Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by bilbo0s » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC

varispeed wrote: post #146

512GB late october sounds lame. and 512GB is so 2025. Give us 1TB version. Where is the competitive spirit?

>Where is the competitive spirit?

To be fair, where is the competitor at this form factor?

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by nozzlegear » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC

pixl97 wrote: post #17

callamdelaney wrote: post #12

Usable ram amounts in late October

Usable, not affordable.

Subjective

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by Keyframe » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC

al_borland wrote: post #158

paxys wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably worth it for Ollama but you can run Jellyfin off a raspberry pi.

> you can run Jellyfin off a raspberry pi. This may depend on the size of your library. I tried installing Jellyfin on a Synology NAS, which runs Plex just fine, and it ran so poorly it was basically unusable. It “worked”, but it was painful.

not sure which cpu that Synology has, but I run jellyfin on ugreen nasync dxp8800 plus which has intel with QSV and it breaks no sweat in both transcoding (if needed) and serving over 10GBE.

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by cute_boi » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC

dgellow wrote: post #46

SXX wrote: post #14

96GB -> 256GB upgrade costs 4000 GBP in UK or $5460. $34 for GB. In US its $4000 upgade so $25 for 1GB. Also: > 512GB memory option for M5 Ultra coming late October

That US price is before sales tax no?

Correct. It is better to go to delaware and purchase it.

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by hn0tdqaek4 » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC

Well said

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by LeoPanthera » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC

GreenLightGo wrote: post #132

From what I’ve noticed, Apple products have been getting worse in quality year after year. Sometimes they even ruin their own devices with updates... I guess it’s all because of marketing.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC

rrgok wrote: post #169

delduca wrote: post #5

I know they are a phone company, but I think they should focus on local models software, not only hardware.

False, they are a Marketing Company.

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Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by curious_cat_163 » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

gardaani wrote: post #170

Rumors say that Apple will only release M6 base variant and skips M6 Pro, M6 Max and M6 Ultra variants to concentrate all efforts to create a good AI capable M7: "According to reports from Bloomberg, Apple will be skipping its M6 Pro, M6 Max, and M6 Ultra chips to accelerate development of the M7 chip. That means the only chip to be released from the M6 family will be the base M6. The reason for this break with tradi…

> I'd skip M5 and M6 chips for LLM work and wait for a year for M7.

Please say more? Is it because it is a one-time cost, unlike a recurring subscription of Claude/Codex?

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by notenlish » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

When is the m6 air coming though

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by mdp2021 » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC

jgalt212 wrote: post #73

recursivedoubts wrote: post #34

Even w/the pricing spike, inflation adjusted we are back to roughly the prices of a new Mac SE/30 for something that can beat a turing test w/o sweating. I yield the floor to no one when it comes to pessimism, but that's incredible.

when was the turing test beaten?

Or can we reframe it: when did humans start losing the (so-called) "Turing test".

I think there are elements showing lowering of performance and expectation.