1.4GHz quad-core 8th-generation Intel Core i5 processor.If you work in a high-resolution, high volume, fast turn around industry obviously the base model 2020 MacBook Pro isn’t going to be for you, but for 99% of video productions it’s probably good enough to get by.

Whether or not an iPhone 11 or the bare minimum MacBook Pro could be enough to edit on is largely based around what you’re creating and your final delivery schedule. It was portable but it was dead slow and had a price tag of around $30K – which didn’t include the hard drives.Ĭomputers have come a long way in a very short period of time, and honestly most cell-phones are faster than what professional editors were cutting Hollywood features on 15-20 years ago. It was one of the most uncomfortable editing systems I’ve ever used.

Long ago, I edited a 2-hour long documentary on an Avid System that was built to be dropped from a helicopter into a war zone. Do you need all of the bells and whistles of a fully-loaded Mac Pro desktop, or will something small and portable suffice? Does the system need to cost you an arm and a leg, or can you get by with the base model? To answer this question, The Everyday Dad puts this fun-sized MacBook Pro to the test, and gives us his take on what it would be like to use the cheapest of Apple’s Pro line laptop as your only editing system for cutting your videos.ĭetermining what editing system will meet your needs as a content creator can be a tricky business. What would it be like using the base model $1,299 13″ 1.4Ghz Quad-Core i5 MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD to cut multiple streams of 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 from a Panasonic GH5? Is the system fast enough, powerful enough to not only play and edit the material but also to render and deliver the final video in a timely manner? Are the specs enough for the daunting task of professional editing, or would this system crash and burn?

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