

Even if you can do most of your edits on a laptop, it’s crucial to compare the final result on a desktop using a slightly different processor and graphics card to ensure that your work translates correctly on different machines. There are also various monitors that you can pick from to ensure that the accuracy of your edits is unparalleled when it comes to both quality and style. In fact, it’s possible to land a desktop computer that can provide all if not more of the processing and graphics power you need at a fraction of the price.

You could invest in a MacBook Pro and spend over three-thousand dollars to get it upgraded with the highest specs, but unless you travel on a regular basis and need your computer for other pro-level tasks, you’d be throwing away a lot of your money. Whether you work as a salaried photo editor for National Geographic or a freelance Photoshop guru for a variety of print and online publications, every professional visual artist needs a suitable machine to bring out the best from both photos and videos in a variety of environments and mediums. Anyone who works in virtually any visual creative field knows that only certain types of computers have the processing power and graphics abilities to get the job done right.
