Best Laptops for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom is a photo editor gives you everything you need to create, edit, organize, store, and share your photos.
Laptop Requirements for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
The system requirements are lightweight; almost any new laptop will work for running Lr.
Almost all media laptops meet the RAM requirement of 16gb, however 8gb is enough to meet the minimum requirements.
Windows System Requirements
Minimum:
- Processor: Intel®, AMD, or ARM processor with 64-bit support; 2 GHz or faster processor
- Operating System: Windows 10 (64-bit) Version 1909 or later
- Memory (RAM): 8 GB
- Storage space: 2 GB of available hard-disk space; additional free space is required during installation and sync
- Screen resolution: 1280 x 768 display
- Graphics Processing Unit: GPU with DirectX 12 support 2GB of VRAM
Recommended:
- Processor: Intel®, AMD, or ARM processor with 64-bit support; 2 GHz or faster processor
- Operating System: Windows 10 (64-bit) Version 1909 or later
- Memory (RAM): 16 GB or more
- Storage space: 2 GB of available hard-disk space; additional free space is required during installation and sync
- Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080 display or greater
- Graphics Processing Unit: GPU with DirectX 12 support 4GB of VRAM for 4K or greater displays
Best Windows Laptops for Lr
These laptops meet the recommended system requirements and let you use the software to its full extent without stutter.
13″
Microsoft Surface Pro 13″
EP2-66386
Popular2026 model16 GB RAM2-in-1 laptopTouchscreen
13″
Microsoft Surface Pro 13″
EP2-73301
Popular2026 model16 GB RAM2-in-1 laptopTouchscreen
13″
Microsoft Surface Pro 13″
EP2-65033
2026 model16 GB RAM2-in-1 laptopTouchscreen120hz screenHigh resolution
16″
HP OmniBook 3 16″
D5AU3UAABA
Popular2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThinTouchscreen
14″
Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 14″
2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThin2-in-1 laptopHigh resolution
14″
Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 14″
2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThin2-in-1 laptopHigh resolution
15″
Dell LD15260-5618BLK-PUS
7XNTG
Popular2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThin
17″
HP OmniBook 3 17″
OmniBook
Popular2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThinTouchscreen
15″
Dell 15
2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThinTouchscreeni5 CPU
16″
Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 16″
Yoga
2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThin2-in-1 laptopTouchscreen
15″
Dell Inspiron 15″
2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMTouchscreeni7 CPUSD card reader
ACEMAGIC Mini
M5
2026 model16 GB RAMLightweightAMD CPUHigh resolution
Budget Windows Laptops for Lr
These cheaper options meet the minimum system requirements stated by the developer. You may experience slowness in some parts of the software.
17″
HP OmniBook 3 17″
D5SQ3UAABA
2026 modelTrusted brand8 GB RAMThinAMD CPUIPS screen
15″
Dell LDC15250-3883BLK-PUS
Y3VGT
Trusted brand8 GB RAMThinBudget choice
15″
Lenovo 16IRH10 15″
2026 modelTrusted brand8 GB RAMThinSD card readerBudget choice
15″
Lenovo 16IRH10 15″
2026 modelTrusted brand8 GB RAMThinSD card readerBudget choice
15″
Lenovo 16IRH10 15″
2026 modelTrusted brand8 GB RAMThinSD card readerBudget choice
15″
Acer Aspire Go 15 AI Ready
2026 model8 GB RAMAMD CPUIPS screen
Mac System Requirements
Recommended:
- Processor: Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support or M1 Apple Silicon processor
- Operating System: macOS Big Sur (version 11) or later
- Memory (RAM): 16 GB recommended
- Storage space: 2 GB of available hard-disk space; additional free space is required during installation and sync Lightroom will not install on case-sensitive file systems or removable flash storage devices
- Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080 display or greater
- Graphics Processing Unit: GPU with Metal support 4GB of VRAM for 4k or greater displays
Recommended Macbooks for Lr
These laptops meet the system requirements stated by the developer.
13″
Apple MacBook Air 13″
MDH94LL/A
Popular2026 modelTrusted brand24 GB RAMThinLightweight
13″
Apple MacBook Air 13″
Popular2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMHigh resolution
13″
Apple MacBook Air 13″
2026 modelTrusted brand24 GB RAMHigh resolution
Updated on October 18, 2022.
These recommendations are based on technical details and requirements. We can't guarantee that the app will run on every laptop.
Updated October 12, 2026