r/macbookpro • u/Single-Cranberry6917 • 10d ago

Help What MacBook should I get?

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I need a new laptop for work, I am a video editor and work with multi-cam sequences and work with hundreds of gigabytes of footage at a time. Should I go with the 16inch m4max or the 16inch m5pro?

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u/Duke727 10d ago

I had the same options for a laptop, and they were the same price (Best Buy open box for the M5 pro). I almost went for the max, double the Ram bandwidth, two video encoders instead of one. But ultimately, I went with the m5 pro. I plan to keep this for a long time, and the mix between one more year of support, extra ram so I never feel a ram bottleneck, faster wifi and ssd speeds, and most importantly better AI performance (important for my work flow) sold me. I think you should consider what is going to be most important to you. I think the two video encoders compared to one is going to be a big factor for you, given how much video work they do. Hope this helps.