I Edited With the Mac Studio and Now I Want One

My views on Final cut: It is like shooting a movie with a small camera. Everyone knows that it shoots 4k, everyone is aware that it may even produce better results than bigger and older cameras but it just doesn't look professional. If you are working in a serious post production company(where they edit ads, tv shows and movies) you can't even use premiere. Because the director who doesn't know anything about editing most of the time, once heard that Avid is the best and wants the best for his movie. The editing software doesn't effect the quality of the product %99.99 of the time. But you can't explain that to the directors or production companies. So yeah, Final Cut will not be the next Avid anytime soon.

I want the XDR! :(

nice speakers? DAC outsourced to the dock is in itself a poor choice given the macbook's internal DAC is decent

I mean it is common sense that if you have all the accessories and don't need portability then the Mac Studio is cheaper. Is it necessary to spend half the video talking about it? People are not that bad at math.
As far as video editing goes, export time only save you like 5 min per project. Not sure where you get the "speed up my work a ton" from. The strength of the Mac Studio is that you can bombard it with projects after projects without having to worry about longevity of the machine and you can do more advance video editing without any slowdown. These are the things you should mention.
On point on the Studio Display. It is overpriced, old panel tech with unnecessary, wasteful features. It would be a better deal if they just give you the height adjustable and get rid of the webcam and speaker, A13 altogether.
By the way, the speakers are worse than a $100 pair of desk speakers.

I like this guy
you should be in more videos

What laptop stand is that?!

I think you meant ‘function over form.’

Yah the base monitor not being height adjustable is nuts, even the people in the Apple ads have bad posture using it

Agree 100% on Final Cut Pro X. It's a beast of an adutor and is so much ceaner and more modern than Premiere

This was a great review! And I LOVE the music bed at the start.

But really, you can't go below the UltraFine 5K anymore, if you are accustomed to the quality. And to compare a Dell with almost half the pixels (8M instead of 14.5M pixels) and almost half the brightness, really? Compared to the UltraFine 5K, the price is ok.
For my taste, the 400 nits on a MacBook Air is low, albeit acceptable for a notebook.

NOT THE JOHNNY IVE SLANDER HAHAHAHAHAHA

looking at his setup it made me realize that it's weird apple doesn't sell a dock. they sell 10 thousand dongles but no dock.

I edit my videos on my IPHONE.

All I ever need is more storage.

I don't need lots of effects and stuff.

iPhone 14 1TB PRO MAX will definitely be my next phone.

As an Apple shareholder since 2012, I can say I'm very happy with Apple and their products.
The only downside is the eWaste created by older devices that can't easily be upgraded.

Apple advert

Uh, I think you mean Apple is finally giving us function over form.

Feels like a video of a CNET employee trying to get reimbursed for a new Mac Studio lol I honestly want one now

*Function over form" I guess you meant ;)

Did you just call those tiny cheap Audio Engine speakers for professional..........................? I bet the Studio Display is higher fidelity and better stereo imaging, and I design High End speakers for a living.

Anyone that laughs at Final Cut apparently aren't serious video editors. It's a standard in the industry for many film and TV studios.

Ports over thinness is definitely way better. I don't want thin, I want ports that I can use.

Good video but is this a conspiracy were all the Mac Studio reviews benchmarks are based on video editing software only

For the height, just put some random books under the stand then you'll get the desired height 😛

Recap: if you have MacBook you don’t need speakers camera and mic. You probably have Airpod Max anyway. Not including height adjustable stand in this high price is outrages.
Get high refresh 4k -27 or 32” and just slightly push it back and you’ll get same fidelity as retina - no pixels will be visible. Now you can get 43” mini led Samsung or 42” LG oled - but the size might be too much for some. Upcoming soon Acer x32 mini led looks promising as well.
Rumor has it - new Apple screen will appear in June with mini led.

Final Cut is the BEST!!!!

Great review

From the stills I can tell you worked at DuArt hehehe

Final Cut Pro is awesome and anyone using Adobe Premiere, has to really be in to masochism.

Got myself an Xiaomi 34 inch wide screen 3440x1440 144HZ display for less than 300 Euro / 330 USD. Has a stand too with height adjustment. Apple is amazing at overpricing.

You mean function over form.

Anyone got suggestions for a good alternative display for the Studio display?

He is soo cute :)

Yeah we have to laugh a little bit when you say you work on Final Cut… Final Cut is a dud. Everything isn’t just about speed. Sometimes it’s about quality. Nothing touches Resolve 17. And I mean nothing. Go ahead let me see you color correct in final cut… It’s a joke. Every major movie in the world just about color corrects in resolve. So there is a learning curve, if you only spent a couple of days in Resolve… It seems daunting. But once you master it… There is no going back. And when you throw a clip into final cut, the color is actually wrong. I know, hard to believe, but it is.
But hey, you’re making a living, you’re successful… And I guess that’s all that matters.

Apple updated the Thunderbolt Display 5 years too late. I’ve got a Iphone with a an oled display and a Ipad Pro 12.9 2021 with an mini led display. Studio Display has a good old IPS panel and poor hdr support. Very soon, qd-oled and mini-led monitors will make the Studio Display as obsolete as the Thunderbolt display. It’s DOA.

Fatal el Studio Display tiene mejor tecnológia la pantalla del ipad y del macbook pro max m1 me senti estafado 😭😭😭 hay mejores monitores en el mercado con mejor tecnología 😭😭😭

On the plus side, it's interesting hearing a professional video editor's point-of-view on the new Mac Studio computer and Apple Studio Display. On the negative side, not everyone visiting this is going to be as focused on strictly professional video editing as you. The point I get about the Mac Studio vs. the MacBook Pro is that, if you get the M1Max version of either machine, you're getting essentially the same computer. Just take your pick: desktop vs. laptop. Highly portable vs. transportable. Justin boiled it down to dollars and cents. While a valid issue, it's far from the only consideration. As for the Mac Studio Display: there are lots of pro's and con's, I agree. Apple made this display way too Apple-centric and expensive. On the other hand, the first words out of any reviewer's mouths should always be: "get the VESA-mounted option for free". Yet internet commentators are so full of themselves that they can't seem to save their breath and just spit this out and get it over with. Also, barely shown and not even mentioned is the Apple Studio Display's added capability to pivot 90º for viewing in "portrait mode", very handy for many graphics and desktop publishing projects. (Many shops may work with video or audio, but may also work on other projects; again, internet commentators are too centered on themselves to consider this, let alone mention this.) LG's UltraFine 5K Display does offer a VESA-mounting ability right out of the box, but does not offer the added ability to pivot for "portrait mode". The bottom line is this: yes, it is possible to buy a nice, high-res, high-color-quality monitor aftermarket for a lower price with higher resale value, and still have plenty of money for external speakers and even a nice webcam if needed. But if there are any that are fully 5K, they are very few and not much less expensive. And if you find one that's 5K, it probably can't pivot. Justin's narrow focus on pro-video-only never acknowledges this.

Why would someone not take you serious for using FCPX??

Can you suggest a goo crash course for Final Cut? Real estate video is all I would be using it for. Moving from iMovie and Adobe PP is just too much for what I need. Thank you.

What’s that machine behind you? looks powerful!! 😅

I bought a Mac Studio on release day, and so far it's been excellent. It's really a great machine, and not terribly expensive (I went for the M1 Max version with a 1TB upgrade). Highly recommended!

ok i could understand why you want one but they make the mac studio abit too expensive and no upgradeability whatsoever so not a great idea to get one if you plan on upgrading it

Great review. But you meant to say Apple is finally giving us function over form 😉

Hi, and I’ve just inherited a 27” 2013 iMac, 3.2 Ghz, 16/1TB (Mojave) and it works perfect . - . My normal daily workhorse is a 13” 2015 Retina MacBook Pro, 2.9 Ghz, 16/256 (Big Sur) – and it works perfect, too. The questions: which of these machines should I use as my daily desktop driver? And is it worth keeping them both?

I´m illustrator and I got one. :)

Great vid! Succinct and to the point.

The "music" is distracting.

If you’ve got any questions about the Mac Studio, my current work setup or Final Cut drop them below 👇