I'm just wondering if you guys can recommend a laptop for basic editing. Or should I stick with Apple and get another Macbook Pro? I use PCs with Avid for work.
Posted Feb 3, 2016, 10:39 PM UTC
I primarily use a mac because that's what I've been using since 2005 and I know it in and out. Comfort, ease of use, and convenience equals saved time for me. I have had almost no problems with my mac laptops and they last a long time if properly maintained(not bogged down by a bunch of crap software and full disk drives, etc.)
Many times the decision can be based on budget because Macs are overpriced. I pay for convenience of having a stable machine although the hardware specs are easily replicable.
Would you have to buy a separate Avid license for Mac? That might be inconvenient.
PC or Mac for basic editing? I would think about money first and second convenience. The tech specs needed for your definition of basic editing will also define your scope of budget.
Hope this helps:)
In the field I use a retina MacBook Pro for reviewing footage and quick edits in FCPX (back in the office I use s Mac Pro for Resolve etc, but am currently having some big seemingly hardware related issues because FUCK YOU AMD). Anyway to your question, premiere CC is solid across platforms and arguably better on Windows because of Apple and their OEMs taking forever to update drivers / CUDA / OpenCL, but I prefer Mac OS X for the general day to day and so have stuck with it despite a bit of a cost premium for portables (on the desktop side, Apple is far cheaper than a comparable configured HP Zxxx workstation or Dell equiv or other avid certified systems).
Its not my primary editing station, a home built Windows desktop is, but I've been super happy with an ASUS ZenBook UX501. It has Thunderbolt 2, a 4k screen and is plenty fast and has enough USB3 ports.