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  • i5 or i7 for video editing?

    Posted by Nathan Kendall on July 8, 2017 at 12:46 am

    I am considering buying a imac, and wanted to know if there is a significant need to upgrade to the i7 for video editing.
    I don’t do 4k editing currently but may in the near future. Or is the i7 only really necessary if producing graphics/grading in resolve?

    Claude Lyneis replied 8 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Claude Lyneis

    July 8, 2017 at 2:22 am

    There is some discussion of this in the FCPX debate forum titled https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/335/96047 New iMac for 4k editing. I posted that question a couple of weeks ago.

  • Claude Lyneis

    July 8, 2017 at 2:26 am

    After reading the discussions I decided to go I7, although I haven’t pulled the trigger yet. Mac last much longer now that Moore’s Law is dead, so I figure the i7 might be more future proof and it is now or never. But there were a variety of opinions for sure.

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