This is a guest post by Drew Geraci, cinematographer and editor, well-known (among other things) for his timelapse intro sequence of Netflix’s “House of Cards”. We talked to Drew a few years ago as part of our talk show “On the Couch”, you can find part 1 of this talk here, and part 2 here. In this article, Drew talks about putting Apple’s new MacBook Pro M1 Max head-to-head against the Dell Precision 5760 in some render benchmarks. Why I compared these two models of computers My main reason for wanting to see how the new Macbook Pro M1 Max compares to the Dell Precision 5760 is because long ago I use to be an Apple user, that was before they lost me due to poor performance. Ever since 2013 when the Macbook Pro trashcan launched I decided to make the full switch to Windows based computers so I could get the performance I paid for and not just a paperweight with an Apple logo on it. As a cinematographer and timelapse photographer having a system that can handle and process boatloads of data, including ultra-high resolution clips like that of the Sony Alpha 1 or RED 8k Helium is a necessity for me, and I hate poor playback of files, especially if a director or client is viewing them in real-time with you. Apple just didn’t offer the type of power I was looking for back then or even up until October of this year. With the introduction of the new...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 15 November, 2021