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1. WHAT TO CONSIDER FOR A MAC BOOK FOR EDITING VIDEO UPGRADE
2. WHAT TO CONSIDER FOR A MAC BOOK FOR EDITING VIDEO PRO

While it seems that 8GB of unified memory isn’t enough to edit 4K video in real-time, it’s no issue here. It’s clear that, as with iOS devices, the M1 Macs shouldn’t be compared to other architectures when it comes to memory. We Had To Rethink RAMīefore taking the plunge and ordering an M1 MacBook Pro, we watched a lot of YouTube videos where different content creators showcase video editing performance on the machine. That’s not a GPU you’d want for gaming, but it’s still plenty of grunt for GPU-accelerated professional work. Benchmarks put it somewhere above the GTX 1050Ti. The custom Apple GPU in the M1 has nowhere near that amount of graphics muscle.Ĭonsidering that modern video editing makes heavy use of GPU acceleration, that was another point of concern. The Windows machine sported an Nvidia GTX 1660Ti. We’ll get to that in just a moment.įinally, the other large sacrifice was the loss of a dedicated GPU. While the SSD issue is easily solved by using external storage, at least in most cases, we were genuinely worried about only having 8GB of RAM. If not, you’re looking at replacing the entire system sooner rather than later. When buying one of these M1 systems you have to buy the model that will serve your future needs today.

In addition, we opted for the largest available SSD at the time, specifically the 512GB model. There were absolutely no 16GB M1 MacBooks available at the time of purchase, so we had no choice but to buy the 8GB model.

WHAT TO CONSIDER FOR A MAC BOOK FOR EDITING VIDEO UPGRADE

In contrast, the M1 system-on-a-chip offers no way to upgrade RAM. It also has two NVME slots and a 2.5” SATA drive bay. The Windows laptop has user upgradable RAM, supporting as much as 32GB. The biggest thing we had to give up by switching to the M1 was any hope of upgradability. It would (in theory) provide similar performance to the Windows machine we were using, but with the improved stability of macOS.

WHAT TO CONSIDER FOR A MAC BOOK FOR EDITING VIDEO PRO

With the M1 MacBook Pro posting benchmark scores in the same ballpark as the Intel 16” model at a fraction of the price, we saw this as an opportunity to make the switch. We knew a macOS device would be more stable, but a MacBook Pro 16 was out of the question in terms of budget and the Intel MacBook Pro 13 simply did not have enough power to be practical.