Creative Baseline

Requirements: Baseline that has Intel or AMD processor with 64-bit support 2 GHz or faster

or Apple M1, M2, M3 proceed and can run the majority of software including Adobe Creative Cloud.

See Adobe Creative Cloud runs Min Requirements (we use Photoshop recomended spicifications as our baseline)

Specs
CPU	Intel or AMD processor (intel i7 Gen 11 or newer AMD Ryzen 7 5000 series or newer ) with 64-bit support; 2 GHz or faster or Apple M1/2/3, M1/2/3 Pro or M1/2 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
Hard Drive	512 GB or larger Solid State Drive
GPU	Windows GPU with DirectX 12 (feature level 12_0 or later)

Details:

• Windows 10 22H2 or higher

• MacOS 13.5.1 or higher

• Enough USB ports for peripherals

Includes Details From Any Device: 

• Less than 3 years old
• Keyboard and mouse (or another pointing device)
• Webcam (built in or external)
• HD or higher screen resolution 1920 x 1080
• Vendor-Supplied Warranty or Support plan (i.e. Apple Care or Lenovo Support)

Suggestions:

 

ThinkPad T14 G5

Intel® Core Ultra 7 155U (E-cores up to 3.80GHz, 12MB) 14 1920 x 1200 Non-Touch, Windows 11 Pro 64, 16.0GB, 256GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 TLC Opal, Intel® Graphics

Part Number: 21MMS04F00

Price $995.00

https://www.lenovo.com/le/epps/us/1215524944/en/p/b2b-laptops/b2b-laptops-thinkpad/b2b-laptops-thinkpad-t-series/22tpt14/t14-g5/21mms04f00

ThinkPad X1 Carbon G12ThinkPad X1 Carbon

Intel® Core Ultra 7 155U (E-cores up to 3.80GHz, 12MB) 14 in 1920x1200 Non-Touch, Windows 11 Pro 64, 16.0GB, 512GB SSD M.2 2280 Intel® Graphics

Part Number: 21KDS0HV00

Price $1,277.00

https://www.lenovo.com/le/epps/us/1215524944/en/p/b2b-laptops/b2b-laptops-thinkpad/b2b-laptops-thinkpad-x1-series/22tp2x1/x1-carbon-g12/21kds0hv00 

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ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 8

13th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-1355U, 16 GB LPDDR5-6400MHz (Soldered), 512 GB SSD M.2, Integrated Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics, Part Number: 21HRS04M00, $1,343.00

https://www.lenovo.com/le/epps/us/1215524944/en/p/b2b-laptops/b2b-laptops-thinkpad/b2b-laptops-thinkpad-x1-series/22tp2x1/22tp2x1x1y8/21hrs04m00 

 

Apple 14 in MacBook Pro

Apple M3  with  8‑core CPU, 10‑core GPU, 8 GB RAM 512GB SSD

Price $1499

https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro 

Apple 14 in MacBook Pro

Apple M3 Pro with  11‑core CPU, 14‑core GPU, 18 GB RAM 512GB SSD

Price $1849

https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro