After a LOT of research I decided that even as a professional video editor (and of course heavy Lightroom and moderate PS user) the 16" M1 Pro with 32gb's of RAM would do the trick (the M1 MAX and 64 GB's of RAM really are for developers or heavy rendering vfx/cgi/After effects type use, etc).
This replaced the most recent fully tricked out (fastest provcessor/64GB's of RAM) 16" Intel MacBook Pro. That machine was pretty great compared to all previous laptops, this one destroys it.
I went into the archive of recent editing projects (4k video, some simple effects, titles, color correction, etc) and it's like a small miracle and for this forum I messed with a variety of files from my A1 and A7rIV and everything I've done from simply moving to the next image to auto selecting the subject or sky is basically instant. As powerful as my Intel Mac is it does - not infrequently - get hung up on some of these things and it's pretty great knowing that will no longer be the case.
Anyway, if you're in the market I highly recommend one.
This replaced the most recent fully tricked out (fastest provcessor/64GB's of RAM) 16" Intel MacBook Pro. That machine was pretty great compared to all previous laptops, this one destroys it.
I went into the archive of recent editing projects (4k video, some simple effects, titles, color correction, etc) and it's like a small miracle and for this forum I messed with a variety of files from my A1 and A7rIV and everything I've done from simply moving to the next image to auto selecting the subject or sky is basically instant. As powerful as my Intel Mac is it does - not infrequently - get hung up on some of these things and it's pretty great knowing that will no longer be the case.
Anyway, if you're in the market I highly recommend one.