Thomas Singh

Best iMac for DaVinci Resolve

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I need to buy an iMac to run DaVinci Resolve from home. What version should I go for?

I have the new Mac Pro at my office and understand that there are limitations with the iMac but I don't have clients sitting next to me at home and doesn't need the same performance. 

What I need though is a Mac with as good performance as possible. I mainly work with footage from the ARRI camera.

I also need to know that I can output the montor signal to my external grade monitor. I usually have a Decklink 4K Extreme for this but I guess the iMac doesn't have space for external cards.

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I run a "top of the line" 2017 27" iMac Retina 5K from my home setup. I've never had any issues and I am currently using it to work from home during the quarantine.

 

Before the quarantine I was working from an  office off of an iMac Pro. The iMac Pro did have faster render times than my home setup but other than that it was not mind-blowingly faster.

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