NUC 15 Pro

For those tasks, get the Asus NUC 15 Pro (Ultra 5 225H). You will need 32 GB of RAM and a gen 4 SSD at minimum. The base M4 Mac Mini only has 16 GB of RAM and their SSD is on par with gen 3 SSD. Even with it's amazing CPU, it would struggle.

Get an Asus NUC 15 Pro Ultra 5 version. Then use Samsung 9100 Pro gen 5 SSD with a heatsink on it and 2 TBs.

Thank you so much for the detailed suggestion! I hadn't looked into the Asus NUC 15 Pro but it actually sounds like a great fit, especially since I already have an Asus Zenbook and would probably feel at home driver-wise. That Ultra 7 255H looks very appealing for Photoshop and general multitasking,

Coming into 2026, and without no way software requirements for the office, I'd say something along the lines of an ASUS NUC 13 Pro NUC13ANKI7 Slim with the Core i7-1360P, 32GB RAM & a 1TB. Here's an example of one a shop customer purchased recently from Amazon to replace aging hardware. If you have

I would highly suggest you invest more into the base config (the CPU) than focusing on 64GB of RAM. Not only is RAM outrageously priced right now, unless you know you need 64GB of RAM, 32GB will be totally fine. Hell, my 2021 M1 MacBook Pro only has 16GB of RAM and I still use it today to edit photo

You can, but it isn't as good as the models listed below due to a step back in single-core performance. Better options: M4 Mac Mini. Storage limitations and no SD card port, but external storage is cheap and helpful. It has the industry leading single core CPU performance; which massively helps proc

Without AI work and the current RAM price crises around the world, the Geekom IT 15 is the better value option. With AI work, Asus NUC 15 Pro is the better option. Same CPU, but Asus gets more out of it and offers gen 5 SSD storage for loading and saving large language models.