Also, may be worth downloading something like Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, not sure what the Windows/PC equivalent is but an old forum mentioned it being part of a larger Blackmagic software package. This may help you determine which disk is faster if you have multiple drives, and/or help you bring receipts to the IT department.

It’s not as black and white as yes or no, some desktops will be slower than your laptop but cost wise a desktop equivalent would typically be faster, have more storage, etc.

With that said if the company doesn’t value time saved with a faster machine than you can help your workflow out by transcoding footage to formats like ProRes that are more for…

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