Hi @Anonymous,

There are some good suggestions in this thread that hopefully have gotten you started on your hardware list.  I suggest that a solid state drive and lots of RAM are good starting points as well as the other items mentioned.

I am actually able to run REVIT, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Indesign, etc. rather comfortably on my MacBook Pro with 8 GB of RAM but when I start doing anything serious in 3D or rendering even that isn't really quite enough.

I hope this helps