There comes a day when you realise a laptop doesn’t cut it and you need a desktop PC for the optimal setup for creative work. While laptops offer portability, desktop builds provide more power and capacity for your money, plus the flexibility to upgrade as needed. The challenge is knowing what to choose.
Your needs will depend on the type of work you do and the hardware requirements of the software you use. A light 2D drawing app might work reasonably well with a lower-spec processor and graphics card, but the same setup will leave you tearing your hair out if you want to add video effects to 4K footage in DaVinci Resolve.
