

But, compared to the MacBook Air, they are not cheap. So if you edit using Media Composer, don’t buy one of these new laptops.įirst, these new machines redefine “powerhouse.” In performance, battery life, screen display and portability, they blow the doors off any other laptop in the market. NOTE: As of this writing, Avid does not support M1 chips. My thoughts apply whether you use Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve. Instantly, I started getting questions about how to best configure these laptops for video editing. These new computers feature two new Apple silicon chips: the M1 Pro and M1 Max.

Earlier this week Apple released a major update to their MacBook Pro line of laptops.
