Base Model M2 Air
I'm currently running C1 between a 2019 iMac and 2020 MacBook Pro 13 (both Intel). I'm looking to move to just one machine and for convenience, the 15 inch MacBook Air M2 looks to be about right in terms of size and weight. I'm keen to hear from anyone using the base model with C1 Pro as some of the reviews suggest needing to upgrade the storage and RAM (which then puts the cost into 14 inch M2 MacBook Pro territory). In my mind, the step up from Intel to M2 will be such a big one an away, it's all going to run faster on a standard Air! The key question then - Base model 15 inch Air or save up and spend (much more) on the M2 14 inch MacBook Pro??
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Many people have learned the hard way that base models with only 8GB RAM don't perform well with higher-powered apps like C1 & Photoshop. On top of macOS' & the apps' own RAM requirements, remember you will probably be editing large image files and performing edits that require significant processing. You cannot increase the RAM after the fact and although memory paging is not so much the issue when storage is an SSD, it still consumes system resources. There are a lot of young 8GB RAM Macs on the used market and I have always suspected it's due to users being disappointed in performance once they started using the machine.
Yes, the M2 CPU will perform significantly better than an older Intel processor. But the CPU is not the end of the story. Either upgrade the MBAir RAM to 16GB or more, or wait until you can afford the MBP, but your'e still going to want more than 8GB RAM.
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I’ll second this. An M1 with 16 will run Capture One better than an M2 with 8 every time. You can work around storage shortfalls but RAM is fixed. Go for 16.
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Thank you both! I think this was the nagging feeling at the back of my mind about the 8GB RAM.
Appreciate the really clear take on this.
I think I might be able to squeeze enough cash for an M1 16 inch MBP so that looks like pole position for me now.
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I think you’ll be happy with the choice. And the MBP over the Air is a wise decision, too. I bought the M1 Air early on. Editing performance was good but the lack of ports was terribly restrictive. I’d have spent more money on hubs to work around the problem than on spending the diff in purchase price.
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Thanks all for your feedback.
Really appreciated.
I such case, i will consider a MBP with 16gb.
Or maybe 2 computers: a cheap MacBook Air for travelling and office work (when I’m travelling I just use my computer to backup photo cards)
and a powerful windows computer at home for c10 -
I like the concise analysis.
https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/snow rider 3d/13595358650909-Base-Model-M2-Air
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This is pretty funny. You get two answers from people who don't mention having any experience with a base model M2 machine, and that convinces you to buy a more expensive machine. Well, I have used both M1 air and M2 mini base model machines with C1 pro and they are absolutely fine. Maybe not for a pro who has to edit hundreds of pics every day, but if you're asking here that's probably not your case.
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