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  • Testing thermal throttling and performance in the 2018 i7 Mac mini

    Steve HammondSteve Hammond
    Hello AppleInsider,

    You said that the new Mac mini with i7 is not suitable for video production. I’m not a professional videographer, but I use Final Cut Pro X with a 2012 MacBook Pro with retina display with 16 Gb of RAM 512 Gb of SSD and the GT650 graphic processor, and it is adequate (but slow) considering the age of the computer. I must specify that I do dual camera (DSLR+Camcorder) in 1080p only and I burn to DVD once completed. I do not do 4K or anything really fancy. 

    I’m seriously considering a Mac mini to replace my MacBook Pro with the i7 processor, looking at external storage (or 512Gb from Apple) and 32 Gb of RAM not from Apple, to save a bit there, and I’m pretty sure it will do just fine and even better than the current computer I have. 

    When I compare the score you got here to my MacBook Pro from the GeekBench site, I see a real improvement in my case:

    CPU multi core MBP 2012=12645, Mac mini 2018=25406
    GPU metal test MBP 2012 GT650M=16033, Mac mini 2018=24962

    Considering these numbers, I can see that this Mac mini will be better for my workflow.

    Maybe in your comments you should be a little bit more specific that when you talk about video production, you’re probably talking 4K or very high end video production.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Testing thermal throttling and performance in the 2018 i7 Mac mini

    Steve HammondSteve Hammond
    Mike Wuerthele said:
    Steve Hammond said:
    Hello AppleInsider,

    You said that the new Mac mini with i7 is not suitable for video production. I’m not a professional videographer, but I use Final Cut Pro X with a 2012 MacBook Pro with retina display with 16 Gb of RAM 512 Gb of SSD and the GT650 graphic processor, and it is adequate (but slow) considering the age of the computer. I must specify that I do dual camera (DSLR+Camcorder) in 1080p only and I burn to DVD once completed. I do not do 4K or anything really fancy. 

    I’m seriously considering a Mac mini to replace my MacBook Pro with the i7 processor, looking at external storage (or 512Gb from Apple) and 32 Gb of RAM not from Apple, to save a bit there, and I’m pretty sure it will do just fine and even better than the current computer I have. 

    When I compare the score you got here to my MacBook Pro from the GeekBench site, I see a real improvement in my case:

    CPU multi core MBP 2012=12645, Mac mini 2018=25406
    GPU metal test MBP 2012 GT650M=16033, Mac mini 2018=24962

    Considering these numbers, I can see that this Mac mini will be better for my workflow.

    Maybe in your comments you should be a little bit more specific that when you talk about video production, you’re probably talking 4K or very high end video production.
    Hello Steve.

    I disagreed with that "video editing" assessment, and as such, did not include it in the text here. As our video crew shoots in 4K, that is likely what they are referring to.
    Hi Mike,

    That's right, I read the text after seeing the video, and I totally missed the fact that you did no mention of it textually. Like I said, it is probably not suited for professional videographers, but for people like me doing family and casual video (and photo) editing, I'm sure it will perform well enough. Anyway, when I need to encode video, I have the luxury to wait for it to complete. 

    It cannot be worst that what I was doing on my 12" PowerBook with iMovie and iDVD ~20 years ago! Encoding a DVD was a full night wait! And the PowerBook was considered like a Pro computer to Apple. 

    Thank you for your additional comments. That's reassuring :smile: 
    watto_cobra