Oh no…then that makes it buying a laptop complicated…can’t you just tell me what to buy? In reality the hardware needed (therefore how much you need to spend) really comes down to personal usage (and in a few cases skill). There’s a ton of conflicting evidence on what computer specs are best suited for the software.Īs a result most people either end up buying an overpowered 10lb laptop (which is also ultra expensive) that they never put to full use or a 200$ underpowered little toy that can’t pack more than a dozen layers. While the fact that “Photoshop is the most useful, popular and therefore the only software you should consider for any type of image editing” is universically accepted.