- They don't need portability
- They do need more CPU or GPU performance (via the M1 Ultra)
- They do need more than 64GB of RAM (128GB available with M1 Ultra)
- They do need more ports (TB / USB-C / USB-A)
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Apple Announces Powerful 'Mac Studio' With M1 Ultra Chip and Companion 'Studio Display'
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If Apple would only support using a late model iMac screen—Target Display Mode. My 2017 27" is good enough for me
Does anyone know the practical difference between these specs:
M1 Max: "Two ProRes encode and decode engines"
M1 Ultra: "Four ProRes encode and decode engines"
Thanks for some insight.
M1 Max: "Two ProRes encode and decode engines"
M1 Ultra: "Four ProRes encode and decode engines"
Thanks for some insight.
Each M1 Max has two hardware encoders and two hardware decoders dedicated to the ProRes video format. As M1 Ultra is two M1 Max, it therefore offers double of everything in a single M1 Max.
I do not know if encoder/decoder performance scales in a linear fashion, but regardless, four of each will encode and decode ProRes video more quickly than two of each.
The only thing I don't like is the design.
I genuinely think they were a bit lazy with it...
I'd have liked a bit more flair.
Still...excellent computer.
I genuinely think they were a bit lazy with it...
I'd have liked a bit more flair.
Still...excellent computer.
Glad to see the return of a card reader, but SD? Surely CF Express would have been a better choice for the target market?
Apple has abandoned the middle ground. Basically the only thing you can get a M1 Pro in is a MacBook Pro. So in the desktop configuration (iMac, Mini, or Studio), you can get the M1 or M1 Max or Ultra. Nothing with an M1 Pro.
Hopefully, that's coming later. Maybe they'll release a Mac Mini with the M1 Pro at WWDC? 🤞
Hopefully, that's coming later. Maybe they'll release a Mac Mini with the M1 Pro at WWDC? 🤞
Based on the majority of forum comments when the MacBook Pros released with SD and not CF, it sounds like the "target market" still appears to be predominately on SD at this time.
Well there are third-party options like those from Luna Display that might allow this. And then there is SideCar for macOS and iPadOS.
Cheaper. The similarly configured MacBook Pro and Mac Studio are $900 different in price. Probably the screen and battery cost more. Also, the Mac Studio should have better thermals.
I honestly doubt it. I expect the next Mac mini will use an M2 in the rumored new slimmer enclosure.
On the plus side, an M2 with 10GPU cores will likely be in the ballpark of a 14 GPU core M1 Pro. The 4 high-performance cores will still trail an M1 Pro with 8 performance cores (much less 10), but it will be closer.
I disagree. With today's new products they got rid of the 27" iMac but left the high-end Intel Mac Mini. It's coming, just later.
My guess is the Mac mini is receiving a redesign soon so they didn’t bother doing extra work for the M1 Pro variant. The redesign should come with M2, closing the gap between the M1 and the M1 Max.
Also, the M1 Ultra is the last variant of the M1 chip. I suspect the Mac Pro will have its own class of chips, e.g. X1, X1 Pro.
Also, the M1 Ultra is the last variant of the M1 chip. I suspect the Mac Pro will have its own class of chips, e.g. X1, X1 Pro.
Likely because it’s a creative tool, not a toy. Mac’s have never been geared to gamers. If I want to game, I’ll turn on my console.
In upcoming news, mass suicides by people who bought Mac Pro last year for $20K. /s
honest question, what is this replacing? its more powerful than iMac, and Apple made announcement its extremely faster than Mac Pros , so is it the new Mac Pro? If this is more powerful than Mac Pro (which is what Pro uses) then whats going to be in the Mac Pro?
If a Mac Pro is going to be coming, it will be as powerful as a mini nuclear reactor. Some one please clear the confusion for me.
honest question, what is this replacing? its more powerful than iMac, and Apple made announcement its extremely faster than Mac Pros , so is it the new Mac Pro? If this is more powerful than Mac Pro (which is what Pro uses) then whats going to be in the Mac Pro?
If a Mac Pro is going to be coming, it will be as powerful as a mini nuclear reactor. Some one please clear the confusion for me.
I think most peoples hope is that it is more modular and can have added cards, drives, etc.
Did anyone notice the weight difference between the Studio Max and Ultra? 2lbs! That's gotta be for cooling, maybe some for the power supply.
I mean I am completely for function over form, but that has to be one of the ugliest macs I have ever seen. Steve Jobs would have jumped out of Apple Park top window if he had seen this
I am sorry to break it to you, but originally Macs were frowned upon in the work place because it was viewed as a gaming computer back in the late 80s. Look it up!
but you are correct, since then it never was a gaming computer and I do not know why they avoid that path. I do not look forward for them to build Alienware type PCs but gaming is almost non-existing on MacOS. Even linux is a better gaming OS than Mac....LINUX!
I am sorry to break it to you, but originally Macs were frowned upon in the work place because it was viewed as a gaming computer back in the late 80s. Look it up!
but you are correct, since then it never was a gaming computer and I do not know why they avoid that path. I do not look forward for them to build Alienware type PCs but gaming is almost non-existing on MacOS. Even linux is a better gaming OS than Mac....LINUX!
Mac Studio M1 Max, 32gb RAM, 2TB SSD?
I wonder if my Studio (max) will run docker faster than my 2012 Mac mini (running Ubuntu). I suspect not. 
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It is replacing the 27" iMac BTO configurations with the high-end Intel CPUs and AMD GPUs. In the end, you'll be paying a bit more, but you should see fairly better performance (both due to the M1 Max and as software is optimized for Apple silicon) and you can now keep your display through multiple computer upgrades so when you factor in the lifecycle costs over 4-5 years...
In the 80s, the Mac was viewed as a toy. If you could click a little icon to launch an app instead of typing in a DOS command, it wasn't considered "real" computing. ;-)
But Macs have never been considered "gaming" computers.