spiritguitar

Right -- Mo Money Mo Money! That's why I thought I'd stay down in the bargain basement with the M1 Pro 16/16/1TB. I don't do serious video so working in Logic, a few other DAWs and some graphics apps I'm hoping it does the job. If money was no object I'd just go for the 32/32/2TB. But as we discussed earlier, according to those test videos the lesser model might be enough -- for $1000 less. Good luck with your decision!

I haven't watched that video yet but I wanted to mention I ended up buying the 14" M1 Pro 16GB RAM with 16 core GPU, mainly because it was the only one in stock locally. I intend to use an external monitor so the 14" I thought would be more portable when I'm not in the studio. I had it delivered on Nov. 1, the same day Apple extended their return policy to January, so if it isn't big enough or powerful enough I have time to upgrade. It'll take me a few weeks to know how it performs. Lots of files to transfer over. I just wanted to mention that if you start out with M1 Pro 2TB 16GB RAM and you decide to upgrade to 32GB of RAM ($400 extra) if It was me I'd add another $200 to get the 24 core GPU and automatically be bumped to the M1 Max, with double the memory bandwidth and all the other video benefits. I think Apple is charging too much for RAM upgrades, but once you hit 32GB with an M1 Pro that extra $200 bump to an M1 Max 24 core GPU is an xlnt value for the money. In my case I'm hoping the 16GB 1TB does the job, however.

That's what I was thinking.

I hear ya des99. It would be nice to have 2 TB of fast SSD. Early on I was considering a 16” M1 Max 32/32/2TB @$3899+tax! But if an M1 Pro w/16GB of RAM works out I’m inclined to go low budget with 1TB and avoid that extra $400 altogether.

Thanks aviorrok -- xlnt video. Of course he wasn't listening to Logic audio playback continuously, so no way to know if there might have been audio glitches -- but with the impressive RAM performance in his testing it looks promising. 16GB would probably be enough. Cheers!

A request to those running 16GB of RAM in their new MacBook Pro -- can you please report how your machine is performing with Logic Pro RAM-wise? So far in this thread Thorny reports he's had no problem with his M1 Pro 16GB. Like the OP I'm trying to decide which MBP to purhase. I originally pre-ordered the M1 Max but it wouldn't ship until late November, so I cancelled the order. After checking out several reviews I'm thinking the M1 Pro with 16 core GPU will do the job. I can pick up an M1 Pro 16/16/1TB locally but I'm not sure if 16GB of RAM is enough. (I'd go with 32GB but that puts me into a Dec. shipping date) So the question is -- assuming the M1 Pro is good enough GPU-wise -- will 16GB of RAM do the job? Thanks if you can chime in!