Let’s start off our discussion by saying that you shouldn’t expect any of these recommendations to be the fastest way to run Lightroom and Photoshop. So you are a photographer on a tight budget in need of a computer to run Lightroom and Photoshop. Add the ViewSonic VA2719-2K-SMHD 27 Inch display for about $220 and a 4TB hard drive for another $100.
The best budget Mac for photo editing is the 2019 Mac Mini for about $900 and the best budget PC is the Dell Inspiron 3670 for about $650.