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I don't do it a lot but I am pleased at the speed I can do it now

It was mind numbing and tedious editing when I had a pentium 4 editing to VGA resolution

now its like 1080P on my laptop and things go super fast. 2K, 4K, 8K has zero utility for me so this is perfect.

Ipads are also fast enough, but I like the idea of having a fast enough networking connection to still render on more powerful machines nearby or in the cloud

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I would generally consider iPad to be much more limited by its UI than its processing power.

A touch interface can make editing much easier than doing it with mouse and keyboard (proper hardware excluded).

I've been converted to the "add peripherals" side, personally. The standards are developed enough and the selection is broad enough to dial in whatever balance of price, portability, ergonomics and device features is desired - at the extreme end, a USB OTG hub connecting your full size mechanical keyboard, MMO mouse, graphics tablet, game controllers, and flash drives, and at the other, pocket folding Bluetooth keyboards and mini mice. It turns a phone or tablet into "just a screen" - a viable entry level workstation only held back by software and processing capacity.

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