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.
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I'll check that out, thanks. I think that's a pretty good idea.
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!
WOW, that is an insane amount of performance gain 🤯
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;
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 😊
The M4 lineup is kinda confusing mess.
I'd take a look at the chart at https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/10/apples-m4-m4-pro-and-m4-max-compared-to-past-generations-and-to-each-other/
If it were me, and this was the main workload, I'd seriously look at the $1600 Mac Mini with the 10 performance core variant.
But that said, ANY M4 is going to be so much faster than that 2016 laptop that she'll be happy.
Yeah that's a solid approach. I like that. Any idea why the Studio displays aren't as bright as the MBP screens? I haven't compared them side by side before. I should probably do that.
My immediate reaction is 'because they don't have to be'. Laptops are very very bright these days because the expectation you'll be using them outside and thus need to be able to overwhelm the sun.
Desktop monitors don't have to/aren't used like that, and so there's no reason to have them be as bright.
Also, the brighter the monitor the more color will start deviating from being completely accurate, and something like a studio display is aimed at creators who want it to be perfectly accurate, so that's likely another part of it.
I don't think I'd buy an Apple monitor mostly due to them being priced in a way that really makes no sense: for what your wife is doing I'd look at the ASUS ProArt monitors. They're focused on accuracy and creator workflows, come calibrated, and for the price difference you could buy three or four of them instead....
The basic M1 CPU dunked on the highest end CPU from the 2019 MacBook Pro. Even the base M4 CPU is lightyears ahead of whatever 2016 machine they have now. Almost not even comparable.