Been using Linux for the last 2 years as my main driver, before that was always on Windows. I switched to Linux for minor coding and privacy concerns with Windows. However, the only software that I wasn’t able to find a good alternative for in Linux is CaptureOne which I use for photo editing.
The work around I’ve been using is running CaptureOne in a Windows VM machine… but it’s janky and a terrible usage of my computers resources. The VM takes a fixed amount of RAM so I often run into issues where the VM crashes, or, linux crashes because they can’t manage RAM resources together. I upgraded to 32GB of Ram to try and solve this, but, it’s been a no-go. The VM also can’t utilize the GPU so, that’s been an annoyance.
Current computer: i5-126000k RTX 3060TI 8GB 32GB RAM Ubuntu
Wanted to see if anyone here uses CaptureOne on a MacMiniM4 16GB RAM and can comment on it’s performance for both editing and batch processing. My big concern is RAM, and if 16GB is enough. Seems like Apple is more efficient with RAM though?
High usage would generally have a browser with up to 10 tabs, maybe a video playing on my second screen, and then CaptureOne Full screen.
Think the M4 16GB would be enough? Budget is tight.
I have both an M4 Mac mini and a PC build with an i9 12100K and an RTX 3060. The M4 absolutely smokes my PC except in GPU benchmarks. However, because the M4 has more integrated memory for the GPU compared to the 3060, I still find its overall performance to be an improvement. I’ve used CaptureOne before but I primarily work with the Affinity suite now. I think you will find 16 GB sufficient, but I would highly recommend 32 GB to give yourself headroom.