I got the 8GB version and added 32GB from MacSales. Very easy and works very well. No warranty issues, either. I also got the 1TB SSD rather than the fusion drive and am happy with that.
I think that it is a problem specific to Apple's CD burner, and that it is still possible to use burners from other manufacturers, but I do not remember where I read that.
Probably every TV has a different way of showing photos, but perhaps the easiest, if not the cheapest, is using an Apple TV plugged into the back of pretty much any modern TV. You don't even need the newest Apple TV unit, so ebay might help here.
It is possible to save TIFFs compressed or uncompressed, just as compression is variable on JPEGs. A slightly compressed JPEG file might be X in size, an LZW compressed TIFF 3X in size, and an uncompressed TIFF 9X in size. An LZW compressed TIFF would be a lossless file.
Photo Manager Pro, now on version 5 will do things the way you want them to be done. $2.99.
Nothing really fancy. The main memory hogs are stitching panoramas together from a maximum of perhaps 6 files. However, I was having problems even with 4-6 tabs open in Firefox or viewing photos in Pathfinder.
You may have a problem with memory modules. I got 8GB on my new iMac and added 32GB from OWC, then had similar problems,which got worse over time. It turns out the two 16GB modules had a problem, and when OWC replaced them, my problems disappeared. There are software programs that can test memory modules, but I did not try them.
I'm using CS6 on Sierra, and it works but has a few problems (file open windows always open small and have to be re-sized; batch resizing of more than 300 or so photos is impossible, whereas on Mavericks I could do a couple thousand at one go). So - try it and see if you can put up with the little problems. In general it should be OK.
I've had no problem running Photoshop CS6 on a replacement iMac restored from a Time Machine backup. The old iMac was running an OS a couple years old, too.
Use Vuescan and never look back.
iMovie should be just fine for you, unless you want to do lots of special effects. Photoshop can work with movie files, too, and it can do more than one would think!
I date them, as they wear out unevenly.
I date them, as they wear out unevenly.
When I was there, most camps had solar cells and generators to provide electricity for their refrigerators, lights, and TVs! If you camp out on your own, that would not be available of course.
I got a tablet with my first computer about 30 years ago and have used a mouse maybe a half dozen times since. It is just so much easier to do everything, not just editing, with a pen. Currently I use a Wacom Intuos with about an 8 x 13 inch active area.