#Mac mini review 2011 i7 1080p
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I'm working on mainly 1080i25fps, 1080p24fps, 720p25fps and FW800 handles them well enough.

#Mac mini review 2011 i7 upgrade

But what I can say is it's definitely powerful enough for general purpose video editing, such as videos for events, friends' you're fine with FW800, then there's probably no need to upgrade to the Thunderbolt (which is quite expensive currently).ДЄ lot will depend on how large your RAW video files are.

#Mac mini review 2011 i7 1080p

I can't confirm whether the Mac Mini is good enough for professional video editing because I don't have cameras that shot at 1080P at 50FPS or 60FPS. That option is not available when exporting. The main problem is I cannot get the Mac Mini to export 4K video. Scrubbing the video isn't that responsive but it's not surprising given that 4K video is really data-heavy. OSX will take its time to readjust the Fusion partition for best use of the SSD and slow hard drive, and during this period of time, even copying files to USB3 drives are limited by the hard drive speed.Д®diting 4K video is quite a challenge. It seems after the first 4GB is imported (using the SSD), the speed of import slows down drastically afterwards. IssuesД«ut importing huge files, I mean importing more than 4GB of files.

You'll want to check out tests that compare this Mac Mini to the iMac with a dedicated GPU.

#Mac mini review 2011 i7 pro

When it comes to running effects on Final Cut Pro X, things get slower. Using other applications while rendering affects the overall export time. Final Cut's usage of processing power really varies, and I don't know according to what criteria. Even Final Cut Pro X does not use all 4 cores. From the Activity Monitor, I see that it actually uses around two cores for rendering as compared to one for iMovie, which is about 40% vs 25% CPU usage. Impressive! And at less than half the price.ДЄnd Final Cut Pro X is about two times faster than iMovie. The 2012 Mac Mini is almost twice as fast as the 2006 Mac Pro when it comes to rendering videos. Kampong Glam Sketchwalk (2m16s video at 1280 by 720, 25fps): Just for comparison against my old Mac Pro quad 3Ghz, I downloaded these two videos below, imported and then exported them using Final Cut Pro X.Д¬hinatown Mid Autumn Festival Sketchwalk (2m15s video at 1920 by 1080, 25fps): The only time I feel the fans speeding up is while Final Cut is encoding. For example, iMovie doesn't maximize the use of all cores while rendering video.ДЇinal Cut Pro X makes use of multi-core when exporting so it's faster than iMovie. The difference is only speed when you're transferring files.Дepending on what applications you use, you might not get the multi-core advantage to rendering. There's no difference when choosing to edit video off either USB 3 and Firewire 800. I've also tried editing with the original video files on USB 3 and Firewire 800 external drives ( Western Digital My Passport 5400RPM) and there's no lag or stutter while skimming. Scrubbing 1080P videos through the timeline updates the viewer instantly. I use both iMovie 11 and Final Cut Pro X.

My videos are usually 1080P at 25FPS so the comments below are regarding those settings. Importing huge video files is breezy with USB 3, SD card slot, SSD and Fusion Drive.ДЇusion Drive is helps save time during file importing but after that it doesn't really impact the performance during video editing.

This review is part of the overall Mac Mini (2012) review.