AstonSenna
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I have a 2015 15" MBP and it's mostly fine on Lightroom and editing 25MB raw files. Exports take a little extra time, so does building previews and even launching lightroom. That sucker likes to spin up its fans and will have some glitchiness as it goes into tornado mode.
I did buy a 14" M2 Pro model kitted out pretty well , used from B&H, and their used computers have a 30 day return window (which I'm still in), and now Apple just released the 15" Air, having a bit of buyer's remorse. The 14" I've only used a couple times, and going from the 15" screen to the 14" screen was more noticeable than I thought, paired with the compact chassis which makes the screen almost feel smaller than it is, I think the computer is just maybe too small now that I'm used to having that big 15" screen. Also, I strongly feel the 14 is just plain overkill for me, i'm not rendering 3D models and stuff, or gaming. Just lightroom, photoshop, and some video editing here and there.
So, would love to ask those who have M2 or M1 macbook airs, how they like them for editing as a photographer and occasional videographer, if they get too hot and uncomfortable when editing (I will deal with hundreds of photos at a time, and exporting the same amount) and start to throttle and lag, or if they behave just fine for long periods of lightroom use. Same with light video stuff. You know, more normal stuff than those torture tests they do on YouTube. Ideal specs for any device would be a 1tb 16gb model.
Thanks!
I did buy a 14" M2 Pro model kitted out pretty well , used from B&H, and their used computers have a 30 day return window (which I'm still in), and now Apple just released the 15" Air, having a bit of buyer's remorse. The 14" I've only used a couple times, and going from the 15" screen to the 14" screen was more noticeable than I thought, paired with the compact chassis which makes the screen almost feel smaller than it is, I think the computer is just maybe too small now that I'm used to having that big 15" screen. Also, I strongly feel the 14 is just plain overkill for me, i'm not rendering 3D models and stuff, or gaming. Just lightroom, photoshop, and some video editing here and there.
So, would love to ask those who have M2 or M1 macbook airs, how they like them for editing as a photographer and occasional videographer, if they get too hot and uncomfortable when editing (I will deal with hundreds of photos at a time, and exporting the same amount) and start to throttle and lag, or if they behave just fine for long periods of lightroom use. Same with light video stuff. You know, more normal stuff than those torture tests they do on YouTube. Ideal specs for any device would be a 1tb 16gb model.
Thanks!