Logos hardware on MAC

Ben
Ben Member Posts: 1,809 ✭✭✭
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I'm on a Mac and potentially looking to upgrade, or at least, engaging in fantasy hardware buying :)
Currently using an M1 MacBook Pro, 16Gb RAM and a 1Tb SSD, connected at home to 2x32" 4k monitors.

In the past, at least, Logos used the GPU a bit. I'm wondering what the biggest performance bottlenecks and boosts are. RAM? SSD speed? GPU? CPU?

"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected."- G.K. Chesterton

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  • John
    John Member Posts: 737 ✭✭✭
    edited 7:57PM

    I would think that your M1 MB pro should be completely adequate.

    But if you insist on getting something new, I would suggest a M4 Mac mini given that you are already setup with monitors.

    You might want to add a keyboard and a Magic Trackpad.

    But first you would need to determine whether you really need the 1TB of SSD space. Take what you are actually using currently and add at least 25% … to get a rough idea of your true need.

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 14,437 ✭✭✭✭

    Good question. SSD is the usual answer, but judging from recent bottlenecks (which I assume they knew about), I wonder what they're compromising.

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

  • Mike W
    Mike W Member Posts: 43 ✭✭

    I currently have an M4 MacBook Air with 16gb memory and a 1TB ssd. I upgraded from an M2 MacBook Air and I haven’t noticed any difference in speed with logos. With over 15000 resources start time on either machine is/was about 4 seconds. You may not see a big speed increase with logos by upgrading to a newer MacBook.

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