Mac mini for audio and video production?

jakesaunders27 · 05:07 PM

Hi All,
Looking to buy a Mac Mini, Core i7 2.6 with 4GB apple ram and upgrade myself to 16GB crucial ram. I plan to run the CS4 master collection, aperture, final cut pro, compressor, cubase & logic. Obviously not all at the same time! Is there any of these apps that the mini would struggle with or will i be okay?

Thanks
Jake

Pecans · Jan 20, 2013, 05:00 PM

My 2011 base mac mini with 16gb of ram runs Aperture fine so you shouldn't have any problems with your programs.

jakesaunders27 · Jan 20, 2013, 05:01 PM

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My 2011 base mac mini with 16gb of ram runs Aperture fine so you shouldn't have any problems with your programs.

what are the specs of that?

simsaladimbamba · Jan 20, 2013, 05:06 PM

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what are the specs of that?

Dual Core i5 probably.

There are many threads asking, if a Quad Core Mac mini is capable of doing what you want, and the consensus of these threads is, that it is.

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jakesaunders27 · Jan 20, 2013, 05:08 PM

thanks!!

nikolajlr · Jan 21, 2013, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jakesaunders27

Hi All,
Looking to buy a Mac Mini, Core i7 2.6 with 4GB apple ram and upgrade myself to 16GB crucial ram. I plan to run the CS4 master collection, aperture, final cut pro, compressor, cubase & logic. Obviously not all at the same time! Is there any of these apps that the mini would struggle with or will i be okay?

Thanks
Jake

Please note the Core i7 Minis tend to get noisy fan-wise when under load (my 2.6 GHz included). Not sure about the i5's.

You might want to take a look at this thread:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1499299

Cheers,
Nikolaj

Jiskefet · Jan 24, 2013, 01:56 AM

I have the MM 2.6, I7 fusion drive and 16Gb RAM

I work with Aperture3 and PSE8 this works fine , but working with FCP X give's a lot of spinning wheels , so i don,t think that the MM is suitable for video editing , to bad .

Amrives · Jan 24, 2013, 02:41 AM

My 2.3 i7 quad runs cs6 without skipping a beat and logic is solid. It is NOT noisy at all. Only thing about the minis would be the integrated graphics, and you'll want to upgrade the hard drive to a top of the line solid state to write the highest quality final cut projects you can. My mini has 16gb RAM with 768mb shared VRAM, it runs 1080p quite smoothly but if you were going to use programs like modul8 with illustrator and after effects I'd get something with some discrete graphics i.e. c2d 17" MBP or newer 15" MBP's will probably have at least 512mb cards'

zosobao5150 · Jan 24, 2013, 10:11 AM

A dedicated GPU does make a difference in video editing. I don't remember the reference, but the HD4000 to about 2x as long to render video compared to the 650M. Just something to consider. For CPU intensive tasks, the mini is fine.

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Jan 20, 2013, 05:00 PM	#2
Pecans macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2012	My 2011 base mac mini with 16gb of ram runs Aperture fine so you shouldn't have any problems with your programs.
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Jan 24, 2013, 01:56 AM	#7
Jiskefet macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	I have the MM 2.6, I7 fusion drive and 16Gb RAM I work with Aperture3 and PSE8 this works fine , but working with FCP X give's a lot of spinning wheels , so i don,t think that the MM is suitable for video editing , to bad .
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Jan 24, 2013, 02:41 AM	#8
Amrives macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	My 2.3 i7 quad runs cs6 without skipping a beat and logic is solid. It is NOT noisy at all. Only thing about the minis would be the integrated graphics, and you'll want to upgrade the hard drive to a top of the line solid state to write the highest quality final cut projects you can. My mini has 16gb RAM with 768mb shared VRAM, it runs 1080p quite smoothly but if you were going to use programs like modul8 with illustrator and after effects I'd get something with some discrete graphics i.e. c2d 17" MBP or newer 15" MBP's will probably have at least 512mb cards'
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Jan 24, 2013, 10:11 AM	#9
zosobao5150 macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2010	A dedicated GPU does make a difference in video editing. I don't remember the reference, but the HD4000 to about 2x as long to render video compared to the 650M. Just something to consider. For CPU intensive tasks, the mini is fine.
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