Macbook Pro 2018 Design Video

So after looking closer at the 13 inch Macbook pro with touchbar, it actually uses a Quadcore I5, and a slightly better intergrated videocard..

300 USD difference with its lower tier pro model.
Duo Core I5 vs Quadcore I5 and a better video card. Those two things add more long livity to my 13 inch laptop for at least another 1/2 years i would say.. worth the investment i think.

I use the 13 inch Pro for editing via FCPX - I'm using it right now in fact, alongside a Samsung X5 as my external editing drive. Doesn't miss a beat.
Initially this was a stop gap until the iMAC was refreshed, but its working so well Ive decided to stick with it for now.....
Spec in sig.

Awesome, Are you using the Duo Core I5 or the Quad Core I5 (Macbook Pro with the touch bar)

As i have spend quite bit of time now contemplating but the 15 inch is just too big for me to carry around with me daily/weekly.

The Quadcore I5 is the one i will probably end up buying, i feel the duo core I5 in 2019 would cheat me out of my money on a older processor. Not saying its bad, but its not 2010 anymore lol

May i ask what kind of videos you work with? 4K? and do you do a lot of editing with multiple channels? all kinds off transition effects etc? because i am a bit afraid.

The 13 Inch has a intergrated videocard and i just dont know how well she will work smoothly with my video projects. I wish the 15 inch would just be bigger, but that one has a better video card and other benefits, but is almost 400 gram heavier and much bigger in size (weight matter for hand cary airplanes, keep my trips cheap lol)
[doublepost=1554884898][/doublepost]So now i am looking at this model.

https://www.apple.com/hk/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/13-inch-space-gray-256gb-2.3ghz-quad-core#

2.3GHz quad-core 8th‑generation Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz <- Quadcore is what i prefer.
Retina display with True Tone
Touch Bar and Touch ID
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 <- still very meh, plus it does perform better with the I7 quadcore
16GB 2133MHz LPDDR3 memory <- 15 inch model has higher speedbus RAM
256GB SSD storage
Four Thunderbolt 3 ports
Backlit Keyboard - US English

So this will set me back around 1800 USD in hong kong brand new.

For video editing in FCPX i think the I7 will not make tons of difference when rendering the videos of ~ 10 to 20 minutes of downsampled 4K footage to 1080p videos for youtube
(daily videos, short turn around is key for me plus most subs use smartphones)

I heard the GPU is more important for FCPX, the one on the 15 inch models are far superior to this onboard GPU so i am a bit iffy if i just should fork out the extra money for the I7 so the iris 655 onboard GPU is fully utilized and gives the best performance or not.

But if there is a rendering difference of 3~5 minutes i dont feel its worth the extra money.
But then again having smooth editing with preview while editing is kinda must, and thats what the I7 may give over the I5. IDK.

I guess i going for this option, i dont know if i should wait till october or just buy it this summer due the rumors of not getting a new pro in 2019.
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Take footage of yours and test your workload on a demo machine. Using iMovie gives you an indication of how fast it will be on average.

Final Cut X is great for video work, but only if you have a dedicated amd gpu built in for acceleration - which your choice does not.

Thanks, i will play with it at the stores to see, how it performs.
I am just worried about the GPU just not holding a candle to the CPU in FCPX and being the bottleneck and giving me just a undesired result, mind you i am currently running my videos of my wintel RIG with a GTX1080 and I7 CPU.

This will be my wifes game PC, i want to have my own dedicated laptop because i travel frequently for my videos which require me lots of outdoors stuff, so a light and compact setup is really making all the difference.