And if you’re buying a Mac, choose a system that uses an M2, M2 Pro, M2 Max chip, or M2 Ultra as those are Apple’s newest custom-built processors.

If you’re looking at AMD, seek out processors with the Ryzen 5000 or 6000 designation. For Intel, we recommend the latest, 12th or 13th generation of the Core i7 chip. Windows users have to choose between a processor from Intel or one from AMD. Processor: Also referred to as the CPU, the processor is the most important component of any editing laptop.