Moving up to 8K and five effect-laden layered clips finally got the machine to drop a few frames, but playback was still smooth. Editing 4K ProRes 422 in Final Cut Pro was effortless clips played back in real time, even when layered and added effects. I've had to actively go out of my way to make the laptop try and choke. The new MacBook Pro may be expensive, but your money buys you a lot of power. With that kind of price tag, it's not surprising murder is on the menu. If you were to buy this model, it would set you back $4,649. It's, quite frankly, a ludicrous machine.įor the purposes of this review, I tested out a middle of the road configuration: the 16-inch model with 32GB of RAM, a M1 Pro with 10-core CPU and 16-coe GPU, and 1TB. Younger me would definitely go full Looper and kill his future self for the 2021 MacBook Pro. Before moving into the world of tech journalism, I was in video production myself. I'm sitting here watching Final Cut Pro play back five layers of effect-laden 8K clips in real time, while her 2016 MacBook Pro grinds to a halt editing clips.Īnd I get it. If it were, I fear that one of my filmmaker friends would make the trip down just to murder me and pry this laptop from my cold dead hands.Īt the same time, I don't blame her.

Despite this, the new MacBook Pro makes me grateful the NSW / Queensland border hasn't opened yet.

My parents and many of my friends live in Brisbane, and thanks to *everything*, I've not been able to see them since June.

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