And according to the MXO2 specs, it’s not possible to capture to ProRes without at least a quad-core, so as long as you’re not planning on using the MBP for ProRes, you should be good.
Ed (the humble opinion of a Longford boy)
[Jonathan White] “Thanks for letting me know. I’m thinking of the MXO as I don’t want to buy a new tower to get pci-e and the HD monitoring seems pretty good too. Given the move to tapeless acquisition I imagine it’s still a popular option…
Johnny”