The only time I feel the fans speeding up is while Final Cut is encoding. For example, iMovie doesn't maximize the use of all cores while rendering video.įinal Cut Pro X makes use of multi-core when exporting so it's faster than iMovie. The difference is only speed when you're transferring files.ĭepending on what applications you use, you might not get the multi-core advantage to rendering. There's no difference when choosing to edit video off either USB 3 and Firewire 800. I've also tried editing with the original video files on USB 3 and Firewire 800 external drives ( Western Digital My Passport 5400RPM) and there's no lag or stutter while skimming. Scrubbing 1080P videos through the timeline updates the viewer instantly. I use both iMovie 11 and Final Cut Pro X. My videos are usually 1080P at 25FPS so the comments below are regarding those settings.

Importing huge video files is breezy with USB 3, SD card slot, SSD and Fusion Drive.įusion Drive is helps save time during file importing but after that it doesn't really impact the performance during video editing.

This review is part of the overall Mac Mini (2012) review.

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