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Tsukimi
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Hi everyone!
I'm looking to get a new computer for some freelance work and some light gaming. After losing faith that I'll ever have the patience to find a GPU for a decent price, I've started looking into both pre-built machine. I've been researching the new M1 Macbook Pros and the speed that they're getting seems absolutely insane, especially considering they're also laptops that are portable (portability is a big deal for me as I travel quite a bit, but the laptop itself will generally be used as a desktop with external monitors plugged in).
At work, I primarily use 3ds Max with Corona for rendering. I know that's not natively supported on MacOS so I was thinking of making the switch over the Cinema4D (and staying with Corona for now, but open to learning more GPU based rendering solutions down the line - possbily combined with Blender).
I was wondering if someone with more knowledge than I have could help me out with the decision. Is this a good idea? I like the idea of just buying a laptop and not having to worry about sourcing an MSRP GPU, building the computer from scratch etc. so that side of things is appealing. What I'm worried about is a) I'm a Windows user so MacOS would be a brand new experience and b) I'm really unsure about which model to pick as they make it quite complicated on Apple's website. A fully decked out 16" Apple M1 Max with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine comes in at around $3500 (I can get a 25% staff discount through a family friend) which seems expensive but also reasonable considering everything that's in it. Do you think that would be overkill for pretty basic ArchViz rendering? Would the 24core GPU work just as well for my needs? Also I was planning on sticking to 32GB of ram as the 64GB is a large upgrade but again I'm not sure if that would be needed?
I'm sorry for the long-winded post, I'm very new to Apple's specs compared to a Windows based PC hence all the questions
Thanks so much in advance!
I'm looking to get a new computer for some freelance work and some light gaming. After losing faith that I'll ever have the patience to find a GPU for a decent price, I've started looking into both pre-built machine. I've been researching the new M1 Macbook Pros and the speed that they're getting seems absolutely insane, especially considering they're also laptops that are portable (portability is a big deal for me as I travel quite a bit, but the laptop itself will generally be used as a desktop with external monitors plugged in).
At work, I primarily use 3ds Max with Corona for rendering. I know that's not natively supported on MacOS so I was thinking of making the switch over the Cinema4D (and staying with Corona for now, but open to learning more GPU based rendering solutions down the line - possbily combined with Blender).
I was wondering if someone with more knowledge than I have could help me out with the decision. Is this a good idea? I like the idea of just buying a laptop and not having to worry about sourcing an MSRP GPU, building the computer from scratch etc. so that side of things is appealing. What I'm worried about is a) I'm a Windows user so MacOS would be a brand new experience and b) I'm really unsure about which model to pick as they make it quite complicated on Apple's website. A fully decked out 16" Apple M1 Max with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine comes in at around $3500 (I can get a 25% staff discount through a family friend) which seems expensive but also reasonable considering everything that's in it. Do you think that would be overkill for pretty basic ArchViz rendering? Would the 24core GPU work just as well for my needs? Also I was planning on sticking to 32GB of ram as the 64GB is a large upgrade but again I'm not sure if that would be needed?
I'm sorry for the long-winded post, I'm very new to Apple's specs compared to a Windows based PC hence all the questions
Thanks so much in advance!
