Question HELP! I need a computer that meets the following criteria:

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I have a Gateway laptop for school, which has worked so far. Unfortunately, for a course I need to download ArcGIS 3.1 and my computer does not have enough RAM, is too slow, and does not possess a few other requirements.
I am pretty nervous because I HAVE to take this course. I can't run the software, and I don't have a whole lot more than 2k to buy a computer with. I need help figuring out the best computer to buy for this so that EVERYTHING works with ArcGIS. I've included the required specs-- It is the diagnostic that was run on my Gateway.

Please help me find a computer that checks all of the required boxes for this! ...or even better specs because allegedly ArcGIS takes a lot out of a computer.

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VIDEO CARD
Requirement:
DirectX 11 feature level 11.0; Shader Model 5.0; OpenGL 4.5 with 4 GB RAM
You have: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics
RequiredYou have
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Dedicated Video RAM:
4.0 GB128 MB
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Total Video RAM:
4.0 GB8.0 GB
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Pixel Shader:
5.06.0
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Vertex Shader:
5.06.0
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CPU
Requirement:
Quad core
You have: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
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CPU SPEED
Requirement:
Info
You have: 4.2 GHz
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RAM
Requirement:
32 GB

You have: 16 GB
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OS
Requirement:
Windows (64 bit) 10 or 11 or Windows Server (64 bit) 2016, 2019 or 2022. See System Requirements for specific OS versions and editions.
See System Requirements for specific OS versions and editions.
You have: Windows 11
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FREE DISK SPACE
Requirement:
32 GB
You have: 400 GB
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.NET DESKTOP RUNTIME
Requirement:
Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 6.0.5 or a later patch release (6.0.6, and so on), using a Windows x64 installer. The presence of Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 7 or later is inconsequential to ArcGIS Pro 3.0.
Please download and install the latest available version of Microsoft .NET 6.x.x Desktop Runtime – Windows x64 from
Microsoft: Download .NET 6.0
You have:
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CUDA COMPUTE
Requirement:
CUDA support is not required to run ArcGIS Pro but is required to run specific tools. It can also accelerate some Spatial Analyst tools.
You have: No supported NVIDIA GPU detected.
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OPENGL ARB_CLIP_CONTROL EXTENSION
Requirement:
OpenGL Extension ARB_Clip_Control is required
You have: Yes
 
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I have almost no experience with computers so I'm pretty nervous I'll purchase the wrong software, have to drop, and be out 2k.
 
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These requirements would be even better than the ones I mentioned above...
  1. Operating System: Windows 10 Pro or latest version
  2. Processor: Intel Core i9 or AMD Ryzen 9
  3. RAM: 32 GB or more
  4. Graphics Card: Dedicated graphics card with at least 6 GB of VRAM
  5. Storage: Solid State Drive (SSD) with at least 1 TB of storage
  6. Display: Dual 27 inch or larger monitors with at least 2560 x 1440 resolution