Macbook for 4k editing

[mictadlo]

Hi,

I am planning to buy a Macbook Pro with:

• M1 Pro with 8-core CPU, 14-core GPU and 16-core Neural Engine
• 32GB unified memory

Furthermore, I will connect it to at least one 4K@60Hz display and in the future to a second one. 

 

I would like to do some 4K video editing and some software development on a LaCie 2big RAID 1 connected via USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gb/s) cable. All will be connected via Caldit TS4 and in the future I might buy a Thunderbolt to 10 gbe ethernat adapter and use a network drive.

 

Could I do all the video editing on the external hard drive and go away with 512GB storage and the above hardware configuration? Would I suffer any performance issues?

 

Thank you in advance

 

[Akira Shimazu]

512 for Macbook storage right? and the rest video file on External? seems fine

 

but mind tho most of ppl render using desktop not laptop. cuz its hot

[Lightwreather]

2 hours ago, mictadlo said:

Could I do all the video editing on the external hard drive and go away with 512GB storage and the above hardware configuration?

Yes.

Infact it's standard practice to edit off of a NAS.

2 hours ago, mictadlo said:

Would I suffer any performance issues?

That's sort of subjective. It honestly depends on the footage itself. But if it's connected via Thunderbolt I'd highly doubt there would be much of an issue there