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How to choose the best laptop for music production, with the performance and capabilities you need to make your music dreams come true.

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Discover the best desktop computers for video editing and understand considerations for processor performance, screen resolution, RAM, and storage.

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RAM stands for random-access memory. Your computer RAM is essentially short-term memory where data is stored as the processor needs it.

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When it comes to the choice between Mac or PC, it's the differences that count most. Decide which features are most important in your next device.

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