So I got a new Dell XPS 17" 9700 Windows 10 Pro based laptop. The laptop has an Intel i7-10750H CPU clocked at 2.60GHz which goes up to 5.0GHz I believe. I got RAM maxed out at 64GB which runs at 2966MHz which is fast but it's not the fastest out there. It still beats the RAM that Apple puts in its MacBook Pro laptops. I maxed out the hard drive specs as well going with the 2TB of storage. The nice thing about this laptop is that it takes 2 internal NVME m.2 SSD drives. I have one on order coming in this Tuesday. I also bought two Samsung portable SSD T5 accounts. They're both 2TB SSD drives and are awfully quick. The 4K 17" laptop is spectacular.
I got the laptop for editing photos and videos that I submit to micro stock agencies. I tested out Adobe Lightroom CC yesterday and the computer almost caught fire because the fans were working so hard and fast, the laptop nearly elevated itself. I have the Affinity suite of software installed on my new laptop. No issues whatsoever. The computer is very silent. The fans don't turn on and the computer doesn't want to melt away from the heat.
Adobe needs to completely rewrite its software. And I mean all of the software. For the system to ramp up like that where the fans are at 100% is unacceptable. I tried editing photos in Lightroom CC and it was such an awful experience. Affinity Photo is so much better. I also purchased the Luminar Suite of photo editing apps and they run silent as well without the fans ramping up. I haven't tried editing any video yet as I need to go shoot some footage. I use Wondershare Filmora Pro to edit videos. I will be testing that over the weekend.
Overall I'd give this laptop a 10/10 on performance. The laptop also looks and feels fantastic. I don't think I'd be going back to an Apple laptop or desktop for a while.
