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dynamictiger
Copper Contributor
May 14, 2022

Computer Advice

My home/office computer is getting to the point where I am considering retiring it. Its been a good machine and held up to heavy use throughout lockdowns, programming and various document production....
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Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP
MVP
May 17, 2022
I would be getting something with plenty of memory (say 16 GB) and a good size SSD drive (Min 500 GB)
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    Malatheon
    Iron Contributor
    May 17, 2022
    Yes, 16 or 32 GB of RAM can be actually put into good use in your use case, also anything Core i5 or Ryzen 5 and not bellow. GPU does not matter for you as long as the CPU is recent. 1600 pages is a lot, anything over 150 pages with images in Word can be a pain to work with regardless of the system. For technical manuals, maybe good ol Framemaker should be a way to go...