Can we use the new MacBook Air retina to edit with Final Cut?

When you are thinking of acquiring a portable Mac, why you need portability or you have to move it around different parts of the house, you value which equipment interests you the most. If you analyze the portability / performance binomial, you will soon obtain a solution to the first part of your problem.

But the second part is to know if this team will "endure" programs that require a significant use of resources. In this case, they have been made tests with the new MacBook Air Retina, to see if we can work in Final Cut Pro X editing video in 4k, when this test should be available to very few. 

The analysis was carried out by YouTuber Kraig Adams, which has uploaded a video to his channel with the tests carried out. Adams is holding a 13-inch MacBook Air, with the basic configuration. On the first results, we can advance that the program runs smoothly. Even so, the editing process is being carried out with the configuration of better performance, when in more powerful machines, we can edit selecting better quality.

He found the problems with the SSD memory capacity. This equipment, being the basic one, has a 128 GB SSD and is very short to edit in 4k. Where you find a significant time difference is when rendering the content. That is where teams "pull" graphics and logically this team does not have to stand out for this component.

Therefore, the conclusion we reached is the following:

• The 2018 MacBook Air retina can save us from more than one trouble editing video or retouching photographs. His behavior is more than correct, confirming what a Mac has to offer.
• We also have to take into account that, Final Cut Pro X works very smoothly, even on a Mac with a few years. It is a very successful optimization task.
• For edit video other than 4k you should have no problem. Another thing will be the export, which will take longer than more powerful machines.
• For edit assiduously, you can't use a MacBook Air.