Apple Mac mini M1 Lightroom, Final Cut Pro, Display Refresh Rate & Display Calibration Review!

Apple Mac mini with Apple Silicon M1 Processor is an amazing engineerings feat. This is a really impressive computer when compared to the equivalent Apple Intel Mac counter part, however, how does this Mac mini M1 stand up to the top spec 16“ MacBook Pro 2019, or the 12 Cores 2019 Mac Pro with Radeon Pro Vega II with 32GB HBM2? How does this Mac performs in a real world scenario with Lightroom Classic running on Rosetta 2 importing, generating 1:1 previews for 100 Nikon D850 45 MP RAW files and then exporting them out. Final Cut Pro editing in 4K and Compressor Export to 4K, how does it compare to the more expensive Intel Mac? And what about displays and connection type, can you connect 2 display using both USB-C? What are the limitation, refresh rate with each type of connection, is it compatible with any display? And the most important thing of all, does any of the the color calibration work on this M1 Mac yet? Find out in this video. For this video I tested the Mac mini with the following BenQ SW321C, SW2
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