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Maybe it's too much to expect a $1K computer to do heavy video work? Even then, I've been using an M1 macbook air myself for computational work, and haven't ru
by thaw13579 5y ago
Maybe it's too much to expect a $1K computer to do heavy video work? Even then, I've been using an M1 macbook air myself for computational work, and haven't run into any memory issues and am surprised by how much power it provides for the price, and without a fan. The only issue I've had with the M1s is the display support, i.e. the mini only supports two displays and the macbooks only support a single external display.
- srvmshr 5y agoThats sounding more like being an Apple apologist. And there are certainly other uses of graphics without using PS or InDesign involved e.g Meshlab 3D renders, computer graphics & raytracing where more RAM definitely counts. Upselling the Studio definitely hits the academic bracket (mine) hard, when it was perfectly possible to just introduce M1 variants, with its advantage of ports & more RAM. That sort of upgrade would have cost ~$1500 theoretically given Apple component listing, which is still 25% cheaper than baseline Mac Studio. (For students looking to upgrade, $400 is a month's rent saved)
- thaw13579 5y agoI suppose the M1 pro is such a variant with more ports and more memory? For the M1 itself, it seems there are interesting aspects of the chip design that limit the total memory: https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-new-Mac-mini-with-Apple-M1-only-have-a-max-of-16GB-RAM-whereas-the-Intel-has-up-to-64GB https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-new-Mac-mini-with-Apple-M... I also make no apologies for saying nice things about the current lineup, it's a clear improvement over 2016-2020 which I think was a step back in several ways.