best feature film editing mac hardware
I want to buy a new apple system for a feature film edit. Which is currently considered the best one
Mac Studio (M4 Max, 2025)
The Mac Studio with M3 Ultra CPU, more than 96GB of RAM and 4TB of storage or more.
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Yeah, 96GB of RAM quite a bit of RAM and should be fine. If budget allows, 256GB would be better, but honestly $1600 dollars for the upgrade is just impossibly expensive and not really necessary at the end of the day assuming you're editing in 4K.
If you are going to be editing in 8K, then 96GB RAM may not be enough.
JCR1979 wrote:
Yeah thanks, I don't really see the point in editing in 8K, for an indie film with a low budget especially, are you familiar with similar projects or worked on them yourself?
Nope, sorry. Never edited a movie before, but I do understand the technical requirements.
Thanks Phil, you think 96GB RAM will do the job ok?
Yeah thanks, I don't really see the point in editing in 8K, for an indie film with a low budget especially, are you familiar with similar projects or worked on them yourself?
best feature film editing mac hardware