SaraB

6 hours ago, SaraB said:

THANK YOU!!! for this amazing reply. 

I sat down with my husband and tried to find SOMETHING.... 

How did we do??? How awful is this configuration? (option 1- XPS).... currently with a few discounts... includeing tax/shipping for $1829.47 ... (no monitor yet) 

I also have this one... but it is def. on the pricey side... (Game-option 2) -- Of course none of my discounts work with this one haha. My husband choked over this price... LOL 

 

 

Thank you for your help!

Just pulled in more information on this GPU from AMD site directly and can confirm that this GPU comes with 8 GB GDDR6 memory

Shoot! sorry-- didn't mean to do that! I just wanted to add this other configuration... 

Only $300 more for 64GB RAM on the XPS... hmmmm

After this...off to researching monitors... please tell me they are easier LOL

4 hours ago, SaraB said:

THANK YOU!!! for this amazing reply. 

I sat down with my husband and tried to find SOMETHING.... 

How did we do??? How awful is this configuration? (option 1- XPS).... currently with a few discounts... includeing tax/shipping for $1829.47 ... (no monitor yet) 

I also have this one... but it is def. on the pricey side... (Game-option 2) -- Of course none of my discounts work with this one haha. My husband choked over this price... LOL 

 

 

Thank you for your help!

THANK YOU!!! for this amazing reply. 

I sat down with my husband and tried to find SOMETHING.... 

How did we do??? How awful is this configuration? (option 1- XPS).... currently with a few discounts... includeing tax/shipping for $1829.47 ... (no monitor yet) 

I also have this one... but it is def. on the pricey side... (Game-option 2) -- Of course none of my discounts work with this one haha. My husband choked over this price... LOL 

Thank you for your help!

Hi Brian! 
Thank you for your post about buying a new computer in 2021... I almost jumped the gun and was searching crazy for decent black friday sales... no thanks though! 

I do have a Dell laptop (2018) -- I have been using lightroom which has bogged my computer down terribly. I recently deleted it and all catalogs etc. Moved ALL photos/raw files etc to external harddrives. Trying to start..."fresh" LOL If that is EVEN possible. ... still no improvement. My computer lags bad when photoshop is open (ACR not too bad at all) ...especially with multiple photos open. 

I am at a loss... are my expectations too high... Is it my ridiculously low RAM? How can I clear that? 

(I used to be a Professor-- this laptop was used primarly for that...and hobby photography until Sept. 2021 when I realy started booking... but can't book if editting etc is SO time consuming... need something reliable/faster...and hopefully affordable which right now...well you know.. lol) 

Thank you! 

Device name    DESKTOP-PIDO4CA
Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz   1.99 GHz
Installed RAM    8.00 GB (7.90 GB usable)
Device ID    239FBF62-8971-4D7B-B1AC-40B1CA870886
Product ID    00325-95816-41658-AAOEM
System type    64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch    No pen or touch input is available for this display
 

Edition    Windows 10 Home
Version    20H2
Installed on    ‎3/‎21/‎2021
OS build    19042.1348
Experience    Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3920.0