Hello,
I have spent the better part of a week trying to research laptops (preferably Mac, since that’s what I’m used to). And it’s proving to be a bigger challenge than expected.
I guess my biggest issue is buying a machine that will take care of me for a while. I will hopefully be buying a new cinema camera at some point and I’m trying to “future proof”...if that’s the right term.
I’m only a hobbyist so I don’t do this for a living. I have a 2013ish 13” MacBook right now. I edit with Hitfilm Pro and I have Davinci Resolve downloaded (although I only use it to transcode my footage to ProRes). No really terrible experiences so far...a little slow at times maybe. But I would like a really GOOD computer that I can pretty much use exclusively for editing video and music. Something I can turn on, start throwing footage, and edit with confidence without worrying about lag and crash issues.
In regards to “future prooofing”, I was wondering if the 15” MacBook Pro would be good for editing something like 4K footage or raw. I have a cheap DSLR now but in the event that I upgrade and I have the ability to film in raw or something, I don’t want to find myself up a creek because I spent $2500.00 on a computer that doesn’t have the chops to edit, process, render footage with and lot of data.
Full disclosure: I am NOT a big computer guy, and this film thing is something I have only recently been getting into. So reading/interpreting specs is pretty exhausting.
After posting on other forums I have learned that RAM, CPU, and GPU are the key factors to take into consideration.
I had posted some specs of a refurb Mac on a cinematography forum and one dude was like “I’d avoid Radeon...” but that’s pretty much the only graphics I’ve seen on theses MacBooks. The heaviest GPU I’ve seen (for the money I’m willing to spend) is the Radeon 560 with 4gb...I think. Also, 16gb of RAM isn’t enough apparently?
This is very long. Sorry about that.
I just need a lot of help here. I guess I’m mostly looking for validation because I really want to pull the trigger on a new MacBook. But there are so many opinions out there.
I have spent the better part of a week trying to research laptops (preferably Mac, since that’s what I’m used to). And it’s proving to be a bigger challenge than expected.
I guess my biggest issue is buying a machine that will take care of me for a while. I will hopefully be buying a new cinema camera at some point and I’m trying to “future proof”...if that’s the right term.
I’m only a hobbyist so I don’t do this for a living. I have a 2013ish 13” MacBook right now. I edit with Hitfilm Pro and I have Davinci Resolve downloaded (although I only use it to transcode my footage to ProRes). No really terrible experiences so far...a little slow at times maybe. But I would like a really GOOD computer that I can pretty much use exclusively for editing video and music. Something I can turn on, start throwing footage, and edit with confidence without worrying about lag and crash issues.
In regards to “future prooofing”, I was wondering if the 15” MacBook Pro would be good for editing something like 4K footage or raw. I have a cheap DSLR now but in the event that I upgrade and I have the ability to film in raw or something, I don’t want to find myself up a creek because I spent $2500.00 on a computer that doesn’t have the chops to edit, process, render footage with and lot of data.
Full disclosure: I am NOT a big computer guy, and this film thing is something I have only recently been getting into. So reading/interpreting specs is pretty exhausting.
After posting on other forums I have learned that RAM, CPU, and GPU are the key factors to take into consideration.
I had posted some specs of a refurb Mac on a cinematography forum and one dude was like “I’d avoid Radeon...” but that’s pretty much the only graphics I’ve seen on theses MacBooks. The heaviest GPU I’ve seen (for the money I’m willing to spend) is the Radeon 560 with 4gb...I think. Also, 16gb of RAM isn’t enough apparently?
This is very long. Sorry about that.
I just need a lot of help here. I guess I’m mostly looking for validation because I really want to pull the trigger on a new MacBook. But there are so many opinions out there.