Want to buy a new Mac to edit with Final Cut Pro X? Can’t decide between an iMac Pro or a beefy MacBook Pro? Here are a few thoughts that might help. The conclusion might surprise you.
This year so far, I’ve had the opportunity to cut video on either an iMac Pro or a fully loaded new MacBook Pro. Both are good, fast machines when running Final Cut Pro X, but which would I choose if the FCP.co coffers could only stretch to owning one?
Back in the FCP7 days, it was fairly common to own at base, a cheesegrater Mac Pro for editing with associated I/O peripherals and carry around a MacBook Pro for emails and extra location editing.
Apple computers are not exactly budget machines and now self-financed editors are having to decide between a desktop iMac (or indeed a Mac Mini with eGPU) or a beefy MacBook Pro with extras. Money simply doesn’t stretch to both.
So let’s compare the two I’ve been working with.
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