4k multicam video editing MPB recommendations

[mkitchen]

Greetings. Let's make this short. I have been editing video on my 2012 MacBook Air (2.0 i7 dual core w/ 8Gb RAM). I have been limping through OK, but I have recently signed on with a local music concert where I am recording Multicam 4K video. The playback is now not possible and when I have a cut between cameras in the timeline in drops so many frames I can't even watch the transition.

Time to upgrade... trying to stay under $2000.

Do I go 2015 MacBook Pro 2.5/8 or 2016 2.6? (both 16Gb of ram)

Is the 2016 worth the extra $400?

Does anyone have experience with 4K Multicam - do both do the job equally well without dropping frames during playback?

(p.s. really trying to avoid proxy editing)

 

[Fishrrman]

There's a "digital video" section here at MacRumors where you could pose these questions.

My opinion only, but if you want to edit 4k video, you really need a "beefed-up" 27" 5k iMac...

 

[Leo21]

Greetings. Let's make this short. I have been editing video on my 2012 MacBook Air (2.0 i7 dual core w/ 8Gb RAM). I have been limping through OK, but I have recently signed on with a local music concert where I am recording Multicam 4K video. The playback is now not possible and when I have a cut between cameras in the timeline in drops so many frames I can't even watch the transition.

Time to upgrade... trying to stay under $2000.

Do I go 2015 MacBook Pro 2.5/8 or 2016 2.6? (both 16Gb of ram)

Is the 2016 worth the extra $400?

Does anyone have experience with 4K Multicam - do both do the job equally well without dropping frames during playback?

(p.s. really trying to avoid proxy editing)

I just purchased a 2018 Macbook Pro with top spec graphics card and 32gig ram... i cant edit multicam 4k without first creating proxies, so i thinking why did i pay that much if i still have to create proxies...

For laptops, the top range MBP can not deal with multicam 4k without dropping so many frames it becomes unuseable, and if you're creating proxies, why pay so much more?