90K+ Macbook air m4 or macbook pro m4 pro?

[BRUT]

I need a 24gb model for use with davinci resolve, 1080, 60fps editing, LUTS, and moderate animations, but the timeline may be around 30 mins occasionally….not aiming for 4k….


Will the Air be enough?

 

[ShannRudder]

If you want good rendering time, I would recommend pro due to better thermals compared to air. Otherwise wise for normal taks air is fine

 

[Vishnu2jd]

Nah don't even think about air if you are going to use for video editing. Better to go with older macbook pros than new airs.

 

[rajneeshrana]

Pro is a better option with active cooling. It does make a lot of difference in performance in Indian weather and with higher workloads.

 

[vivek.krishnan]

Pro has active cooling, the Air has passive cooling. Apart from this, the Pro would have more ports - useful when you have to connect external drives. Would recommend TB3/4 drives from AE or the likes with NVME SSDs

 

[codwapeace]

I think Air should be enough. It is good enough for 4K editing, so it should work great for 1080p which is theoretically a fourth of the load of 4K.

 

[jaswanth2703]

I don't think air has any fan so should go pro.

 

[calssifed user]

If its purely based on performance, choose pro. If its budget choose Air

 

[Kloud]

Will the Air be enough?

The answer to this question is yes. Get Air if you just want to get-by without spending tons of money.

Go for Pro if,

• This is your profession
• You are expecting to edit higher res footage at some point

 

[princeoo7]

I need a 24gb model for use with davinci resolve, 1080, 60fps editing, LUTS, and moderate animations, but the timeline may be around 30 mins occasionally….not aiming for 4k….


Will the Air be enough?

For heavy duties, Pro is the way to go! I use M2 Pro for my work and a M4 mini. even M4 mini sometime need to start the fans for me so in laptop format, just get the pro with better cooling.