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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My aging windows tower and retired work laptop were both struggling to keep up with my photo and video editing. Linux asnt an option for Capture One and Davinci Resolve, and the writing was on the wall for what Windows is becoming.

Combined with the failures in Intel Raptor/Alder lake CPUs, I took an unexpected leap into the realm of Apple silicon with an M4 Pro Mac Mini.

Apple is not a perfect company, but this new machine processes video faster than anything I've ever used, and for the first time since the 2010s it has replaceable (proprietary) storage.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I strangely find my self praising apple lately. Not because they're good or because I stopped hating their guts. But just because microsoft has become SOO SHIT!

Apple has also cough up in many regards, tho I'm talking mainly phones here now.

While I swear by Linux, I'm now more likely to recommend MacOS over Windows to people.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I've never owned any Apple product whatsoever - and yet I'm in a similar position to you. Their standings have risen in my eyes simply by keeping their badness level relatively stable while Microsoft and Google rapidly get worse.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I'm no fan of apples, but I have to admit, their switch to arm silicon is really cool!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Linux asnt an option for ... Davinci Resolve

Davinci Resolve has a Linux download button on their website. So it should be ok. Admittedly I haven't used that specific program on Linux, so I can't say for sure it's ok or not.

leap into the realm of Apple silicon with an M4 Pro Mac Mini

Yeah, Apple did a real good job with their processors in the last few years. Intel was holding them back hard. It's amazing how much better the new systems are compared to just a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Ah I did not know about Resolve on Linux. Capture One would have been my biggest issue then.

Apple sure did do a great job with the M series, and the fact that their laptop line can have such impressive performance without looking like an alien space ship means that I can easily take editing on the go with the same media catalogs from my USB-C thunderbolt drives without running into directory mapping issues when I switch back and forth.