My partner has a CanonRP which takes pictures at a resolution of 6240 x 4160. They’re currently using a MBP from about 2016 with 16GB of RAM. The screen is beautiful to work with - but any image processing in Lightroom can be measured in half-minutes. It takes a LONG time to see a change.

The laptop basically doesn’t leave the office. I’ve been trying with the idea of upgrading to a newer MBP or an iMac or a Mac mini + a cinema display. I’m trying to keep it under 3K.

The cinema display and iMac don’t seem to be as bright as the MBP screen which I found odd. I’m also not sure if performance impacts of using an M4 vs M4 Pro. I’m sure whatever is picked out will smoke the existing machine.

I’m looking for advice that anyone can offer. My partner doesn’t want to venture outside of the apple ecosystem.

Thanks in advance!

  • satanmat@lemmy.world
    5·
    23 days ago

    Any newer MBP will be an amazing upgrade from a 2016.

    Even a refurbished M2 would be a huge upgrade, what the specs are showing is that the M4 should crush what he has now.

    If you have the option, go with MORE RAM;

    • LOLjoeWTF@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      23 days ago

      Alright thanks for the input. Yeah, I have 32gb in my PC and never struggle with usage. I’m happy to see apple finally bumping the base, but it’s still a bit light 😊

  • carl_dungeon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    23 days ago

    The m class machines are so much faster it’s insane. My handbrake encodes got 4-5x faster going from an i9 octo core to an m3 ultra. I saw some speed ups on tasks got from 90 seconds to 5. The fans rarely come on. It’s great!

  • Donebrach@lemmy.world
    2·
    22 days ago

    A Mac mini paired with a different display brand is also an option. Asus has a line of color calibrated monitors (branded as their ProArt line) that are fairly inexpensive, for example.