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MacBook Pro for Video Editing
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<blockquote data-quote="cnisbett48" data-source="post: 1646032" data-attributes="member: 346188"><p>I'm looking into getting a laptop (15" MacBook Pro), and I'm not sure of all the specs that are best for video editing. </p><p></p><p>I currently have a mid 2011 iMac with a 2.5 GHz quad core i5 processor, 4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory, and 500 GB hard drive, but it can be a bit slow on playback while editing some things. </p><p></p><p>For the processor, should I go with the 2.5 GHz quad core i7 or pay $ 180 more for the 2.8 GHz i7? Do you think that the i7 processor will solve the playback issue, or do need to go for the 2.8 GHz?</p><p></p><p>Also, the laptop will have 16 GB memory. I'm not sure if that in itself may help. Lastly, I thought I'd go with the 256 GB Flash Storage since I have an external hard drive with 1 TB of storage. </p><p></p><p>Thank you in advance for any advice! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cnisbett48, post: 1646032, member: 346188"] I'm looking into getting a laptop (15" MacBook Pro), and I'm not sure of all the specs that are best for video editing. I currently have a mid 2011 iMac with a 2.5 GHz quad core i5 processor, 4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory, and 500 GB hard drive, but it can be a bit slow on playback while editing some things. For the processor, should I go with the 2.5 GHz quad core i7 or pay $ 180 more for the 2.8 GHz i7? Do you think that the i7 processor will solve the playback issue, or do need to go for the 2.8 GHz? Also, the laptop will have 16 GB memory. I'm not sure if that in itself may help. Lastly, I thought I'd go with the 256 GB Flash Storage since I have an external hard drive with 1 TB of storage. Thank you in advance for any advice! :D [/QUOTE]
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