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I'm looking to buy a laptop (for a spare) and I'm not ready to
spend the amount I did on my first one. The machine will only be
used for photo editing. Should I go for the dedicated graphics
card or faster CPU? Has there been greater performance
differences when using Photoshop with a better/more CPU or GPU?
Specifically I'm asking whether a dedicated GPU will offer a
substantial jump in the performance of Photoshop and Lightroom
over an integrated one, when compared with a faster CPU.  Note:
the question is about comparing hardware performance
specifically of the GPU & CPU when using PS & LR (I've done my
own tests & research regarding SSDs, RAM, monitors etc. I'm not
looking for help in buying a computer, I'll do that on my
own...) I'm asking the question here because I assume many
people using this site have either exp