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Yeah I really want to jump on the m1 bandwagon (may not be affording a newish laptop anytime soon after this ) but it just feels too soon. And I don’t want to have big sur as my osx If I have to be sorting compatibility issues with it not working with my other apps, or files..
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Me too. 100% the future but current base level isn't there yet - I've had them in my basket several times this past month! Aren't you employed though? Shouldn't employer be providing something? I'd say intel will do great for 3-5 years easy and by that time the Apple silicon stuff will be more stable/more powerful/budgets may be different.
CYOA
Please don't get an M1 for video without being prepared to send it back.
I've seen such mixed results on all sorts of codecs/containers/resolutions/software that it's making me hold off for the 16 but I know you said you couldn't wait.
Not sure the kind of stuff you're cutting but if the edits are remotely long or complex you may run into trouble. Not just mad render times but even scrubbing through the footage is hit and miss at the moment from what I've seen, depending on software etc. I know it has great hardware support for h265 (so good for something like R5 footage but less so for xavc or something from an fs7). Obviously you could create a load of proxies but if your rushes are a few terabytes of multi source material you'll be there all week.