Older cheap Mac book, Mac book Pro, or iMac for video editing?

[yoshiii]

Need a computer for video editing. Only have about 1000.00 dollars to spend. 

 

what would be best for light video editing, older cheap Mac book, Mac book Pro, or iMac? Which models/year? 

[Radium_Angel]

16 minutes ago, yoshiii said:

Need a computer for video editing. Only have about 1000.00 dollars to spend. 

 

what would be best for light video editing, older cheap Mac book, Mac book Pro, or iMac? Which models/year? 

ARe you set on apple? You'll get better bang for the buck with a PC

[lieder1987]

11 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

ARe you set on apple? You'll get better bang for the buck with a PC

I used to be an Apple person and i would have to agree with this statement. The $1000 can get you way more horsepower unless it is a software thing keeping you on OSX. You do get iMovie with OSX for free, but if you are doing video editing for anything other than a hobby you will want to pay for the software. If this is the case then you can go PC or Mac.

[GDRRiley]

Just now, lieder1987 said:

I used to be an Apple person and i would have to agree with this statement. The $1000 can get you way more horsepower unless it is a software thing keeping you on OSX. You do get iMovie with OSX for free, but if you are doing video editing for anything other than a hobby you will want to pay for the software. If this is the case then you can go PC or Mac.

but da vinci reslove is a great editor that will work great with many cores

also does it have to be a laptop? or a all in 1

 

[jninja119]

if you are trying to get a mac, a mac pro 2012 is the best bang for your buck. 

[Streetguru]

51 minutes ago, yoshiii said:

Need a computer for video editing. Only have about 1000.00 dollars to spend. 

 

what would be best for light video editing, older cheap Mac book, Mac book Pro, or iMac? Which models/year? 

Do you absolutely need a laptop?

Because you can just get an R5 2400G system and be pretty alright as far as CPU performance goes.

This one's even ITX because I had the list lying around
 

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Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ Amazon)
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[DrMacintosh]

41 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

ARe you set on apple? You'll get better bang for the buck with a PC

Not if he is using FinalCut Pro 

[DrMacintosh]

What software are you going to be using to edit? If you are buying a Mac you should be using Final Cut Pro. If you are using Premiere you would be better off with a PC. 

[GDRRiley]

31 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

 If you are using Premiere you would be better off with a PC. 

if your still using Premiere look at Da Vinic reslove as it offers most for free or some large scale things for a 1 time fee. 

[GDRRiley]

53 minutes ago, jninja119 said:

if you are trying to get a mac, a mac pro 2012 is the best bang for your buck. 

yep dual 6 cores. a 10 series GPU and a PCIE SSD with upto 4 HDD