
Even with the student discount applied in the portuguese Apple Store, the Amazon price is lower. Here in Portugal the cheapest option I can choose is from Amazon.es (atm), at 1189€. I know I might feel the need to get a eGPU, but I really want to see what those integrated graphics can do. Until there, I was thinking in getting a 2020 Mac Mini (i5 base spec with 512GB storage), adding it 32GB of RAM later.

I’ll upgrade for a new 14/16” MBPro when they rollout with miniLED. My creative needs are not daily, but they are becoming more frequent.

It can run all those programs, being only FCPX 4K editing/export and C1P export the main bottlenecks of this machine (as my patience can’t tolerate). I have 2 different uses: at work (office, graphpad Prism, safari, spotify, the basic - i’m a researcher/PhD student) and at home (Capture One Pro - Sony, PS2020, GarageBand and more recently Final Cut Pro X).

It has been my daily driver since 2010, and it runs smoothly (applied a new SSD and thermal paste).
