AE on new M1 and M2 Macs

[Mykhailo Gorliak]

I have two machines AMD PC with some reasonably fresh specs: 5 5600X, Nvidia 3060 Ti, SSD M.2 drive and 32GB RAM, and for travel the newer MacBook Air M2 (8GB RAM).. bought shows in most cases the same result. Only downside of Macbook is the lack of RAM

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Matija,

A couple of years back I bought into the then new Mac Mini M1 as I needed to run FCPX for remote work during COVID LockDown(s).
I also run Adobe CC on it, mainly PPro and AE.
It is still a workhorse for me, but I would not put any bigger AE jobs through on it (I have a nice HP with i9 and 64GB of Ram to do that for me).

It was suggested at the time that 16GB RAM on the M1 would be equal to 32GB RAM on a PC. Whether that is still the case, you’ll need to ask smarter people around here about that.

I would personally not go for the MacBook Pro as that set-up does not suit the work that I do. But I would consider “upgrading” my Mac Mini to a Mini 2 Pro, or a Mac Studio.
Mac Mini makes it cost effective for me to grow with the Apple line of computers, but still severely restricted by hard-ware upgrade options across the Apple product line-up.

The real question is:
You have been using your current set up for about 11 years – what are your needs going to be over the next 5 – 11 years?
No point in going Mac Studio, if you are not going make full use of it, or if it is more cost effective to farm out final renders?

Atb
Mads

[Matija Cibej]

Thanks for the replies, if anybody out here has experience with M1 and M2 on Mac and new AE please share Your thoughts. Kind regards, Matija Čibej