Originally Posted by
tandeejay
16gb of ram I would say is bare minimum for photo processing.
My old system was 8gb, and that wasn't quite enough. (especially after upgrading to Win10)
My new system has 32gb, and I find that memory utilisation when using photoshop and light room hovers around 10 - 15 gb unless I start doing stacking, then it depends on how many photos your trying to stack, and I've manged to push it up to 25gb utilised.
In regards to Laptops with both an SSD and a HDD, that is a common configuration these days. The thing you need to remember is that SSD's have a max number of writes (that max is higher with newer SSD's), and they will eventually die (and usually suddenly). Best to use the SSD for the operating system and application installs, and make sure all your data is on the HDD.
Also, if you have a defragmentation program, don't defrag your SSD. It doesn't need defraging, and doing so will only cause it to reach that max number of writes much faster.