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Upgrade to M4Pro or M4 with more RAM

Hi everyone, I am upgrading my system to a new Mac Mini and I have a question whether to get the M4 or M4Pro. I know the answer seems obvoius, but please consider the following:

My actual work flow:

Lightroom and On1 Photo Raw editing large amount of 60+ megapixels photos.

4K video editing in Davinci Resolve with basic color correction.

My actual system (I struggle mainly with photo editing, video is fine)

Mac Mini M1, 16GB Ram, 1TB HD

My buying options have to be within a certain budget, unfortunately, so I cannot max out an M4Pro model.

My two options are at the moment the following:

Mac Mini M4, 32GB Ram, 1TB HD - € 1.619

Mac Mini M4Pro, 24GB Ram, 1TB HD - € 1.819

What would you reccommend in terms of high megapixel photo editing performance?

Thanks!

Posted on Nov 5, 2024 02:11 AM

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kaz-k

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Posted on Nov 5, 2024 02:18 AM

Hi,

IF I were you, I would choose Mac Mini M4, 32GB Ram, 1TB HD since Lightroom and 4K editor eat up RAM.

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Nov 7, 2024 08:01 AM in response to Rheex

Hang on! I have just re-read your reply and I did NOT say that CPU is more important than RAM. I said the CPU has more bearing on the speed the computer performs its tasks than the speed of an SSD.

As stated, my SSD with less than a quarter of the speed only has a performance hit of under 1% which is completely negligible.

What I said about RAM was that you don't need to be alarmed if your computer appears to be using nearly all its RAM for simple tasks as it is designed to do that.

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Nov 7, 2024 07:38 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

So, based on what you are saying, then CPU is more important than RAM and one is better off buying an M4Pro than an M4 with more Ram. Fair enough, although many people think the opposite... :-/

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Nov 7, 2024 07:39 AM in response to Rheex

I’d be interested in that as well

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Nov 7, 2024 09:34 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

Interesting, thanks!

j0hnerz

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Nov 7, 2024 02:14 PM in response to Ian R. Brown

Ian,

Thanks, that’s a very informative link, I am learning every day from this group 😁

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