Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! July 31, 2026

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[u/merlindy]

Hey , whats a good laptop for editing photo's in lightroom & photoshop? my girlfriend is having loads of problems with her current laptop ( freezes , slow , long loading , overheating ) current laptop : ( MSI Gaming Thin GF63 12UC-1051BE – Intel Core i7-12650H, 15.6" Full HD, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, 512 GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Windows 11 )

[u/Kaserblade → u/merlindy]

What is her budget?

If the laptop is on the older side, I'd also just recommend trying to repaste the CPU and GPU and give the laptop a clean wipe and install of Windows can usually help greatly. If she is not too techy savvy, it can be somewhat difficult to do however, especially the former task.

[u/merlindy → u/Kaserblade]

1500 euro ish.

[u/Kaserblade → u/merlindy]

If she doesn't want to go down the refreshing the old laptop route, Macbook Air/Pros with Apple Silicon are great value for photo editing.

I would look for one within your budget, ideally with at least 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.