 ok. thanks a lot to everyone for your replies.
 How much RAM is recommended for video editing?
[14:12] <vet> OK when I reset the computer all of the settings I made aren't saved, when I minimize a windows it just disappears anything I want to do is difficult to find.  I have no idea how anyone uses this desktop and on top of it all it's uglier than sin!!!!
[14:14] <vet> If I didn't have $1000 speakers want real-time low latency this is just terrible, seriously stupid..
[14:15] <vet> haha ok I see what happens to one that uses this thing for more than a day....DUhhh
[14:16] <vet> hey you with the drool..
[14:54] <tomreyn> dEE001: https://www.reddit.com/r/VideoEditing/comments/82y8qm/how_much_ram_do_i_need/
[14:55] <tomreyn> there are many articles discussing the smae question, too.
[14:55] <tomreyn> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Does-RAM-speed-affect-video-editing-performance-1528/
 How about i7-9750H? It's faster or slower than i7-8700
[14:58] <tomreyn> windows vs linux should not matter too much there. generally, with linux, i'd expect better use of multi core (though this is still highly application specific / dependant), faster disk I/O and faster process switching
[14:59] <tomreyn> dEE001: ^ this was in response to you as well
 tomrey> i got it. thankx.
[14:59] <tomreyn> msopt: that's more of a ##hardware question really
[15:01] <tomreyn> msopt: looks like you're comparing apples + oranges (laptop vs desktop cpu), too: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i7-9750H-vs-Intel-i7-8700/3425vs3099
[15:03] <tomreyn> (and why would you buy intel for such performance ranges in 2019?)
[16:18]  * OvenWerks thinks laptop i7 is an i3 in a pretty dress...