The Mac Studio is a great desktop powerhouse from Apple, but be sure to configure it to your needs, or you may end up disappointed. I discuss some of the ways I use the Mac Studio, including taking full advantage of 10GbE connectivity.
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0:41 Form factor and design
1:38 I/O
4:51 Performance
9:36 9to5Mac's take
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I purchased a Mac studio because I needed the M1 pro in a desktop form factor. Of course, M1 max was the lowest option I could choose. I’m fine with that since it allows me to run additional displays. I do wish it came in black rather than silver though. Would match my office a lot better.
I don’t do skins, but I’ve seen some black skins online.
For a desktop I would choose a Mac mini
Maybe the M2
I’ll wait
Not an elegant design???!!! Have you seen EVERY PC and PC case ever? Maybe it’s not as innovative as the iMac G4 from 2003 but it’s certainly elegant.
Of all the Mac’s I have owned, which is many, this will be the least attractive. Especially the front. I like the bottom then best. I do love it’s form factor and how powerful it is and that’s what really matters.
I have a Studio Ultra and a mini together on the table, and they look great together. I’ll keep the Ultra until Apple figures out hardware raytracing, which is why I think the M2 is late.
If you think they’re going to have raytracing capable GPU cores any time soon, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
The almost impossible to find by feel power button takes a little getting used to, front usb-c ports are awfully tight. My only complaints. Oh, and my back scratcher no longer has the iMac thin rim to hang from.
I have the base model with studio display, just coming back to MacOS from a 5 year hiatus. One thing, when my Mac wakes from sleep my windows have all resized. Does anyone know how to stop this behaviour? Always enjoyed MacOS, this is my only niggle really. I just find too that some of the UI is scaled too small. Again not a massive one but I expect near perfection from Apple.
Apple always put too little flash memory in their base model iPhones and Macs. I would recommend buying the base model of the Mac Studio but with 1 or 2 Tb instead of the default none upgradable 0.5 Tb of Flash memory.
I purchased the base M1 Studio Max from Best Buy and it was delivered on March 22nd. Since I moved up from an M1 Mac mini (16/512) I didn’t need to purchase any peripherals. I fall into the “prosumer” category and this computer is perfect for my needs, couldn’t be happier.
I just received my M1Max Studio, a couple of days ago. I have a Studio Display, and I’m waiting on a second. It took a while to get this, but not as long as Apple had stated. It’s a great machine, so far! Of course, it’s a far cry from my old 5K iMac (2015…. I would hope so!!) I ordered the top Max chip. Kept the 32 gig of ram, due to the time extension for the upgrade. Added 2 TB of storage, and I almost wish I had added 4TB. We shall see….. Thanks for the great video!
I’m also stoked as my machine was supposed to ship June 7th. I should get it May4th! I ordered an
I’m curious about parallelism with the ultra. It would be interesting to see M1 Max vs M1 Ultra with two or more of those projects rendering simultaneously – the performance gap may really show there
I would like to see how they compare in Folding@Home.
I went for the Max Studio Ultra 1tb storage and 64 gigs of ram. ETA, June 5 through 22. Let’s see how it goes for me. This would be my first experience with the M1 chip. I’m upgrading from a 9-year-old mid 2014 MacBook Pro.
@Jeffrey Martinez Hey there buddy! No, I canceled because I went with a MBPMax laptop 16″ with 64gb of ram, 32cores and 2tb storage. I got it from B&H. I couldn’t understand why it takes so long through the Apple site and one day sitting here, I called B&H just to see. They had one MBP in stock fully loaded and I went with it. I got it all hooked up to my external peripherals with just 2 dongles. (USB C to A, USB C to Ethernet) Working like a champ. All this power is new to me and just breeze through Photoshop and Lightroom. Amazing! If you have a laptop and like that format, I’d say go with the M1 16″, you won’t regret it; it’s a beast and you’ll have the best screen out there period and it’s super silent. All the reviews I’ve seen about this laptop are positive, some might think it’s too heavy, but I don’t mind. Fits in my carrying case fine or my backpack. The battery life is unbelievable. You can throw at it all your edits and it doesn’t blink. You’ll love it if you decide to get one.
@Jeffrey Martinez Will do! I wanted the desktop version too, but I don’t know what’s going on with the availability. I see YouTubers left and right getting a bunch of them and here I ordered one in April and had to wait till this month. So I got the laptop in May in the middle of the month. Ordered on a Sunday and got it on Thursday of the same week.
I have the base Mac studio. I think it looks quite elegant. I found the M1 mini to be lacking in ports and it really showed even though I thought it would be ok. So far the studio has been great. I use it mainly for editing my drone photos but mostly just content consumption. I have two 30″ Apple cinema displays connected to it, clearly power consumption was not part of my criteria for a new Mac.
Yes, the Mx Studio is a breath of fresh air – literally.
I currently have a 2013 Mac Pro with 128 GB Ram, 6 GB AMD D700 video card and a 3.5 GHz 6- core Intel Xeon E5 and it was great until I switched to shooting and editing 4K files. I find it struggling not all the time but more often than I would like so I’m considering upgrading to a Mac Studio with the M1 Max chip.
Why not Ultra for future proof?
@Jin Raigami Budget, probably.
I am never ALL about the GQ look. To me the Mac Studio “Cube” is a look that I like. Love all the space to keep the device cool, and I feel this design might have started out life with an “Intel Inside”.
Yes internal storage speed with the large storage options is something I would do if I was still working in the professional production world. I would also look to purchase a SOC processor that was a step above what would meat my needs at this time. Who knows what tomorrow will bring when it comes to the tools needed to complete the job. Always love to have room to grow.
Now not in the professional work anymore so my “always on” plugged into power 7/24 to replace my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) 2TB SSD storage is my MacBook Air M1 chip with 8‑core CPU, 7‑core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine, 16GB unified memory, 2TB SSD storage. Why did I not purchase the Mac mini? Almost came down to flip of a coin Mac mini, or MacBook Air. Thing is with the MacBook Air, and an external monitor like the Studio Monitor I can set these up in a two screen configuration if I want to. Also the MacBook Air gives me the option to take it with me, and use remotely if I have the need.
Leave my MacBook Air plugged into power all the time after iStat Menus was showing that charging was paused at 80%. This needs to be an option that is on by default in all devices like iPhone, iPad, MacBook’s. With macOS Big Sur or later, your Mac learns from your charging habits to improve the lifespan of your battery.
In macOS Big Sur or later, Optimized Battery Charging is designed to improve the lifespan of your battery and reduce the time your Mac spends fully charged. When the feature is enabled, your Mac will delay charging past 80% in certain situations. Your Mac learns you’re charging routine and aims to ensure that your Mac is fully charged when unplugged.
On Mac computers with the Apple silicon or the T2 security chip, Optimized Battery Charging is on by default when you set up your Mac or after updating to macOS Big Sur or later.
My biggest fear is how this design will suck up dust. Looking inside my old iMac was a reality check on how these machines attract fine dust and are near impossible to clean out
I just got this and the apple 27″ studio display. They are both awesome. Honestly, unless you are a very light user you need the studio not the mini, imo. The fact that you can’t upgrade the memory past 16gb in the mini made it.a deal breaker for me. My old iMac had 32gig (after I upgraded it) and the activity monitor routinely showed it using 16-18 gig, so having only 16 gig would be a deal breaker to me. You have to be a very light user to get by with only 16gig. My studio has the M1 max and 32 gig memory, 1 terabyte storage. Yea, it costs more but its worth it unless you just can’t afford it.
The storage on the m1 mac is fast enough that swap files almost act like ram. U wouldn’t feel any difference between 16gb vs 32gb in m1 macs even if u are a super heavy user.
Great video, I have the base Mac Studio and it’s a great step up from my 8gb 13” M1 Pro.