Pc selection help....

[mailboxpimp]

Negative.

My windows pc I used prior had 32gbs. When I exported a 45 minute clip/video on Premiere from my PC, it took damn near three or four hours.

When I got my Mac Mini, the same sequence in Premiere exported in under five minutes.

A 16gb M1 Mac Mini machine will smoke a 32gb and even 64gb Windows machine.

so this would be a good look....

Refurbished Mac mini Apple M2 Pro Chip with 10‑Core CPU and 16‑Core GPU
16GB unified memory
512GB SSD1
Four Thunderbolt 4 ports
Gigabit Ethernet port
$1,099.00

the next joint-up would be this...

Refurbished Mac mini Apple M2 Pro Chip with 10‑Core CPU and 16‑Core GPU, 10GB Ethernet
16GB unified memory
512GB SSD1
Four Thunderbolt 4 ports
10 Gigabit Ethernet port *$100 EXTRA
$1,179.00

Refurbished Mac mini Apple M2 Pro Chip with 10‑Core CPU and 16‑Core GPU, 10GB Ethernet
32GB unified memory
512GB SSD1
Four Thunderbolt 4 ports
10 Gigabit Ethernet port
$1,519.00

that price is USED studio price point... ijs.

 

[4 Dimensional]

being cheap will only cost me in the end.

For sure. Laptops today are investments. I make money on mine, so I paid extra than I normally would have. I probably should have done more, but I'm good with what I got.

 

[mailboxpimp]

Not trying to be funny pimpin..... but you got hundreds of side hustle threads..... and that's your budget.....you got a Walmart budget? Are you Section 8?
sidebar: you need to start taking some of your suggested side hustles and start hustling

for a used pc... yup... I increased it to an additional $700 but dnt want to spend the whole $1400. no matter how much I make I refuse to style for pocket watching faggots. it makes no sense to pay for the new price when you can pay for the used price.
Its obvious you were raised in the projects..... project niggaahz love to LOOK like they have money & spend what they earn doing so. You need it to be new or name brand, Id rather save my money & kop the no frills version. I wish I did have sec 8.... food stamps too. Less money I gotta spend.

 

[mailboxpimp]

For sure. Laptops today are investments. I make money on mine, so I paid extra than I normally would have. I probably should have done more, but I'm good with what I got.

i just hate spending the paper but not doing so is costing me in time. so, I dnt have much of a choice now. my pc is on its last leg.

 

[Coldchi]

If i could ever get my hands on one......
Fujitsu UH-X 4ZR1J37878
12th Gen Intel Core I7 1255U/16GB/1TB SSD/Intel Irix Xe/Windows 11
$1,400

 

[4 Dimensional]

i just hate spending the paper but not doing so is costing me in time. so, I dnt have much of a choice now. my pc is on its last leg.

Honestly, what I got in return was additional time. Everything I do is so much faster and much more efficient than it was before. Also, it will allow you to explore and push your computing resources more.

I get wanting to go the cheap route, but ultimately you’ll be holding yourself back. White folk got advantages over us because of resources. Simple things like computing power means something today. They’ll spend thousand on a laptop or computer, which always giving them an advantage in whatever field they are in that require computer technology. This goes for buying software too.

 

[mailboxpimp]

Honestly, what I got in return was additional time. Everything I do is so much faster and much more efficient than it was before. Also, it will allow you to explore and push your computing resources more.

I get wanting to go the cheap route, but ultimately you’ll be holding yourself back. White folk got advantages over us because of resources. Simple things like computing power means something today. They’ll spend thousand on a laptop or computer, which always giving them an advantage in whatever field they are in that require computer technology. This goes for buying software too.

Yea... i cant afford to not spend the money at this point. It will be a tax writel off.

 

[mailboxpimp]

If i could ever get my hands on one......
Fujitsu UH-X 4ZR1J37878
12th Gen Intel Core I7 1255U/16GB/1TB SSD/Intel Irix Xe/Windows 11
$1,400

Are they hard to find?

 

[mailboxpimp]

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this doesnt make any sense

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[CPT Callamity]

Minisforum UM773 Lite-US

Minisforum UM773 Lite AMD Ryzen™ 7 7735HS & AMD Radeon™ 680M MINI PC

store.minisforum.com

this doesnt make any sense

Computer parts, laptops, electronics, and more - Newegg United States

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What doesn't make sense?

 

[Coldchi]

Are they hard to find?

yeah you will never find them in any stores.
Online only. one of the fewest laptops that can match the best macbook blow for blow.

 

[flx2000]

This would work really well
Refurbished Mac mini Apple M2 Pro Chip with 10‑Core CPU and 16‑Core GPU
16GB unified memory
512GB SSD1
Four Thunderbolt 4 ports
Gigabit Ethernet port
$1,099.00


I have the base model MacBook Pro 14 inch and it works well for me
I have photoshop
Lightroom
Final Cut pro
Motion
Compressor

no hiccups

 

[Ryokurin]

Negative.

My windows pc I used prior had 32gbs. When I exported a 45 minute clip/video on Premiere from my PC, it took damn near three or four hours.

When I got my Mac Mini, the same sequence in Premiere exported in under five minutes.

A 16gb M1 Mac Mini machine will smoke a 32gb and even 64gb Windows machine.

What was the specs of the Windows PC? Because typically I find that people who say this are either coming from a machine that is around the same vintage of the OP (around 11-12 years old) still hard drive based, or at the most uses SATA SSDs or they didn't take advantage of Quicksync or any other acceleration available on the PC.

I'm not saying the M1 or M2 is overhyped or isn't a brilliantly engineered chip but when the above is true anything recent is going to feel worlds better than what you are used to .

 

[mailboxpimp]

This would work really well
Refurbished Mac mini Apple M2 Pro Chip with 10‑Core CPU and 16‑Core GPU
16GB unified memory
512GB SSD1
Four Thunderbolt 4 ports
Gigabit Ethernet port
$1,099.00


I have the base model MacBook Pro 14 inch and it works well for me
I have photoshop
Lightroom
Final Cut pro
Motion
Compressor

no hiccups

I think imma spend a few $$$ extra & get the 32 gig joint.

 

[EPDC]

What was the specs of the Windows PC? Because typically I find that people who say this are either coming from a machine that is around the same vintage of the OP (around 11-12 years old) still hard drive based, or at the most uses SATA SSDs or they didn't take advantage of Quicksync or any other acceleration available on the PC.

I'm not saying the M1 or M2 is overhyped or isn't a brilliantly engineered chip but when the above is true anything recent is going to feel worlds better than what you are used to .

I don't remember the specs of my old machine, but it was about seven years old at the time and was running my operating system off an SSD. It had an AMD chip, forget which one.

 

[Ryokurin]

Why 1 cost more than the other...

It looks like the 1TB is just on sale. Amazon is cheaper anyway.

 

[mailboxpimp]

What was the specs of the Windows PC? Because typically I find that people who say this are either coming from a machine that is around the same vintage of the OP (around 11-12 years old) still hard drive based, or at the most uses SATA SSDs or they didn't take advantage of Quicksync or any other acceleration available on the PC.

I'm not saying the M1 or M2 is overhyped or isn't a brilliantly engineered chip but when the above is true anything recent is going to feel worlds better than what you are used to .

thts the other part

 

[meilmarc]

If you pluck enough eyebrows you can up your budget faggot

 

[mailboxpimp]

EPDC
4Demensional

So.... this is what its boiled down to for me....

Macmini M2
$1199 free pick up
24gb ram
512 ssd
8 Core cpu
10 core gpu
16 core neural engine
2 thunderbolt4 ports
1 hdmi
2 usb a ports

macmini pro 2 -
$1559 free shipping
32gb ram
512 ssd
16 core gpu
16 core neural engine
4x thunderbolt4 /usb4 ports
Usb-a 3.1
Hdmi
1 x gigabit ethernet port ( i never use).

Or
Mac studio M1 Max
$1475+ tax & shipping
32gb ram
512 hd
10 cpu
24 gpu
4x thunderbolt4 /usb4 ports
Usb-a 3.1 gen 2
Sdxc sd card slot

Ect....
I feel more comfortable w/ 32gigs of ram....
If I gotta spend then im gonna get the best bang for the buk... which one?

Im leaning towards the macmini but the studio is very nice... for the price you basically get the studio but w/o all the ports on the $1500 macmini.

 

[mailboxpimp]

Purchased online today
Total price w tax was about $1600.

Also got the proper stand for 2 / 32 inch tvs & the 1tb multiport hub for the mac mini.

Not gonna change the keyboard or mouse. Dont see a need.

macmini pro 2 -
$1559 free shipping
32gb ram
512 ssd
16 core gpu
16 core neural engine
4x thunderbolt4 /usb4 ports
Usb-a 3.1
Hdmi
1 x gigabit ethernet port ( i never use).

I have buyer remorse already.‍

 

[mailboxpimp]

Thanks for everybodys help...

A tremendous improvement all across the baord. Even the feedback in my speakers are gone.



The sound & images are much crisper & everything moves without delay.

 

[skypeking]

I was just thinking a gaming laptop. I bought one earlier this year for about $1700. It’s an Acer. It’s the perfect type of overkill on resources I need.

I mostly convert uncompressed Blu-ray using Handbrake, so I can to that in 20 minutes now.

The only draw back is the sound sucks for music and it’s bulky, but none of that is important to me.

Which setting do you use to compress? All my files stay too large after its done.

 

[4 Dimensional]

Which setting do you use to compress? All my files stay too large after its done.

I like to keep my files between 3 and 6 gigs, but it really depends on the Blu-ray itself. For example, “The Wiz” blu-ray was about 40 gigs uncompressed, so my usual settings didn’t compress it enough.