In reply to Rich W Parker:
In reply to Rich W Parker:
My mate has a Macbook with an M1 chip plus16Gb RAM and he used Davinci Resolve to edit content on his YouTube channel.
He mostly films 4k content at H.265 and does very little colour correction or grading. Just the odd increase of exposure and that's about it. He also works directly with 4k H.265.
This set-up works for him. However from time to time I help him with projects where he wants to add a bit of spit-and-polish if he's promoting a product or he wants to make a specific episode a bit more visually pleasing that what normally comes straight out of the camera.
If I edit on his Macbook with the M1 chip, using Resolve, and start to do a bit of light colour correction, matching shots and adding some Transitions then that poor little Macbook really starts to suffer scrubbing along the Timeline and drops to a crawl when it comes to Rendering a project.
Don't even think about using Noise Reduction with a Macbook because you'd be waiting for ever to render even a five minute project.
I was really excited about the Mac Studio's and nearly bought one after all the hype, until real world reviews came out with Benchmarks and I think that I will stick with my self built PC designed specifically for video editing.
I used the Website Puget Systems for advice on what parts to buy to get the best editing experience for my money. Even today my five year old self built PC easily competes and outperforms a Mac Studio for editing.
The main difference between me and my mate is that he edits off his 16inch laptop monitor which means its like looking at a postage stamp when editing or grading a project.
I use H.265 and ProRes footage and my computer does not even brake sweat when I scrub through a 4k Timeline or start to colour correct or colour grade. The only time things slow down is with adding Noise Reduction but unless you have a super computer this will always be a stumbling block.
I use a Dell 32inch 4k monitor and its an absolute pleasure to edit using this screen, especially as I calibrate it every few months. It does not take too long for colours or white balance to drift over time. Hardly anybody who watches YouTube stuff will notice but I like to try to do the best that I can for the ten's of views that my stuff gets.
If I was to choose between buying a Mac Studio or a self built PC then I'd get more hardware for my money especially because of the apple tax to add stuff like RAM and storage.
Personally, I'd shy away from DELL because I got ripped off by the sales people. They promise one thing but really are stretching their sales pitch to practically be lying, allegedly!
If you want to cut down on your electricity bills, then get a Mac Studio. My Graphics Card alone is many times more power hungry than the entire Mac Studio. But its not all that noisy.