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Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by CharlesW »

tonguez wrote: post #247
thaw13579 wrote: post #111

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There's only a gap of roughly $500 between a maxed out mini and the entry studio, so perhaps the studio is the answer to what you're looking for?

M1 mini with 16GB RAM (most possible RAM): $1100 entry studio: $2000 That's a pretty big gap. Basically it means you have to shell out $2000+ if you want to do video editing on any M1 mac. Buying a brand new computer to do video editing that has only 16GB RAM in 2022 is unjustifiable. $2k+ is too much for most people especially young "creatives" that are making entertainment (videos). Lots of people here make hundred…

> Basically it means you have to shell out $2000+ if you want to do video editing on any M1 mac.

16GB is plenty, and in fact the conversation when the M1 Macs were introduced was whether having 16GB vs. 8GB of RAM made a difference. (Mostly, it doesn't.)

https://www.4kshooters.net/2021/01/27/8gb-or-16gb-ram-for-vi...

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by rootusrootus »

JAlexoid wrote: post #267
rootusrootus wrote: post #225

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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.

I would like to see better gaming on Mac just so I wouldn't need two computers, or compromise just to get a machine that can be a halfway decent gaming setup.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by code_witch_sam »

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…

- [x] RGB'd out PC with RTX 3090 for playing Minecraft and Elden ring

- [x] Decent wired network in-home

- [x] Connect via Moonlight from Mac Mini M1 to Gaming PC

- [x] Best of both worlds

It's wonderful. I only wish my Mac Mini had a 120hz display attached.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by adrianmonk »

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 like going to the library but someone has hired dancing cheerleaders to grab the book you're trying to read and wave it around so that you're more excited about reading it.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by jamesy0ung »

SamuelAdams wrote: post #159
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…

There is a lot of support for M1. See these lists. Please note though that "playable" does not mean "on par with other platforms", ie, Windows and Xbox / Playstation. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1er-NivvuIheDmIKBVRu3... https://applesilicongames.com/

X-Plane is great on M1.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by runjake »

ilamont wrote: post #252
rconti wrote: post #61

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It's insane how boldly (for Apple) they focused on ports and cables. I can't remember a previous demo video that showed so many ugly cables hanging out the back of the machine. They've finally realized it's a selling point!

My jaw hit the floor when I saw USB A ports. If only it had multiple HDMI ...

They did better with the limited space they have — they included a bunch of multi-functional USB-C ports that can be used with dongles for additional HDMI ports!

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by gtm1260 »

yewenjie wrote: post #107
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.…

Wait, how and why did Apple suddenly become cost-effective?

Since M1 pretty much.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by JAlexoid »

rootusrootus wrote: post #272
JAlexoid wrote: post #267

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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.

I would like to see better gaming on Mac just so I wouldn't need two computers, or compromise just to get a machine that can be a halfway decent gaming setup.

GeForce Now is there for you...

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by phillco »

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.

Ecosystem.

Re: Apple Mac Studio

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Post by mardifoufs »

newaccount74 wrote: post #191
ggreg84 wrote: post #154

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When the M1 was released... a year ago... You could buy a 900$ laptop with a better CPU than any laptop out there. 20 hours battery life (almost 3x any other laptop out there). Silent (no fans). With a great screen, a great keyboard, lightweight, well built, etc. Basically a machine that was more than 2x cheaper of competing laptops at 2500 $ or more, yet had more than 2x of everything.

... if you can live with machines that just come with the bare minimum RAM and SSD. If you get the Macs with the same amount of storage that the PCs come with, the $900 laptop quickly becomes a $2000 laptop. I wish I could get back all the time I've wasted helping relatives deal with their Photos libraries and backups just because they got the entry level machine with skimpy storage...

I've had an 8gb macbook Air m1, and it's honestly never been an issue even for dev stuff since my workloads just wouldn't run on my local machine anyway. It's much, much less of an issue than on my Windows laptop with 8gb of ram, too.

As for storage, yeah 240gb is probably not ideal for most people but since I bought the air mostly as a lightweight device I can carry anywhere instead of a workstation (even though it's insanely powerful for what it is) it does not really matter in my case.

(This is my first Mac so I was very worried of the pretty limited ram since I had no idea how macOS deals with memory, but if it's fine for me I'd say it's fine for most normal/casual users)

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