace my personal Dell laptop with a Lenovo. The Dell was from 2015 or so and was having some issues. One of my HPs from work lasted only a few months. HP makes some good ones, but I've had 2 that were not.
I've had way less equipment issues (keys, etc) with the Lenovos than the other brands. Also WAY less reboot or blue screen issues.
My personal one is a 2022 model and still going strong.

Good luck!
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I am on my laptop all the time for work and have been very happy with a series of Thinkpads (first made by IBM, now made by Lenovo). Nicely built machines that continue to look and perform as new until they just can't keep up with new processing requirements (about 7 years to that point, for me).

The big downside of a laptop is that, unlike a desktop, you cannot keep upgrading its compenents (except memory) to keep it current.

Note that if you put a gaming graphics card in a laptop, it will likely run noisy because of the fans for cooling the card.
 
Thanks guys. I'm not really much of a computer guy. When I first started using computers there was a store in town that built the computers to order. They understood what I needed for photography and artwork so dropped in what they figure I needed. It wasn't cheap by a long shot but it did everything I wanted.

That was a long time ago and now it looks like if you want to do much in the way of graphics you need to go with something completely different than my old machine.

But thanks for the info. I'll look into Corsair for sure.
 
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I was paged. Currently busy trying to prep for some ocean fishing. Lots of knowledge already laid out. I'll do my best to help when I get back to a computer. Not much for going into deep dives on my phone.

I admittedly ditched Adobe creative suite a few years ago and don't use Mac or Windows, but I can help with hardware.
 
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