Should I get the M4Pro Mini?

[GooseInTheCaboose]

I take a lot of 5k drone videos (dlog) for fun/as a hobby and also have a lot of Olympus RAW photo files, a combined photo video library of over 2TB.

I like to chop up the videos into shorter sections and edit the colors to bring out certain details etc, motion tracking correction, and cropping etc.

For my academic research and for personal stuff I tend to leave open lots of apps and windows open, literally hundreds of tabs and many random large PDF files and word/excel docs.

I like to leave all that stuff open EVEN WHEN editing video because my research is just never finished but I take breaks and edit/import my photos and video, organize my library etc for fun.

My question is, should I consider the M4Pro chip?

Also, does anyone have experience yet on whether the m4pro FAN NOISE is worse than the M4?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Yes, you’d need the M4 Pro… not so much for the processor, but so you can get 64GB RAM for all those tabs & files.

 

[Chuckeee]

What are you using now? What (if anything) with your current setup?

 

[wonderspark]

I just got the M4 Pro 14/20 with 64GB and 1TB storage. The only time I heard the fan was exporting video from Premiere Pro, and that was very quiet fan noise compared to the noise my Mac Pro makes doing the same thing.

It's silent 99% of the time, and a quiet whirr when working hard. Fan noise is the last thing on my mind.

 

[ericwn]

The base mini is already very powerful. I am happy with it. Maybe consider testing it over the extended return period over Christmas and return if you’re not satisfied.

 

[Fishrrman]

5k video?
Wait for the m4max Studio coming at (or before) WWDC 2025.
64gb RAM.
2tb or 4tb SSD...

 

[waloshin]

Honestly the base Mini M4 is lots for you.

 

[waloshin]

5k video?
Wait for the m4max Studio coming at (or before) WWDC 2025.
64gb RAM.
2tb or 4tb SSD...

lol a M1 can edit 8k…editing is their hobby not source of income.

 

[cjsuk]

Close some tabs, buy the base M4 mini, plug an external disk in and spend the rest of the money going somewhere interesting with the drone.

I have the 16Gb/512Gb base M4 mini and it chunks through anything I throw at it (includes RAW photos in Lightroom and 4k video). It's a ridiculous little machine. I can't believe how powerful it is.