I find render, export and transcodes times as big bottlenecks in post-production. What do I want to be faster/fastest in day-to-day editing? I think testing on this type of system eliminates the other two extremes, the internal storage of these systems which can be very fast but limited in size and random, slow plugin storage that shouldn’t be used for post-production ever. These types of storage are great for post and are quite common. All projects in these tests were either on a G-Technology G-Studio RAID or a QNAP NAS so the storage speeds were very fast. The other wildcard that is always a factor in editing is the storage where the media resides. Here are the specs on the two systems: The 16-inch MacBook Pro M1 Max The 27-inch iMac Pro (I got that thing in 2017?!! My how time flies) The methodology for this comparison was simple and selfish and timely as I had a number of things I needed to do over the last couple of weeks I’ve had this M1 Max MacBook Pro: output a bunch of projects. Conventional wisdom says you can usually get more power and more connectivity out of a desktop machine for nearly the same price so that is an important decision to me when setting up an editing suite. But rumor has it new Apple Silicon iMac Pro’s might be in store for 2022.Ī fast and nice as this new MacBook Pro is I would have a very hard time replacing a desktop machine in a full-time edit suite with a laptop. I say could because the iMac Pro’s were discontinued early in 2021.
You could pull the thing out of the box, plug it in, hook up fast storage including Thunderbolt RAIDs and/or a 10-gig Ethernet-connected NAS, add another display and edit away all while having a gorgeous large screen and power that would usually blow the i9 MacBook Pro away. Why do I call my iMac Pro beloved? I think this is the perfect machine for many in post-production who want a simple setup, simple maintenance and a simple(r) workflow. But what I was most curious about was how it would stand up to my beloved iMac Pro. That is what I based part one of my 16-inch MacBook Pro M1 Max review on. When reviewing the new 16-inch MacBook Pro M1 Max the closest competitor as far as form factor goes was obviously the previous generation Intel i9 MacBook Pro.
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