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Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by gowld »

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #108
areoform wrote: post #22

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.…

Not only that... > 20-Core CPU > 48-Core GPU > 32-Core Neural Engine for $3,999 is that kind of like... a bargain?

Maybe? "Core" is apple, and everyone else sells oranges, so you need good benchmarks to compare.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by thrusong »

Where does this fit in the lineup of Macs?

The 27" iMac is gone and the Mac Studio looks like it's taking the place of that or could even be the new Pro.

I don't want that thing on my desktop, I want a big all-in-one.

At least the Studio Display looks like it could be used to stuff some kind of M chip in down the road for a "pro" all-in-one option.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by BonoboIO »

brimble wrote: post #232
BonoboIO wrote: post #64

The design of it looks a bit off to me. Like a cheap mac-ish intel nuc designed by huawei with their matebooks. https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/29/17396818/huawei-matebook-...

It looks like they made a taller computer then cut it off 2/3 of the way down. Something about the proportions read as simply wrong .

But if it works, well its better than Jony Ive‘s „design is everything, function is last“ approach.

- Like the Mac Pro (2013) which was thermal limited even with the launch configuration and could not be refreshed because more power would mean less power through throttling

- Magic Mouse 2 which well u could not use while charging

- Macbook Pro Touchbar which is there because there was nothing else to „inovate“

- MacBook Pro Keyboard which is so thin and lookin good that the owner has to replace it every 6 month

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by SZJX »

minimaxir wrote: post #7

The Mac Studio's HDMI doesn't support 120Hz out (so likely HDMI 2.0?) and it also doesn't come with a keyboard and mouse.

The Thunderbolt ports support 120Hz though. I've been using the company MBP 14" with a 144Hz display without a hitch.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by NorwegianDude »

yurishimo wrote: post #137
mynameisvlad wrote: post #3

I think from a design perspective, this is the most disappointing Apple release so far. It's just way too tall, imo. There's a lot of empty space on the front which just seems odd. I'm not exactly sure what they could've done to keep the Mac Mini footprint, but this ain't it.

I'm convinced the design is a tradeoff to make this work in the datacenter. With the exact same footprint, racks of Mac Mini servers can be converted to fit these with very little effort.

In...datacenters? That's a strange usecase!

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by JAlexoid »

rootusrootus wrote: post #225
Thaxll wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well crazy mac hardware is actually not very good compared to PC graphic cards.

What's the M1 Max equivalent to? Roughly a RTX3070 or thereabouts? That doesn't seem too awful.

At almost twice the price of a desktop with the same RTX3070 from Dell or HP.

It's definitely a great machine, but if you're a gamer - stay away.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by spfzero »

lquist wrote: post #151
areoform wrote: post #22

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.…

Why are they doing this? Trickle down effects for their mass market products? There is no way that the prosumer market is big enough to justify this distraction for Apple even if it used to be their core business line.

Apple's market share has always been a small slice of the overall PC market. In a way, they never did "mass market". While the prosumer market may be a small proportion of the overall market, it could be very significant, for Apple, relative to the market Apple addresses.

Plus, I think a lot of people who would not normally call themselves a "prosumer" will want, and purchase these.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by gowld »

QuikAccount wrote: post #90

This is such a random thing to complain about but I hate these Mac product pages with the animations as you scroll. I guess they are designed for mobile but I navigate them on a desktop using a mouse wheel and they always look super clunky.

It's terrible on mobile too.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by brailsafe »

adgjlsfhk1 wrote: post #242
cj wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> $8k for 128GB RAM, 8 TB solid state storage Maybe not, but 32GB RAM + 512GB SSD for $2k is a pretty competitive price point.

a 512 gb ssd is kinda inexcusable in a machine that costs more than $1000 1tb of ssd is only around $100.

It's a bit miserly, to say the least
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