I do not suggest purchasing the micro transaction tiered business model of most editing programs as every professional program you would need to edit photo/video is available for free if you know where to look. Then you will be able to avoid subscription costs. AmericanThinker is correct as is Chicken_fried_kitty, except for one caveat. A gaming laptop is definitely not the same build as a creator's machine, but it really depends on what needs you have for your end product's appearance. If you were to give an example of what type of photo and what type of video you would like to create I would be able to assist in a greater capacity. As a small example. For video/photo edits I can get away w/ using a $380 HP laptop w/ 8GB RAM. For animation and commissioned projects, I use a Dell build that was $3,600. Range between the 2 is rather large but it also depends on whether you would like to have this skill as a time killer or in a professional capacity. Maybe I'm just overthinking this and you just wanted to share an article w/ the rest of us...