I'm new and it's kinda overwhelming to get into

Hi, sorry if this doesn't belong here. Getting to the point basically, I've been using online-only AI like GPT/Gemini since 2022, and have been interested in local models but am clueless overall. Yes I'm extremely late. I only use laptop (I'm a student), and I currently own: - Acer swift 5 SF514-55TA (main, budget laptop) | .| . | | --- | --- | | Installed Physical Memory (RAM) | 16.0 GB | | Total Physical Memory | 15.8 GB | | Available Physical Memory | 4.49 GB | | Total Virtual Memory | 25.3 GB | | Available Virtual Memory | 6.33 GB | - Acer Nitro 5 AN515-53 (not used currently) | . | . | | --- | --- | | Installed Physical Memory (RAM) | 8 GB | | Total Physical Memory | 7.85 GB | | Available Physical Memory | 4.96 GB | | Total Virtual Memory | 9.72 GB | | Available Virtual Memory | 5.89 GB |   I don't know if it's even possible to set up anything on these. I vaguely know the basics of local models (but I'm probably too dumb for stuff like finetuning, prompts, personal setups, all that fancy shit I see online), and I have a ton of information, models, etc bookmarked on my browser which makes it hard to choose something I know (and am interested in image generation, Chatting (models)? "agents" (task programs?). I guess that needs a lot of separate programs/installations? Or is it possible to have a single client to run varying programs? (im not sure if that's even referred to correctly?) (I'll likely start small) I assume a "program" like LM studio is a good starting point?