Best mini pc for photo editing

[wolfram]

I want to replace my 2023 Dell xps 13 currently connected to two 27 inch HD screens, has I do not feel that the graphics are fast enough, I would rather avoid a tower preferring a more discreet pc.
I have driven myself crazy reading reviews and specs etc. Ideally good graphics, 32gb ram, space for two m2 drives and my ssd.
Does anyone out there know of or use such a spec?
Thank you all in advance.

 

[iamdlewis]

You are not going to find laptops smaller than 16" with 32GB RAM. You'll need to look at the gaming brands to generally find a combo of 32GB RAM, 2 or more TB memory and a 16GB Video Card.

I went down the path you are going for once before and at least for me it didn't work. Part of the reason was that gaming laptops are expensive and heavy which means that traveling with them and camera gear becomes both a pain but also just adds more worry. I went with a desktop PC with plenty of expansion capabilities and a $400 HP Pavilon. Yes the laptop is on the slower side working with images but I find I rarely have time to work on images when I travel and when I do it is mostly just culling work. The benefits that I found with this path are that one it is cheaper, easier to travel with and if something happens to the laptop during travel I don't feel to bad.

 

[Richard A]

If you really want a mini computer the brand new Apple M4 Mac mini will absolutely annihilate anything similar. However, you would have to use external drives if you want more than one & you may not want to go down the Apple route...

 

[davidzvi]

You can have a look at https://www.geekompc.com/.

I just picked up a low-end unit (N100-based) for an Office/Web browser system. It's a nice little system.

 

[Angus Cameron]

You could consider this https://www.asus.com/laptops/for-home/zenbook/asus-zenbook-s-14-ux5406/techspec/
14” upto 32gb ram
I have a an older Zenbook i keep for anything non Apple it’s been through the wars and still going strong.