First and foremost, Apple hasn't updated the iMac Pro since it launched back in December 2017. True Tone is a technology that uses sensors to render an accurate white balance on your display, which in turn makes things easier on the eyes and results in a much better viewing experience. That depends on whether you're a professional video editor hitting deadlines or an extremely enthusiastic amateur.Since the March 2019 update, the base model (£1,749/$1,799) has come with an 8th-gen 3.0GHz 6-core i5 processor and an AMD Radeon Pro 570X with 4GB video memory. Kicking things off with the design, the 13” model has a Retina display, which is very sharp, gets very bright, and includes Apple’s True Tone technology. Working with video will inevitably mean that you need to plug in various peripherals, in which case you will want adequate ports and other expansion options, such as PCI Express expansion slots could also come in handy. It answers many of the wishes of creatives and video professionals with extremely powerful components and a more suitable design.
Unlike the Butterfly switches in previous models, the 16-inch MacBook Pro 2019 ditches the Butterfly switches for the same Scissor switches found in the Magic Keyboard, the uber-popular keyboard Apple pairs with its iMacs.Even though they sometimes command a price premium over a Windows alternative, they’re oftentimes worth it. There’s also the massive Force Touch trackpad, which looks enormous on a laptop this small. The iMac Pro hasn't been updated since it launched more than two years ago.The 16in MacBook Pro is a good video-editing machine, and the one to get if you need to edit video on the move.When we tested the 10-core model with 128GB of RAM it smashed every benchmarking test we tried, but that was a few years ago so we'd expect even more impressive results from a next generation iMac Pro when Apple gets around to introducing it.In recent years Apple has expanded the amount of RAM available in it's Macs as standard and build to order options.You also need to ensure that the Mac supports the software you need to run, such as Apple's own Final Cut Pro as well as Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, 3D software like Maya and and colour correction software such as Da Vinci Resolve.An ex-Apple PR, Karen's career highlights include interviewing Apple's Steve Wozniak and discussing Steve Jobs’ legacy on the BBC. So, rather than tell you that the Mac Pro is the best (which, if money was no object, it would be), we’ll look at each of the options and will run thought the pros and cons from the perspective of a video editor.Tim Cook releases defiant statement ahead of today's antitrust hearingWe'll run thought all the different Macs you might want to consider below, but we'll start off by going over the key components you should be looking out for.However there are also plenty of advantages associates with a laptop, not least the fact that you can carry it around with you.Throughout this article we've been running through the different types of Mac in order of the ultimate to the most basic, so we'll continue that here. But, as we have said already, the ultimate Mac may well be overkill for you, so look at the best option that comes in your price range.If you were hoping to find a laptop suitable for video editing that wouldn't cost you a fortune then it's worth taking a look at the 13in MacBook Pro - although we are only talking about the mid-range 2.0GHz models here.One benefit of the iMac Pro over the Mac Pro is the fact that the iMac Pro comes with a 5K display while the Mac Pro doesn't have a display. We'd recommend that when you buy your Mac you overestimate the amount of RAM you need because Apple makes it quite difficult to update RAM later in many Macs. You can easily scrub through the timeline, even with high-resolution footage. In fact, although the Mac Pro is incredibly expensive it's actually very good value for money if you need those components that are offered as build to order options. You'll need at least 16GB (+ £200 / $200 / AU$300), but we'd recommend 32GB (+ £600 / $600 / AU$900) if you can afford it.We recommend that the more serious you are about video editing the more cores you choose. The Touch Bar gives you shortcuts when you’re in certain applications, and once you get used to it, it does make things faster. But perhaps the most satisfying change for creatives is the fact that the Mac Pro is expandable and upgradable by the user. It also has 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage, giving it more than enough power for graphic-intensive tasks.With an Intel Core i5 processor, you’re only getting two cores. The 2013 Mac Pro - which (perhaps prophetically) became known as the Trash Can Mac - could have mended the damage that had been done but unfortunately it made things even worse.The Mac Pro is the Mac Pro that Apple should have introduced in 2013. As we said at the start this depends on your needs.
There's also a 10 Gigabit Ethernet option.There's a bit of an elephant in the room that we need to address first.