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Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by ilrwbwrkhv »

nerdjon wrote: post #15

More and more I see the M1 chips and I wish Mac worked seriously well for gaming. Would love too see something like Proton but for Mac (given up hopes for native support). I hate that I have my gaming PC and then my Mac for everything else. I have to wonder though what their plan is for the M2. Are they laying the groundwork for when the M2 comes out all of these variants will be ready at the same time? Or a gradual…

Same. That chunky PC serves only one purpose now and rest of the time is unused.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by areoform »

I would like to highlight just how much Apple is focusing on their customers and use cases right now. It seems that they're targeting products to what their professional customers actually want. And in this case, it's a 3.7" little thing that can process 18 streams of 8k video (fully specced out). That's kinda crazy, and they're doing it at a price point that's competitive compared to all of the companies out there.

Bravo Apple. I'd love to see what they have in store for designers and programmers next.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by unfocussed_mike »

cube2222 wrote: post #2

Looks like all the people saying "just start fusing those M1 CPU's into bigger ones" were right, that's basically what they did for the top of the line new M1 CPU (fused two M1 Max'es together). And since the presenter mentioned the Mac Pro would come on another day, I wonder if they'll just do 4x M1 Max for that.

I think the Mac Pro is almost like a phantom product at this point. Or a riff. Like they're going to say "the new Mac Pro is there is no more Mac Pro".

What can they really do, in a single machine, that is more "Pro" than the Studio? How are they going to bring developers along when most aren't developing for twenty-core machines?

I still think something else is coming. Maybe something unconventionally stackable. Something for render farms.

Whatever it is, it feels like it's going to need novel OS support.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by gbrown_ »

Can't wait to see a teardown of the cooling solution. Not sure how the air flows between the bottom and the heat sink as there's a board between them.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by cehrlich »

quirino wrote: post #12
cube2222 wrote: post #2

Looks like all the people saying "just start fusing those M1 CPU's into bigger ones" were right, that's basically what they did for the top of the line new M1 CPU (fused two M1 Max'es together). And since the presenter mentioned the Mac Pro would come on another day, I wonder if they'll just do 4x M1 Max for that.

If they do create another chip for the Mac Pro, I wonder what they'll call it. We have the M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra so far.

Pro, Max, Ultra, Mega?

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by rovr138 »

hughrr wrote: post #11
rovr138 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$5,799 for: * 20 core cpu * 64 core gpu * 32 core neural engine * 128GB of ram * 1TB SSD fully maxed out, 8TB SSD

Yeah stuff SSD array in TB4 hole for less money.

Yeah.

Obviously depends on people's workload. For myself and to future proof, I can see a benefit for 2TB locally.

The rest I can offload to network storage.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by nameless912 »

quirino wrote: post #12
cube2222 wrote: post #2

Looks like all the people saying "just start fusing those M1 CPU's into bigger ones" were right, that's basically what they did for the top of the line new M1 CPU (fused two M1 Max'es together). And since the presenter mentioned the Mac Pro would come on another day, I wonder if they'll just do 4x M1 Max for that.

If they do create another chip for the Mac Pro, I wonder what they'll call it. We have the M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra so far.

There's a New Nintendo 23DSLite iXL[1] joke in here somewhere.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4MHRcPLr38

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by [deleted] »

quirino wrote: post #12
cube2222 wrote: post #2

Looks like all the people saying "just start fusing those M1 CPU's into bigger ones" were right, that's basically what they did for the top of the line new M1 CPU (fused two M1 Max'es together). And since the presenter mentioned the Mac Pro would come on another day, I wonder if they'll just do 4x M1 Max for that.

If they do create another chip for the Mac Pro, I wonder what they'll call it. We have the M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra so far.

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Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by hughrr »

rovr138 wrote: post #26
hughrr wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah stuff SSD array in TB4 hole for less money.

Yeah. Obviously depends on people's workload. For myself and to future proof, I can see a benefit for 2TB locally. The rest I can offload to network storage.

Indeed. I’m running on a 512Gb MBP 14” and have 310Gb free so no point in this for me.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by minimaxir »

quirino wrote: post #12
cube2222 wrote: post #2

Looks like all the people saying "just start fusing those M1 CPU's into bigger ones" were right, that's basically what they did for the top of the line new M1 CPU (fused two M1 Max'es together). And since the presenter mentioned the Mac Pro would come on another day, I wonder if they'll just do 4x M1 Max for that.

If they do create another chip for the Mac Pro, I wonder what they'll call it. We have the M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra so far.

M1 Plus Ultra.

Just go full anime.

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