Re: Carbon - Intel Mac mini vs M1/M1x Mac mini
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Essentially, you use the laptop as if it was a desktop. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Re: Carbon - Intel Mac mini vs M1/M1x Mac mini
I have a couple of random thoughts;
To the OP: I had the M1 Mini 8gb for a couple of weeks, it's extremely powerful, doesn't get hot and therefore its fan is silent. PT runs flawlessly under Rosetta, as far as I could tell. Even with only 8gb ram. Only a couple of plugins didn't run. So, I think it's a very good idea to get a M1 mini w/16gb, and very good value for money. And wait a bit and see what happens with new models, processors, PT/OS compatibility and so on. That's my strategy. Now, I returned the M1 mini (there is a 10-day free return policy, at least around these parts), and got the mini in my signature. Reason: in short, I found that I missed a couple of things that you lose when you don't have a intel processor, and I didn't think Big Sur brought much that I needed. I'm no expert, but aren't people being overly optimistic when they expect Avid to re-write PT for apple silicon by the end of the year? It's a giant job, isn't it? |
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What is going to take time is for all the plugin manufacturers to update. |
Re: Carbon - Intel Mac mini vs M1/M1x Mac mini
I don't know anything about writing code but, think it makes sense for Avid to rewrite PT to run natively on Apple silicon ASAP whatever it takes ....
As I am guessing that now you are going to see PC's going to ARM as well if they don't want to loose a big market share .. And for the OP I just got this e-mail from Production expert blog about the new Mac mini and M1 Pro and M1 max chips https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/pro...eid=3af5b4ba3b |
Re: Carbon - Intel Mac mini vs M1/M1x Mac mini
M1 Mac Mini is totally zero drama here, even without native code PT and plugins. I only expect things get smoother once the transition moves on.
If you have a mission critical computer in mind, I would still suggest latest generation Intel and Catalina OS, but if you can affort few hiccups then Apple Silicon seems to be the way to go. |
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Last transition from PPC to Intel meant that the "press the recompile button" method made PT 7.3 very buggy. I know something about it, I was beta testing versions 7-10 |
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While I have only a little fan noise while recording audio,, but man as soon as I start doing any rendering in FCPX the fans jump in big time and are pretty obnoxious .. |
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Turbo Boost Switcher for OSX / macOS Keeps the mac mini silent. You do loose a little overall cpu power when you switch it off, but it has never bothered me. |
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