Requirements: We use Adobe Photoshop recommended specifications as our baseline for this tier. It specifies Intel or AMD processor with 64-bit support 2 GHz or faster and at least 8GB od RAM 16 GB is recomended, For apple it specifies Apple M1, M2, M3, M4 or better and can run the majority of software including current Microsoft O365 and Adobe Creative Cloud.
Adobe Creative Cloud runs Min Requirements
| Specs | |
| CPU |
Intel or AMD processor (intel Ultra 5 or newer AMD Ryzen 5 220 series or newer ) with 64-bit support; 2 GHz or faster or Apple M1/2/3/4/5, M1/2/3/4 Pro or M1/2/3 Max processor *per Adobe Creative Cloud runs Min Requirements **per program we use Photoshop as a baseline |
| RAM |
16GB or higher Intel/AMD 8GB or Higher Apple M1/2/3 (16/24 Gb recommended for heavier workloads) |
| Hard Drive | 512 GB or larger Solid State Drive |
| GPU | Windows GPU with DirectX 12 (feature level 12_0 or later) |
Details:
Windows 11 24H2 or higher
MacOS 14.8.5 or higher
Enough USB ports for peripherals
Includes Details From Any Device:
Suggestions:
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/c/lenovo-loq/
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/loq-laptops/loq-15-series/lenovo-loq-15ahp10/83jgcto1wwus2
AMD Ryzen™ 7 250 Processor 16 GB DDR5 512 GB SSD M.2 GeForce RTX™ 5060 Laptop GPU 8GB CPU MARK 25,251
Part Number 83JGCTO1WWUS2
Price $1259 3 yr warranty included
AMD Ryzen™ AI 5 PRO 340 Processor Windows 11 Pro 64, 16.0GB, 256GB SSD CPU MARK 19,188
Part Number: 21TBCTO1WWUS2
Price $1155 yr warranty included
https://www.lenovo.com/us/members/colum/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/lenovo-thinkpad-t14s-gen-6-14-inch-amd-laptop/len101t0109
Apple M5 with 10‑core CPU, 8‑core GPU, 16 GB RAM 512GB SSD CPU MARK 27,733
Price $999 + $62/yr Apple Care
https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air/13-inch
Apple M5 with 10‑core CPU, 10‑core GPU, 16 GB RAM 1TB SSD CPU MARK 27,733
Price $1599 + $89 Apple Care
https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/14-inch