New Mac M1 processor and Mac mini Mac Pro?

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New Mac M1 processor and Mac mini Mac Pro?

PostThu Jan 07, 2021 2:49 pm

Is anyone running a new Mac mini with Resolve 16 or 17? I recently purchased a second license, this one is not a dongle like my first. Hopefully in the near Non Covid future I will be travelling and may need to set up a remote office. I would like to make this investment as cost efficient as possible while still being able to function like I do in my main edit suite.
My main question is how limited are these new machines with DR? Can either handle 4k or is it an "optimized or nothing" situation?
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Re: New Mac M1 processor and Mac mini Mac Pro?

PostThu Jan 07, 2021 3:25 pm

There are several threads about this already. Editing and light grading should be absolutely fine. Rendering will be slower than a computer with a dedicated modern GPU.

You need v17.1 or later as earlier versions are not optimized for the M1 chip.
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Re: New Mac M1 processor and Mac mini Mac Pro?

PostThu Jan 07, 2021 3:49 pm

And you need to know that you won't be able to upgrade it, for example with an eGPU.
What you see is what you get, but there are quite a few demos on YT.
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