Steve 17

I used to live vicariously through your dalliances and escapades....... now I will move off to the side whilst this train crashes. Long/Short : you're doomed.

Fyp

Personally I have no problem with either HP or Dell. The benchmarks that I mentioned way above would give you a good jumping off point. Based on your statements video and audio are important. So essentially with video....... the more RAM ( VRAM ) on the video card the better. Check both HP and Dell's websites for graphic design or gaming and both should lead you to a good place.

Thats where it gets dicey. There are some good component product manufacturers out there but as far as PC manufacturers they're all kind of average. I will say.... I have an Hp desktop that is over 10 years old that I upgraded with components and software over time and it just keeps working. I also have a 9 year old Dell laptop for work that sits in my truck all year long ( heat and cold ) and it just keeps going as well.

Desk top ? Lap top ? Benchmarks if possible : 16gb of ram Solid state hard drive 1 to 2 TB in size if at all possible Laptops are more of a package deal as far as you get what's in them and have very little ability in the way of upgrading their components. These next items are more desk top : Good Processors: Amd Ryzen 7 - 5800 Intel core i5 -- 12600 Amd Ryzen 7 -- 7700 Intel core i5 -- 13600 Good video cards: Nvidea geforce 3070 " " geforce 3090 Amd Radeon 5600 Pny nvidea quadro 4000 The idea behind a graphics card is to let that do the heavy lifting for graphics instead of the other components...... important for all of the things you mentioned. Creative makes all sorts of sound blaster audio cards which might be important to your wishes on this. There are plenty of sites out there that will custom build..... many will walk you through the direction you wish to go and suggest different components based on what performances you are looking for.

She's a doctor ?..... gonna claim it was an exam ?

Fyp...... this is the interwebs afterall.

I no longer need anything else in life.