Guest /u/SkyBotyt Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 I own a Mac Studio which functions as my daily driver machine, I was one of the unlucky ones who bought the highest tier MacBook you can buy…. In 2019, the last intel model. I am a video editor, so my use case is very taxing, I was trying to use while I was visiting family for the holidays and it just started shutting itself down after 5 mins of use, I’m ready to give up on it, but I also just don’t make the money to justify a new maxed out MacBook that will get only used once every few weeks when I’m on a trip, or if I want to work in a coffee shop. I’m thinking about getting the cheapest MacBook I can find that will work, and I’d be able to edit on, not wanting the best experience, just for it to handle editing simultaneous 1080p proxies and not completely shut down. I also do freelance videography work and want to be able to do stuff on the fly in those environments. But again, I would not use it that much. So my question is: what should I go with? a new m4 MacBook Air? An older m2 or even M1 MacBook pro? I really can’t afford to spend more than $1k on this thing. And while I could sell the old MacBook, frankly that thing is in such bad condition at this point, it doesn’t have much value, and it has a little bit of sentimental value (it was the first MacBook I bought with my own money) submitted by /u/SkyBotyt [link] [comments]
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