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For a computer that has a built-in screen and doesn’t allow you to upgrade any hardware? That seems like a scary proposition. Still, that’s not as bad as the recent sticker shock that came with a maxed out Apple iMac Pro – at nearly $15,000. Then we moved to compressed AVCHD files, which lead us to use external ProRes recorders like the Atomos Ninja Blade, and software transcoding with ClipWrap and EditReady, and FCPX’s native optimization/transcoding.

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In the early days of DSLR video, we could edit native MP4 and MOV clips without transcoding, because the H.264 files were relatively simple for the MacBook to work with.

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It’s amazing that after years of heavy use, around the clock on the road, in hotels and airports, and at home running the fans at full blast during heavy renders, these MacBooks continue to perform for professional video edits. We’ve been using MacBook Pros from 2012-2013, the early days for the Retina screen models. That’s not a big issue for photographers and other creatives (and certainly everyday users), but video editors are needing more and more RAM to deal with highly compressed video codecs at higher bitrates and bigger resolutions. Video people were more than peeved last year when Apple’s most advanced laptops still only maxed out at 16gb of RAM. The message with this new MacBook Pro is “ More power, More performance, More pro.” The processor, graphics card, and battery improvements certainly help, but the 32GB Ram is the biggie here. All 15-inch models will now feature the AMD Radeon Pro graphics card, with 4GB of GDDR5 memory.īut the most important thing about these MacBooks is that we are finally getting up to 32GB of DDR4 Ram. The new models have also doubled the internal SSD storage capacity, now up to 4TB in the 15-inch. The 2018 MacBook Pro features new Intel Core processors, however, and the 15-inch version is 70 percent faster than last year’s model, if maxed out with a 2.9GHz six-core i9 processor, compared to last year’s 3.1GHz quad-core i7. The Touch Bar is still a key feature in this MacBook Pro, which works intuitively with FCPX. There are still 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports, and a 3.5mm headphone jack (*phew*). Overall, the design and inputs haven’t changed from the 2017 models. Video editors rejoice: today Apple launched their 2018 MacBook Pro lineup, and the specs are looking good.įor our purposes, we’re mostly interested in the 15-inch MacBook Pro, but the 13-inch MacBook Pro is also getting upgrades under the hood.

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