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gdeusthewhizkid

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hi guys,

I have a iPad Pro 10.5 but I’m also thinking of picking up a MacBook Air for Final Cut Pro editing and some photoshop editing... are any photographers or videographers using the iPad Pro and MacBook Air as a editing combo?
 
No video, but I am running Affinity Photo an their beta Publisher without any problems.

Publisher will open my InDesign files if exported as pdf. They can then be easily worked on.

Love this machine and I have the brightness down two notches. I think some people got defective screens
 
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No video, but I am running Affinity Photo an their beta Publisher without any problems.

Publisher will open my InDesign files if exported as pdf. They can then be easily worked on.

Love this machine and I have the brightness down two notches. I think some people got defective screens

Are you running it on a iPad or MacBook Air ?
 
The touchbar is a turn off for many.

I think he means the Pro without touchbar. That one competes directly against the MBA....
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2018 Air. 16/512.

The CPU/GPU from the new MBA does not fit to that amount of RAM. If you need the RAM for example to open up many tasks at the same time the CPU should also be powerful enough. The MBP is the better choice in that case and the one without touchbar did not even cost more.....
 
With that configuration it does and I need the space, the RAM was a bonus covered mostly by my discount.

Like I said, covers MY needs and runs great.
 
I think he means the Pro without touchbar. That one competes directly against the MBA....
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The CPU/GPU from the new MBA does not fit to that amount of RAM. If you need the RAM for example to open up many tasks at the same time the CPU should also be powerful enough. The MBP is the better choice in that case and the one without touchbar did not even cost more.....

I don’t think lots of ram is a poor fit with a lower voltage processor. If anything, it reduces the need to reload software and therefore, cpu load. A single cpu intensive task is a much poorer fit.
 
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I don’t think lots of ram is a poor fit with a lower voltage processor. If anything, it reduces the need to reload software and therefore, cpu load. A single cpu intensive task is a much poorer fit.

From my experience with with heavy multitasking systems there is a direct correlation between RAM and CPU cores/performance. If you have a week CPU/few cores with lots of RAM the CPU brings your system down before the RAM is used up. So you need to balance these factors carefully....
 
I've had it for a few days and don't see any performance issues. It's pretty damn smooth at everything I've tried to do.
 
It all depends on what kind of video you're working with and how often.

If it's occasional 1080p video editing, the 2018 MBA will do the job, no problem. Photoshop is also fine, unless you're using crazy large/heavy files, in which case you already know you need a high-end laptop.

If it's occasional 4K video editing or you're working with very short videos regularly, it'll do it, just a bit slowly when it comes to rendering/compressing. It's about half as fast as a current Pro for this kind of work, but if it's just a couple times a week, the difference between 10 minutes and 20 won't change your life.

If you're doing 4K video editing regularly, the Pro is the only sane choice, and even then you really want a 15" with the high-end GPU or a desktop, because even moderate 4K video editing will suck down all the cycles you throw at it and still be frustratingly slow, unless you have workstation-level power.

Long story short, if it's mostly a web/office/mail machine that needs to do a bit of video/photoshop on the side, the MBA is a fine choice. If you're looking for a machine that will be doing video work more than a couple hours a week, you'll want the Pro for sure.
 
hi guys,

I have a iPad Pro 10.5 but I’m also thinking of picking up a MacBook Air for Final Cut Pro editing and some photoshop editing... are any photographers or videographers using the iPad Pro and MacBook Air as a editing combo?
Get a macbook pro for editing.
 
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