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Jrjl
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May 20, 2014
Question

Can a Mac Mini run premiere and After effects using 1080p video?

  • May 20, 2014
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Hi friends,

I am looking to get another computer for video editing. Do you think a Mac Mini with these specs:

2.6GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7

16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x8GB

1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm

Will be enough to run premiere and after effects easily without minimal lag? I pretty much always use video shot from the Canon mkiii and convert to ProRes or H.264 and the files are usually pretty heavy......

Don't have the cash to buy a gangsta tower or Imac. I have a Mac monitor so just wanted to get a mac mini.

Thanks for any advice!

J

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excited_Genie16B8
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May 20, 2014

[Moved to the Hardware forum.]

jasonvp
jasonvp
Inspiring
May 20, 2014

jrjl wrote:

I am looking to get another computer for video editing. Do you think a Mac Mini with these specs:

You're going to have a rough time with a Mac Mini because it doesn't have a discrete GPU (nVidia/AMD).  It relies on the Intel 4K integrated with the CPU.  Given that, you'll get absolutely no help from the hardware MPE in Pr.  Everything will be software-only, and fairly slow at that.

Minis are crap, really; good for small file servers if you can attach a ton of external disk; good for print servers, etc.  They're not good for computationally-heavy tasks.  Save your sheckles and get a 15" Macbook Pro with a discrete GPU (it means spending some more money).  It'll run Pr a lot better than the Mini does.

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JrjlAuthor
Participant
May 20, 2014

Thanks Jason,

I have an imac from mid 2011. So I think maybe I should look into getting a solid state hard drive or more ram instead of the mac mini. Or getting that laptop.

Cheers!

J

jasonvp
jasonvp
Inspiring
May 21, 2014

Jrjl wrote:

I have an imac from mid 2011. So I think maybe I should look into getting a solid state hard drive or more ram instead of the mac mini. Or getting that laptop.

I'm not sure how well that iMac is going to serve you due to the storage limitations of it.  If I'm not mistaken, a 2011 iMac is prior to Apple's shift to Thunderbolt.  It means that external storage will be limited to USB 2 and/or Firewire, neither of which are any good.  With Pr, you generally want several storage volumes (scratch space, media, output, etc).  That's much harder to accomplish with the older iMacs.

If you can stomach selling the iMac and investing that money into a new Macbook Pro along with an external Thunderbolt 2 RAID array, you'll be much better off.  But, that solution isn't cheap...

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