Honestly, 99% of people don't need HALF of the performance of M1 Ultra. It is a very small niche of people that work with something so demanding. Thats what Mac Pro was all about.
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M1 Ultra Mac Studio vs. M1 Max MacBook Pro
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Why do people just focus on Video Editing for Macs and their performance in this area over everything else ??
Video Editing does not rule the world. Some of us work for Large companies and use computers for other things.
I find Video Editing boring and time consuming. I use my Computer to Edit Audio. Create DJ mixes and remixes.
Wavelab by Steinburg has always been the goto software for that. And LOGIC AUDIO does not rule and is the only software for Audio Pro's. Pro Tools is still widely used.
Video Editing does not rule the world. Some of us work for Large companies and use computers for other things.
I find Video Editing boring and time consuming. I use my Computer to Edit Audio. Create DJ mixes and remixes.
Wavelab by Steinburg has always been the goto software for that. And LOGIC AUDIO does not rule and is the only software for Audio Pro's. Pro Tools is still widely used.
and now people are no longer saying "web site" but use "website" and not "block chain" but "blockchain". ?
I'd be interested in seeing the difference in a big compile on Xcode. Don't need it right now though.
My 2019 16 MBP also got hot on Zoom meetings and more so if I use external display. FaceTime is better but the fan noise is still noticeable. Using it with the Studio Display or LG Ultrafine 5K, the laptop become hot even when watching a 1080P YouTube video. I am considering get an M1 Pro MBP. Based on your experience, will it be much cooler and less noisy if using it with a Studio Display?
Yes and, as English speakers form compounds like that, the emphasis shifts from the second word to the first syllable of the combined word. This process is called backshift. It happens when words become compounds. When large grocery stores were first coming onto the scene, they were known as "super markets" and the emphasis was on the "market" component. Even when the words were merged into "supermarket" that emphasis didn't shift to the "super" component until people had fully integrated the concepts in their minds.
Your field obviously doesn’t deal with deadlines. You’re asking YouTubers to think outside of their world, yet you’re not going beyond YouTubers when it comes to video export times. You do understand that more times than not, clients want it yesterday right?
I’m in the “money no object” category as far as the price of these machines. My iMac was 5 years old and I wanted Apple Silicon. I bought the M1 Ultra Mac Studio. The only upgrade I made was increasing the SSD to 4TB as I had 2.02TB on my prior machine. I bought the Studio Display as well. And I’m very happy. I edit RAW Sony full frame photos so clearly I don’t need the M1 Ultra now but I’m hoping this machine will last me 5-8 years. So I’m hoping getting the M1 Ultra allows the machine to last that long.
Except the creators of the format named it after the peanut butter and pronounce it the same.
Uodate your Zoom client. I have a 2019 16", and Zoom and Teams don't even cause it to get slightly warm. If it gets hot, then something is wrong.
Video editing is the best real world test to show the power of the system. Any system can handle email and browsing. What would be the point in showing that off?
I had an i9, 32 gig, 1TB 15” MBP late 2018… it was loud and hot nearly all the time… my 14” base M1 Pro 1TB has never gotten hot and I’ve never heard the fans… I’ve edited over 2000 RAW images and done light video editing… I can do all that on battery for a whole day as well. So, WYMMV, it’s worth the upgrade! Oh, and Apple gave me $1200 on trade in!
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My 2007 15" MacBook Pro (and first Mac) would get painfully 'no longer a LAPtop' hot, even with the fans running at full chat.
He earns a good living from from making videos and running a tech site.
That’s the only definition of professional that’s worth anything.
But do go on, tell us more?
This X100 along with the non-stop repetitive slides of the Geekbench, Metal, Davinci, whatever video scores. I would love to see more reviews based on working through a real world workflow over multiple days...you know, like real world people using the machines in constant workflows(not the "just exported a 5 minute video for this test").
I often work through thousands of hi-res, high megapixel, sometimes ridiculous sized composites with LR, C1, and Photoshop files with enough layers to annoy almost anyone and almost always have at these programs open at the same time (I know all Adobe programs are resource hogs). So real world work reviews would be nice.
I'll probably get some hate for this but Maxtech on YT is one of the most overrated and ridiculous. EVERY photo test they do is "we exported 50 raw files" or "scrolling through these images is a breeze". They think they're doing test/reviews for every trade but I find most there reviews to be a joke, especially when it comes to finding information that would benefit me or help with deciding on a purchase. I will say if you are a photographer and need a good review, ArtIsRight on YT is pretty good. His videos can get a little drawn out but he gives beneficial/real workflow info. Just my .02¢
If you do not use programs that have been ported to utilize the built-in encoders, both of these are overkill. The average user does not need more than the Mac Mini M1 or Macbook Air to do what they do.
All of these videos and reviews basically are the same. Render some 8K/4K video from apps that have been ported....and say your mind is blown because of the speed.
All of these videos and reviews basically are the same. Render some 8K/4K video from apps that have been ported....and say your mind is blown because of the speed.
"not the "just exported a 5 minute video for this test"
This. All of these M series reviews are the same. Render some videos using ported apps that utilize the on-chip encoders, so you can see the huge difference. 99% of the computer owners I know do not do that on their computers.
Well, in the days before the Internet was publicly available there were services like CompuServe which you used on a modem. In order to spice up the text-based service with the ability to, for instance, display what we now call an avatar or some such with your text messages, the GIF image format was born. GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format so those of us (like me) who were using CompuServe BEFORE the web existed pronounced it with a hard G because we knew what it was short for and we also knew how to pronounce "Graphics".
The fact that the inventor of the GIF format mispronounced it is a fascinating factual tidbit that could be used as a trick questions on quiz shows!
It's only a big deal if you can't multitask to keep yourself busy. As another here stated all they can compare is video content creation being that they are constantly selling themselves via Youtube. Everything we judge is usually shown on Youtube. Can YouTube reviewers think outside their own world. Most can't that you are reading their Apple centric news and rumors.
There are diamonds in the rough on Youtube, which are the guys/gals that work in a real industry and show how they use Macs and give weighted reviews or impressions based on real world performance doing all kinds of creative and business work.
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