@peemee Spiffy! Whichever I end up getting, I’m planning to upgrade the processors to the most cores and highest frequency I can find. Probably going to smack in some new-ish graphics card as well, just so I can use that if I want or need.
I’m just seeing slow transcoding of Blu-ray videos on my MacBook Air, otherwise I would probably not even think about getting any other machine for years to come. Maybe I’ll buy random parts and build a dedicated ripping and transcoding machine…