albertkinng Posted September 10, 2024 Posted September 10, 2024 I'm looking for a laptop to run the applications that I'm currently using on my M1 Mac Mini. Can you tell me if I can also run my Affinity apps on this MacBook Pro that's on sale? It seems to be a great deal! Ask for my services: albertkinng.com
walt.farrell Posted September 10, 2024 Posted September 10, 2024 I believe they should run, but I can't say how well when compared to your current M1 machine. And with that 7-year old model, you'll be limited to running macOS Ventura 13 or older. You can't run Sonoma or the about-to-be-released Sequoia. albertkinng 1 -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop 1: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 26.0, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.6.1
MikeTO Posted September 10, 2024 Posted September 10, 2024 Here are Affinity 1.10 benchmarks for that model of MacBook Pro and your current model of Mac mini. Affinity has changed a lot since 1.10 but we don't have current benchmarks for that older MacBook Pro so these will have to do. None of us really know how the benchmarks correspond to real world usage, but I'd guess that for most tasks this MacBook Pro would be about half the speed of your Mac mini. IMO, Intel Macs are no longer a good deal. Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.6 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters MacBook Pro (M4 Pro, Tahoe 26.1) and iPad Air (M2, iPadOS 26.1)
albertkinng Posted September 10, 2024 Author Posted September 10, 2024 3 hours ago, walt.farrell said: And with that 7-year old model, you'll be limited to running macOS Ventura 13 or older I'm aware of the trade-offs. The goal is to have a mobile solution for upcoming trips abroad, and I need to be able to work wherever I'm staying. If I'm able to access my editable files on Google Drive and remotely use my fonts just like I do now, that will be enough. Ask for my services: albertkinng.com
albertkinng Posted September 10, 2024 Author Posted September 10, 2024 2 hours ago, MikeTO said: IMO, Intel Macs are no longer a good deal I have a different setup. I use three Mac Minis: a 2015 Intel, a 2012 Intel, and an M1. The 2012 Mac Mini handles all my audio production, running Yosemite and ProTools 10 with over 15,000 plugins. It’s fast, responsive, and works great, even though it's frozen in time with no updates. For internet access, I only use Chromium, and everything is networked via a shared RAID tower. I control both of these older Macs—affectionately called 'the grandmas'—with one keyboard and mouse. The 2015 Mini, running Catalina, manages all LLM portals, servers, and SaaS apps related to social media and SEO, with over 10,000 integrations. So, Intel still rocks if you keep them rooted in the past. Ask for my services: albertkinng.com
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