After dealing with constant PS crashes, slower rendering from an aging PC, I made the jump. I did my best research but finding a comparison between what hardware my PC had vs an Mini M4 Pro was hard and pretty much hypothetical. So I made the move from something that took up so much space on my desk, to something smaller than my Zf, yet better performance than my I7, 32GB, RTX 2080 pc. After testing what gave me issues, I concluded its faster in Photoshop and Davinci. I rendered 19.4GB of RAW R3D in 1 minute and 11s... and this is the base Mini M4. And now the M4 Pro is on sale, with AppleCare for cheaper than just the Pro on Apple. Awesome. Granted, the downsides are very limited upgrade options especially for SSD and of course zero option for RAM upgrade. But still, based on my work, this M4 Pro with these specs does what I need. A nice find was this dock. It adds a few more USBs, but more importantly, it has all my card inputs (CFExpress A & B, SD and MicroSD). It's friggen awesome!
After dealing with constant PS crashes, slower rendering from an aging PC, I made the jump. From something that took up so much space on my desk, to something smaller than my Zf, yet better performance than my I7, 32GB, RTX 2080 pc. And this dock has been awesome. Few more USBs, but more importantly, all my card readers (CFExpress A & B, SD and MicroSD). It's friggen awesome. I rendered 19.4GB of RAW R3D in 1 minute and 11s... and this is the base Mini M4. And now they’re on sale for the Pro, with AppleCare cheaper than just the Pro on Apple. Awesome. Granted, the downsides are very limited upgrade options especially for SSD and of course zero option for RAM upgrade. But still, based on my work, this M4 Pro with these specs does what I need.
After dealing with constant PS crashes and aging PC, I made the jump. From something that took up so much space on my desk, to something smaller than my Zf, yet better performance than my I7, 32GB, RTX 2080 pc. And this dock has been awesome. Few more USBs, but more importantly, all my card readers (CFExpress A & B, SD and MicroSD). It's friggen awesome. I rendered 19.4GB of RAW R3D in 1 minute and 11s... and this is the base Mini M4. And now they’re on sale for the Pro, with AppleCare cheaper than just the Pro on Apple. Awesome. Granted, the downsides are very limited upgrade options especially for SSD and of course zero option for RAM upgrade. But still, based on my work, this M4 Pro with these specs does what I need.
