: More Power? (do I need to upgrade my pc?) In advance, I'd like to thank you for your help. And apologies for the amateur question – but that’s exactly what I am. For the last several

@Deb5748823

I recommend you shop for art and design tools, not computers. Look at pens and apps without caring about the underlying platform. When you find the pen and apps that you like best, you don’t have to do any computer shopping at all, you just buy the platform that your pen and apps require.

It is better to spend 0 on tools and 0 on the platform than to spend 00 on the platform and have no tools.

Here are some tools to investigate and evaluate:


Apple Pencil and look at the iOS versions of Photoshop, Pixelmator (,) Graphic (,) ProCreate, and the many, many other art and design apps for iOS, as well as all the free software that is included with iOS (requires iPad Pro)
Wacom Pen Tablet and look at the Mac versions of Pixelmator (,) Graphic (,) Hype (,) Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, and the many, many other art and design tools for Mac OS, as well as all the software that is included for free with a Mac (requires Mac)
Microsoft Pen and look at whatever art and design tools run on Windows 10 (requires Surface Pro)
Wacom Pen Tablet and whatever art and design tools run on Windows 10 (requires generic PC)
Wacom Pen Tablet with Linux, GIMP, and Inkscape (requires your existing PC — your hardware is not so bad, it is likely Windows that is letting you down)


You can go to an Apple Store and try the above stuff out. They have apps on the demonstration machines. I assume the same is true at Microsoft Store.

The key thing is that there is a broad range of art and design tools today. An important part of graphic design is choosing the right tools so that you can do your best work and grow as you work. Even if you are only doing small projects now, if you have the right tools, you can not only improve but you can grow the size of your projects.

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