If you go with a pc, A couple of points to keep in mind when looking for a “future-proof” pc,
1: thunderbolt 5 is a out to come out which triples the speed of file transfers and such- right now they have thunderbolt 4 which is around 40 gb a second read speed, which is no slouch, but thunderbolt 5 is said to deliver 120 gb- I don’t think it’s out yet though, but should be soon
2: make sure there are a couple of the faster USB 3.2 20 gb ports- this will speed up file transfers quite a bit too over the older USB types
If money is no object, get the fastest ram your motherboard can support- some is ddr5 @ about 3000, while the faster type is up around 7500 or so. No5 sure how much diff it makes, but again, if you’re looking for a “future-proof” machine, night wanna get th3 faster stuff incase future programs need it.
Im reading that intel 9,processors run pretty hot and require large power supply unit- might want to think about liquid cooling if you are going to be running the processor hard.
IF money really is not an issue, the falcon computers are top notch, using quality parts compared to budget pc makers- but they are expensive. I checked out their site just for giggles the other day, but didn’t see any mention of Thunderbolt- might wanna contact them and ask about it, see if they are available.
I spend about 20 or so hours a week playing around. recently downloaded CapCut. its fun but that even runs slow and stutters on heavier projects. I wanna do anything I wanna do and not have to deal with lag! I work hard and when its play time, I dont wanna deal with incompetence!! :P