Work setup

[GreenLeaf]

I recently moved to linux on my main gaming pc cause i decided i don’t want windows in my life

 

that raised a new problem: where tf will i edit videos and design stuff? There is gimp and kdenlive on linux but they suck

 

i decided i am gonna make a separate setup just for this

here is my plan

 

getting an M4 mac mini with 24GB of ram and 1TB of storage, i want to try mac for productivity stuff

 

slapping a 16TB hard drive in my main system for storage

 

getting the absolute cheapest ultrawide cuz 60hz is enough for this use case

 

A cheap custom mechanical keyboard and a logitech mx master 3s

 

let me know what do you think

[Millios]

You can get davinci resolve on linux. Its a bit of a hassle but its just fine with an nvidia gpu

 

Edit cause I'm a dumbass and pressed enter early :

While yes Mac for productivity is good and the m4 mac mini seems to be a good choice idk how much youre gonna spend cause the base model may be 500-550 bucks but the upgrade costs add up to nearly 2 mac minis or a whole mid range, more than decent, all rounder or specifically for productivity pc.

IMO yes you can get the M4 mac mini it isnt a bad choice but remember that it can lock you into an ecosystem which for me is a bid too much of a trade off cause the apple ecosystem isnt the greatest for me

[GreenLeaf]

10 minutes ago, Millios said:

You can get davinci resolve on linux. Its a bit of a hassle but its just fine with an nvidia gpu

I tried every way and i just couldn’t get it to work

 

however i need to use adobe creative cloud so

 

and also i am gonna pay around 1200 freedom eagle tokens for the model i want and i am completely fine with that price considering upgrading my pc to make it usable for this kind of work will cost WAY more

[GreenLeaf]

about the ecosystem

i am gonna buy nothing more than that from apple

i have an ipad air for drawing and i am switching my iPhone for a pixel

[Millios]

7 minutes ago, GreenLeaf said:

I tried every way and i just couldn’t get it to work

 

however i need to use adobe creative cloud so

Damn if that is the case I understand. I personally avoid adobe due to my principles but If you cant get danvinci to work its understandable

 

4 minutes ago, GreenLeaf said:

about the ecosystem

i am gonna buy nothing more than that from apple

i have an ipad air for drawing and i am switching my iPhone for a pixel

I meant stuff like the keyboard and mouse mostly cause they suck for me and I've seen some ppl say they had issues with 3rd party peripherals (anecdotal evidence but still smt to consider since it isnt a 0% chance). Phones yes thats taste and I prefer others as well but tablets if you can use it all power to you for drawing

 

11 minutes ago, GreenLeaf said:

And also i am gonna pay around 1200 freedom eagle tokens for the model i want and i am completely fine with that price considering upgrading my pc to make it usable for this kind of work will cost WAY more

Perfectly understandable then since you dont want windows and Linux is a pain to get everything working. You're trading some stuff but considering you're escaping windows and are fine with the price I'd say its a fine deal. Not 1 I'd take cause I dislike apple and how scummy and lazy they have gotten but its objectively good and you'll get what you want.

Only neat pick is the monitor cause I'd trade ultrawide for a good monitor that can be color accurate so like a 1080p or 1440p IPS or OLED if you are lucky enough to find a killer deal

[Somerandomtechyboi]

21 minutes ago, GreenLeaf said:

upgrading my pc to make it usable for this kind of work will cost WAY more

pc specs?

 

used 3090s are around 600$ or if you wanna go the dual gpu route there are 3080s for 350$ or 3060s for ~200$

 

used ryzen 9 5950x or new 5900xt should be pretty cheap aswell usually around the mid 200$ or less

[GreenLeaf]

11 minutes ago, Millios said:

Damn if that is the case I understand. I personally avoid adobe due to my principles but If you cant get danvinci to work its understandable

 

I meant stuff like the keyboard and mouse mostly cause they suck for me and I've seen some ppl say they had issues with 3rd party peripherals (anecdotal evidence but still smt to consider since it isnt a 0% chance). Phones yes thats taste and I prefer others as well but tablets if you can use it all power to you for drawing

 

Perfectly understandable then since you dont want windows and Linux is a pain to get everything working. You're trading some stuff but considering you're escaping windows and are fine with the price I'd say its a fine deal. Not 1 I'd take cause I dislike apple and how scummy and lazy they have gotten but its objectively good and you'll get what you want.

Only neat pick is the monitor cause I'd trade ultrawide for a good monitor that can be color accurate so like a 1080p or 1440p IPS or OLED if you are lucky enough to find a killer deal

I dont need colour accuracy

i just need to see more of the timeline

8 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

pc specs?

 

used 3090s are around 600$ or if you wanna go the dual gpu route there are 3080s for 350$ or 3060s for ~200$

 

used ryzen 9 5950x or new 5900xt should be pretty cheap aswell usually around the mid 200$ or less

12400F

3070Ti

32GB ddr4 3200 cl 16

liquid freezer 3 240mm (overkill ik)

h5 flow

 

just read the thread, i am on linux and i don’t want Ai  constantly spying on me  

[Millios]

2 minutes ago, GreenLeaf said:

I dont need colour accuracy

i just need to see more of the timeline

Whatever floats your boat but for Color correction in video editing and drawing or designing or editing photos Color accuracy is a major upside cause you can make it just look better, more realistic and in cases just more cohesive .

This is 100% a preference and what the individual values more so there isnt as much of an argument but rather a suggestion that you can ignore if you want to

[GreenLeaf]

1 minute ago, Millios said:

Whatever floats your boat but for Color correction in video editing and drawing or designing or editing photos Color accuracy is a major upside cause you can make it just look better, more realistic and in cases just more cohesive .

This is 100% a preference and what the individual values more so there isnt as much of an argument but rather a suggestion that you can ignore if you want to

Regular IPS is fine tho

[GreenLeaf]

2 minutes ago, Millios said:

Whatever floats your boat but for Color correction in video editing and drawing or designing or editing photos Color accuracy is a major upside cause you can make it just look better, more realistic and in cases just more cohesive .

This is 100% a preference and what the individual values more so there isnt as much of an argument but rather a suggestion that you can ignore if you want to

Maybe in the future when i wont be broke i will buy a colour accurate ultrawide

[Millios]

3 minutes ago, GreenLeaf said:

Regular IPS is fine tho

Specifically what I said is this

 

26 minutes ago, Millios said:

Only neat pick is the monitor cause I'd trade ultrawide for a good monitor that can be color accurate so like a 1080p or 1440p IPS or OLED if you are lucky enough to find a killer deal

Yes IPS is the most color accurate aside from OLED but withing the same Panel type there are better monitors. Essentially I mean, "I wouldnt go for the cheapest ultrawide I can afford but simply a good monitor that fits my budget and gives me what I need"

 

3 minutes ago, GreenLeaf said:

Maybe in the future when i wont be broke i will buy a colour accurate ultrawide

Again, an absolutely valid reason. Being budget consious isnt by any means bad unless you try to bite off more than you can chew.

[GreenLeaf]

guys i ran into a problem

the monitor i wanted isn't curved and if it's an ultrawide i can't use a non curved monitor

so i'll use my gaming monitor (1440p 27" IPS 260HZ) until i can afford an oled or something crazy like that

[Jeppes]

43 minutes ago, GreenLeaf said:

guys i ran into a problem

the monitor i wanted isn't curved and if it's an ultrawide i can't use a non curved monitor

so i'll use my gaming monitor (1440p 27" IPS 260HZ) until i can afford an oled or something crazy like that

Curved displays are horrible for any graphical work as you can free draw stuff that shows up different on flat panels. I would buy a 32" 16:9 4k display for that with decent color accuracy unless you need to edit hdr-videos on professional level. But people who do that stuff do not usually skimp on monitors, they just buy a close to reference panel and be done with it.

[GreenLeaf]

The thing is, i don’t do colour correction and i draw on an ipad

 

i just need to see as much as the timeline as i can

[GreenLeaf]

And pls consider the fact that i am fucking broke, no crazy OLED shit for me, just a simple ultrawide

[GreenLeaf]

1 hour ago, GreenLeaf said:

The thing is, i don’t do colour correction and i draw on an ipad

 

i just need to see as much as the timeline as i can

and if i'll start doing art on my pc, i'd buy a waccom tablet thing

[Enrique251]

What about virtualization? If the host system is powerful enough, and depending on the workload, it can be a free option for you. I suggest that you try it, as it will only take around one hour to configure the virtual machine. VirtualBox + your preferred Windows. For testing you don't even need a license.

Of course this has it's own set of limitations, but given the "cost" it may be worth living with those limitations.

[GreenLeaf]

Just now, Enrique251 said:

If the host system is powerful enough

it's not, and i don't want to use windows ever again

[GreenLeaf]

9 minutes ago, Enrique251 said:

I suggest that you try it

i did, it was bad, i am buying another PC as the only option available without Ai constantly spying on me

[Enrique251]

9 minutes ago, GreenLeaf said:

i did, it was bad, i am buying another PC as the only option available without Ai constantly spying on me

I'm not aware of the spying situation on MacOS, but I sure can empathize with not wanting to use Windows because of it. For the record, I'm a Debian/Fedora user

[GreenLeaf]

MacOS if fine (FOR NOW) and i left windows because i hate 8 hour updates and Microsoft recall

also fedora is cringe

i use Arch btw