I'm looking for a travel Macbook when away from my Desktop

[Infusing Mountain Magic]

Hello!

I am looking for a Macbook to use when I'm traveling or at the coffee shop. I have a desktop where I do all my editing now but I would like to be able to do some things when away from the house. Things such as answering emails, culling in Bridge, and applying my basic edits in ACR. Possibly fully editing 1 or 2 images in PS but I do plan to complete all finishing and complicated work once I am back home and on my desktop. I will be using my external hard drives for these RAW files. What Macbook would you recommend for something like this? I'm assuming/hoping I don't need the entire beefed up version you've recommended in previous posts. Thank you!

[Brian]

A M4 MacBook Air is what you are after. Personally, I wouldn't be doing ANY edits on-the-go, but culling and the other stuff is fine. Unless you are just using Actions and Presets and such, in which case you really aren't "editing."

Same rules apply. You want 1TB for the Main HD, and I'd recommend 24GB of RAM at a Minimum...with 32GB HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. The reason is there is no upgrading anything after the initial purchase. So while 24GB will work fine for now, I can't say that will be the same case in 2-3 years. Plus Adobe keeps adding all sorts of AI Crap and Bloat with each major release; remember, you aren't buying a laptop to be just used for today, but for 2-3 years from now. Here is what I came up with for $1999: