I will buy 16GB RAM as advised, thank you, and I will use an external HDD (or cloud) to increase sotrage as my wife only requires space for long term storage and not for recurrent use.

I could avoid the more expensive GPUs as UI does not involve complex 3D effects or other GPU intensive routines.Īre there specific forums where software/hardware interaction are discussed? Or where iMovie is specifically discussed?ģ. the fastest MHz CPU, even if it is older and has fewer cores, rather than a more advanced CPU with more cores and If speculations (i) and (ii) were correct, then I would better spend my Euros by choosing: Apple video editing software only employ one core at a time. Apple software uses CPU rather than GPU for the editing workload and employs the GPU only for user interface. To invest well I must first understand what hardware iMovie and other Apple programs are designed for. I am trying to understand how to better spend my money. Budget is a concern but not the primary one. What difference is there between this M1 Macbook Pro and the one linked? Where can I buy this M1 Macbook Pro?Ģ. On the website I cannot find this M1 Macbook Pro. (*) Mac Book Pro Retina (2012) 2.7GHz Quad Core i7, 16GB RAM, 1600MHz DDR3, Nvidia GeForce GT650M 1GB, Intel HD Graphics, 4000 1536MBġ. Thank you in advance for your time and expertise in recommending new hardware.

She is not looking for better performances but, since we know that all software become more and more demanding on hardware with new generations, we want to invest where it will be more useful in future.ĭoes this information help to recommend the best RAM, GPU and CPU? Or is the information insufficient? If it is insufficient, kindly, what information do you need and where can I find it Her Mac Book Pro (*) worked perfectly well until her display broke (800€ to fix). The original file, before editing, is generated by a Nikon 5200 camera in QuickTime movie, 1920x1080, Linear PCM H.264. File size is slightly in excess of 3GB for a 20 minutes video and proportionally larger for longer videos. My wife produces videos for YouTube in mpeg-4 movie 1920x1080 H.264 AAC color profile HD (1-1-1).

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