Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:33 am
If you are still learning and don't need a new machine right now, I'd wait until new iMacs arrive. Might even be in summer.
Of course, FCP-X flies even on the small machines. Editing BRAW in 4K shouldn't be much of a problem in Resolve either. But once you get into demanding operations which rely massively on the GPU, like temporal NR or any of the 'neural' processes, they'll be limiting you. Another option might be getting a Mac mini M1 now if you have any decent screen standing around and sell it later or use it for working in parallel, like transcoding. It is very fast when converting even the most recent GPO formats into something else.
My disaster protection: export a .drp file to a physically separated storage regularly.
Studio 19.1.3
MacOS 13.7.4, 2017 iMac, 32 GB, Radeon Pro 580 + eGPU
MacBook M1 Pro, 16 GPU cores, 32 GB RAM, MacOS 14.7.2
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