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MacBook purchase question – Thanks in advance!
Hello all,
I’m getting ready to direct/edit a short film, and I’m a bit out of my depth on something and need advice.
It’s been suggested to me to get a new macbook for editing purposes with final cut pro. I’ve been looking at the new MacBook Pros and am wondering which one of these will suffice. The film is probably going to be 12 minutes. Standard amount of footage to edit, I would think. I would prefer to get the top choice since it’s $500 less. But will do what I must.
12-Core CPU
19-Core GPU
16GB Unified Memory
1TB SSD Storage¹Or
12-Core CPU
30-Core GPU
32GB Unified Memory
1TB SSD Storage¹Thanks!!
Brian
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3 Replies
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Get the most power you can afford, it’ll perform better, and have more longevity. Simple as that. A short film, unless is has a ton of special effects, shouldn’t require a lot of power, but what happens after that? You’ll do more work, more challenging work, be prepared.
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Agreed with Ben.
It’s always what you can afford as far as FCPX.
I’ve been running it since 2011 across so many low to high-end Apple products.
Amazing how it does on even the lowest-end option.
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Same advice as everyone else. Get the most you can afford. I would prioritize memory over processors. If what you can afford isn’t good enough, then make proxies of your sources and work with those.
If you want to save $300, look into using Davinci Resolve for editing. Then when it comes time to do color, you are already set to go. Also, the audio tools in Resolve are top notch.
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