Ideal Mac for sidecar

[hovscorpion12]

I am looking to see what would be the most ideal scenario for Apple's sidecar. Currently, my office runs windows 10 and is expanding the option for working from home/remote desktop. Ideally Bootcamp or Parallels. I have used Parallels in the past. so it would be too hard to become acclimated again. I have adopted the all iPad style since the original iPad Pro launched. Essentially everything I have done or worked on since launch has been on all iPad. No Mac. No PC. Nothing.

Would it be better to buy a Macbook pro 16 or Macbook Air. What configurations from each would be smooth. I'm not going to add a monitor. Or should I? Dual Monitor?

 

[revmacian]

I am looking to see what would be the most ideal scenario for Apple's sidecar. Currently, my office runs windows and is expanding the option for working from home/remote desktop. ideally, Bootcamp or Parallels. I have used Parallels in the past. I have adopted the all iPad style since the original iPad Pro launched. essentially everything i have since 2017 has been on all iPad. No Mac. No PC. Nothing.

Would it be better to buy a Macbook pro 16 or Macbook Air. What configurations from each would be smooth. I'm not going to add a monitor. Or should I? Dual Monitor?

Just to let you know, I have a MacBook Air 2019 and an iPad Air 3 and I am able to use Sidebar without issue. Both of these are "Air" class devices and Sidecar runs without issue, so I would think a MacBook Air would suffice.

Now, the question is; what else would you end up doing with the new laptop? You can edit video on a MacBook Air, but that type of task would be a much better experience on a MacBook Pro.

 

[hovscorpion12]

I am starting to do a lot more video editing. The majority of the videos shot are on the iPhone and edited on the iPad. Ideally, Final Cut Pro X would be a huge assistance. especially if i were to use sidecar dual display.

It is a huge relief to see that the Macbook Air works with no issue. definitely opens up more options.

My question would be, could the Macbook Air with the 16GB RAM upgrade be able to smoothly run dual-boot OS MAC/Windows? obviously depending on how big of a partition.

 

[Stephen.R]

I'm confused. If your work so far is OK on an iPad Pro, why would you get a laptop? Why not just get a bigger display to use with the iPad Pro?

Edit: Ah. Ok, now I see.

Im sure a MBA with 16GB will run macOS or Windows dual booted fine. The question is whether the video editing tools you want to use will work effectively with so little memory.

 

[revmacian]

I am starting to do a lot more video editing. The majority of the videos shot are on the iPhone and edited on the iPad. Ideally, Final Cut Pro X would be a huge assistance. especially if i were to use sidecar dual display.

It is a huge relief to see that the Macbook Air works with no issue. definitely opens up more options.

My question would be, could the Macbook Air with the 16GB RAM upgrade be able to smoothly run dual-boot OS MAC/Windows? obviously depending on how big of a partition.

I would say you definitely want to go with a MacBook Pro if you're going to be using Final Cut Pro X. I was using iMovie on my MacBook Air (2019) and I got some dropped frames. I should also point out that my MacBook Air came with 128GB storage and I ended up with 99GB storage after upgrading to Catalina.

 

[hovscorpion12]

I'm confused. If your work so far is OK on an iPad Pro, why would you get a laptop? Why not just get a bigger display to use with the iPad Pro?

I would 100%. agree to that, however my IT department said that our Remote Desktop software does not work with iOS 😡. Otherwise I would have tried to do dual-display setup.

Im sure a MBA with 16GB will run macOS or Windows dual booted fine. The question is whether the video editing tools you want to use will work effectively with so little memory.

I do record primarily now in 4K. As of now, the video edits is Filmmaker Pro.
[automerge]1574007192[/automerge]

I would say you definitely want to go with a MacBook Pro if you're going to be using Final Cut Pro X. I was using iMovie on my MacBook Air (2019) and I got some dropped frames. I should also point out that my MacBook Air came with 128GB storage and I ended up with 99GB storage after upgrading to Catalina.

Thank you @revmacian. I do work a 3-4 video edits, but one at a time. You can imagine how long that takes. As far as storage, i've never really had a problem.

 

[Stephen.R]

however my IT department said that our Remote Desktop software does not work with iOS 😡

Do you know which specific Remote Desktop tech it is? Even MS RDP is available on iOS. I'd be surprised if the non-MS competitors weren't also available.

 

[hovscorpion12]

Do you know which specific Remote Desktop tech it is? Even MS RDP is available on iOS. I'd be surprised if the non-MS competitors weren't also available.

We use FortiClient. Fortinet. Depending on the license purchased, iOS was not part of the list. only MacOS/Windows.

 

[revmacian]

I would 100%. agree to that, however my IT department said that our Remote Desktop software does not work with iOS 😡. Otherwise I would have tried to do dual-display setup.




I do record primarily now in 4K. As of now, the video edits is Filmmaker Pro.
[automerge]1574007192[/automerge]


Thank you @revmacian. I do work a 3-4 video edits, but one at a time. You can imagine how long that takes. As far as storage, i've never really had a problem.

Yeah, and exporting video from FCP X is going to go faster on the MBP.

 

[alphaod]

If you're fine with an iPad normally, why not get a desktop instead? I think that would make more sense, not to mention it would be more powerful for a desk setup.