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…but, if you don’t need four external monitors (most of us don’t) and you’re not performing an extreme amount of multi-tasking the MacBook Air will suffice. See: Best Mac for Photoshop & Photo Editing

If you are running a super high-end studio level set up, then the MacBook Pro will certainly outperform the MacBook Air and is ideal for pro video editing since it can power up to 4 external screens with 4096 x 2304 resolution (and at 60Hz). You’ll need to prioritize three specs: a powerful graphics card, a 16Gb of RAM (memory), and a multi-core processor. When choosing a MacBook, your priority when editing and rendering videos is being able to handle graphically-intensive tasks. Is a MacBook Air good for video editing? With the M1 chip and performance boost in the MacBook Air, users will be pleased to discover that the MacBook Air is good enough fit for video editing requirements no matter what type of video editing you are performing. You can read our complete legal information for more details. If you make a purchase through links from this website, we may get a small share of the sale from Amazon and other similar affiliate programs. OTOH one benefit is you can run the MBP from a DC power pack like this Anker PowerCore + 26800 PD: a.As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases made on our website. But if you must frequently plug into USB-A, HDMI, or use SD cards from cameras, it is a pain. How this impacts people varies - if you never work in the field and never travel anywhere this might not be a factor. If you edit 1080p or ProRes it might not be.Īs has been discussed ad nauseam, the lack of an SD card reader and having to use a bag full of dongles on the new MBP can be a pain. If the 2017 MBP is similarly faster than the 2014 and if you edit lots of 4k H264 it might be worth it. I assume this is the improved Kaby Lake Quick Sync but am not sure. It is roughly 2x faster than the 2015 model. However comparing my 2015 to 2017 iMac 27, the 2017 is vastly faster at H264 rendering, encoding and transcoding from H264 to ProRes proxy.

The 2016 is definitely, noticeably faster. I have a 20 i7 MBP and have used a 2014 a lot for FCPX editing of 4k H264 material. Ive got a 2014 iMac i7 for any work based at home Thinking of upgrading my 2014 i7 and wondering what the pros and cons are (besides the price obviously) Is anyone using the new MacBook pro (kaby lake) i7 for editing?