355: How Fast Is Fast Enough?

355: How Fast Is Fast Enough?

$19.97

Wondering how fast your computer is compared to the latest Apple silicon Mac desktops? We have the answers! Larry Jordan spent over a month testing the new M2 Mac Studio and M2 Mac mini computers, along with Intel Macs from 2017 and 2018. In this session, he presents his results. (Includes PDF of slides.)

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Presented: July 12, 2023

Several times each month, Larry Jordan presents a live, on-line, video webinar presenting issues related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 45:00
Download file size: 1.05 GB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1600 x 900) – and – slides PDF

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SESSION DESCRIPTION

* * BIG NOTE: This is a BUNDLE of Larry’s webinar * *
* * AND a PDF of his slides. * *

Wondering how fast your computer is compared to the latest Apple silicon Mac desktops? We have the answers! Larry Jordan spent over a month testing the new M2 Mac Studio and M2 Mac mini computers, along with Intel Macs from 2017 and 2018. In this webinar, he presents the results of these tests explaining just “how fast is fast” when comparing today’s systems with those over the last ten years.

This detailed analysis includes over two dozen tables and charts in easy-to-read format to help you get the best performance from your current system – or one you are thinking about buying.

In addition, Larry goes into depth explaining what RAIDs are, the differences between HDD and SDD RAIDs, how to determine their speed and capacity and how to decide which RAID is best for your editing system.

This session covers:

  • Explaining RAIDs
  • Measuring System Performance
  • Thunderbolt Speed Limit
  • Pick the Right System for You
  • Apple Final Cut Pro Performance Results
  • Adobe Premiere Pro Performance Results
  • Audience Questions
  • Summary

If you are wondering whether Apple’s latest computers will make a difference in your editing, this session tells you all you need to know.

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This is an intermediate-level session. While not complex, there are a lot of performance metrics discussed.

CHAPTER MARKERS

To help you quickly find the information you need, we included chapter markers in the QuickTime download  to simplify navigation. Click here to learn how to display them in your download.

  • Welcome!
  • – Agenda
  • – What does what?
  • Explaining RAIDs
  • – Define terms
  • – Two Types of RAIDs
  • – RAID 0
  • – RAID 1
  • – RAID 4
  • – RAID 5
  • – RAID 6
  • – RAID 1+0
  • – RAID recommendations
  • – Real-world RAID speeds
  • – Speeds by RAID type
  • Measure System Performance
  • – Baseline storage bandwidth
  • – Internal storage speeds
  • – Mac Studio speeds
  • Thunderbolt Speed Limit
  • – Shared bandwidth
  • – CPUs affect Thunderbolt
  • Pick the Right System
  • – Pick What’s Important
  • – Which to choose
  • – How much RAM?
  • – How much storage?
  • – Multicam bandwidth
  • Apple Final Cut Pro Results
  • – FCP- Render speeds
  • – FCP- Export speeds
  • – FCP- Create proxies
  • – FCP- Multicam bandwidth
  • – FCP- Real-world multicam
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • – Premiere- Render speeds
  • – Premiere- Export speeds
  • – Premiere- Create proxies
  • – Premiere- Multicam bandwidth
  • – Premiere- Real-world multicam
  • Video Compression
  • – Compare compression speeds
  • Questions?
  • Summary