Remember that Adobe is no where near 100% native for M1 including Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign. My point is if basic vanilla Mac Mini is good enough for my audio production in Logic and ProTools it should be more than good enough for stilll graphics in any Adobe app.

Now i use it only for completely native Apple Silicone apps such as Logic and it flies. Big Sur was completely useless back then for anything i would use macOS so little Mini was collecting dust for a very long time. I got my 512GB Mac Mini on day one it was released just to give it a try with new hardware. Your speed in Indesign and Illustrator would come from stupid crazy fast storage. Everything else will be fine even with 16GB due to M1 memory and ssd as scratch disk speed. When it comes to RAM you should only pay attention if you are doing large format 300dpi PSB files in Photoshop. Base M1 GPU will be good enough and M1 Max GPU will never be utilized to it's full capacity, probaly same goes for M1 Pro upgraded GPU as well. Forget about GPU for photoshop or illustrator or indesign. In case you use Photoshop to brush paint as your main purpose then you should do 8 or 10 core M1 Pro cause brushes is the only instance that will spread across all cores. If your graphic design is mostly for screen then you woul be just fine with M1 or basic M1 Pro. CPUs like Threadripper with like 24 cores absolutely suck compared to top of the line 8 core i9 when it comes to Photoshop session. That's Adobe being sneaky and targeting to broad spectrum of people and that's why the top of the line Intel/AMD gaming CPUs were the best choice for graphic design due to their single core speed. Most (or all) Adobe apps that are not AE or PP have used only up to 4 cours until just recently. I am open on all lines mac mini - macbooks - macbook pros - mac mini studios. Now I am running a Macbook Pro 2018 15 '16gb ram, I do not think I have an issue with the ram but the machine hooked on the 4K display runs really hot and the fans come really often The machine will be connected to a 4K Dell 3219 Usb C 90Watt so I imagine with the heavy pro machines the charge port will be useless?ġ)Which m1 is believed to be value for money? I see there are now infinite options M1 - M1 pro - m1 max - m1 studioĢ)How much does the RAM affect the programs I use? Should I look at the CPU or RAM? So the main question, Are they CPU heavy or Ram heavy or GPU? Less Use - Lightroom - Adobe Bridge, Rarely After Effects - Premiere.īartender - Dropzone - Paste App - Gestimer - Font Book (heavy) - Spotify - Firefox with 5-6 addons but enough instagram scrolling stories view. Programs that I use mainly Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (not so much but they are projects that will be used a lot.).

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