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Costco Members: Apple Mac Studio Desktop: M1 Max Chip, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD (2022)
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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: New Mac Studio Desktop: Apple M1 Max Chip (MJMV3LL/A) on sale for $1499.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member Bdubs760 for finding this deal.
Note: You need to be an active Costco Member and signed in to your account to purchase at sale price, otherwise non-members may purchase but are subject to a 5% surcharge.
Specs:
Thanks to community member Bdubs760 for finding this deal.
Note: You need to be an active Costco Member and signed in to your account to purchase at sale price, otherwise non-members may purchase but are subject to a 5% surcharge.
Specs:
- Apple M1 Max Chip
- 10-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores
- 24-core GPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 400GB/s memory bandwidth
- 32GB RAM (Unified Memory)
- 512GB Solid State Drive
- Built-in speaker
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Wi-Fi (802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 wireless networking) (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible)
- macOS Monterey
- Ports:
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- HDMI port (supports multichannel audio output)
- 4x Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
- 2x USB-A
- 10Gb Ethernet
- 2x USB-C Ports (Front)
- SDXC Card Slot (UHS-II)
- 7.7-inch-square, 3.7-inch-tall design in silver
Editor's Notes
Written by oceanlake- About this deal:
- Our research indicates that this is $299 lower (16.6% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $1799 at the time of this posting.
- This price is also $200 lower than a previous Frontpage Deal form January.
- About this product:
- 4.7 out of 5 stars rating at Costco based on over 75 customer reviews
- About this store:
- You can view Costco's Return Policy here.
- Additional Note:
- Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.
- Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.
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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: New Mac Studio Desktop: Apple M1 Max Chip (MJMV3LL/A) on sale for $1499.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member Bdubs760 for finding this deal.
Note: You need to be an active Costco Member and signed in to your account to purchase at sale price, otherwise non-members may purchase but are subject to a 5% surcharge.
Specs:
Thanks to community member Bdubs760 for finding this deal.
Note: You need to be an active Costco Member and signed in to your account to purchase at sale price, otherwise non-members may purchase but are subject to a 5% surcharge.
Specs:
- Apple M1 Max Chip
- 10-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores
- 24-core GPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- 400GB/s memory bandwidth
- 32GB RAM (Unified Memory)
- 512GB Solid State Drive
- Built-in speaker
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Wi-Fi (802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 wireless networking) (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible)
- macOS Monterey
- Ports:
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- HDMI port (supports multichannel audio output)
- 4x Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
- 2x USB-A
- 10Gb Ethernet
- 2x USB-C Ports (Front)
- SDXC Card Slot (UHS-II)
- 7.7-inch-square, 3.7-inch-tall design in silver
Editor's Notes
Written by oceanlake- About this deal:
- Our research indicates that this is $299 lower (16.6% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $1799 at the time of this posting.
- This price is also $200 lower than a previous Frontpage Deal form January.
- About this product:
- 4.7 out of 5 stars rating at Costco based on over 75 customer reviews
- About this store:
- You can view Costco's Return Policy here.
- Additional Note:
- Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.
- Get 1%-5% cash back on deals like this with a cash back credit card. Compare the available cash back credit cards here.
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We ordered one of these on this deal -- thanks OP! It should arrive tomorrow.
We have had an M1 Max Studio for about 8 months now. Our M1 Mini's with 16GB RAM just seem too slow now that we're spoiled by the Max Studio which we got for about 1700 bucks on an open box deal.
We may have shot ourselves in the foot because rumor has it that a 'space gray' pro Studio version with an M2 max or ultra or something CPU chip will be out at WWDC in June. We've played this game before and waited 6, 9, 12 months before something close to the rumored machine showed up. Plus, for our uses, we really don't need the M1 Ultra or M2 Ultra type horsepower.
On the other hand, a ~500 dollar or ~25% drop is something that doesn't usually happen with Mac pricing. It could be that Microsoft and Apple -- both of whom reported Windows OEM and Mac sales down about 20% year/year - ( in their quarters ended March 31, reported last week) are seeing a glut in desk/lap top supply and are not too eager to throw more resources into developing the category when they see more potential in AI for Microsoft and VR and phones for Apple.
Also, the M2 Mini stepped up version with similar cores and RAM and storage is about the same price as the Studio basic Max. If you accept the view that heat is the primary enemy of any electronic device, then for the same money go for the machine that should have better cooling - the Studio over the Mini.
Re M1 / M2 / M3, etc. The M2 seems to be about 20% avg. faster than the M1 for most tasks. Who is to say that the M3 will have nothing but the same rate of change, i.e., another +20% over the M2. The old rule dating back decades is that CPU performance has to approximately double before from one clock speed / core count to the next before performance increases are perceptible 'touch and feel' types of human, not software based, measurements.
Apple 'cuts you a new one' with storage upgrade pricing. We have our Studio and Mini M1' decked out with Thunderbolt drive NVME drives. They are very fast,and reliable. Plus we can swap them between machines, or take them off and let them sit on the shelf for archival backup. Unless we get into making feature length movies or something, our 512 drives serve us okay. Old stuff can be moved to one of the Thunderbolt dongle drives quickly and easily.
We could be wrong, but the above factors shaped our decision.
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For contrast, M2 Pro (base) comes with:
* 16GB vs 32GB RAM
* same number of CPU cores (but should be 10-20% faster)
* 16 instead of 24 core GPU
* 200GB/s vs 400GB/s memory bandwidth
* Same ports, except HDMI2.1
So, basically it is a $200 upgrade for several more high end features, and a few tradeoffs. If you are in the market for a capable Mac system for the long run I would say: go for it (though soldered ram/ssd makes me a bit uneasy).
We ordered one of these on this deal -- thanks OP! It should arrive tomorrow.
We have had an M1 Max Studio for about 8 months now. Our M1 Mini's with 16GB RAM just seem too slow now that we're spoiled by the Max Studio which we got for about 1700 bucks on an open box deal.
We may have shot ourselves in the foot because rumor has it that a 'space gray' pro Studio version with an M2 max or ultra or something CPU chip will be out at WWDC in June. We've played this game before and waited 6, 9, 12 months before something close to the rumored machine showed up. Plus, for our uses, we really don't need the M1 Ultra or M2 Ultra type horsepower.
On the other hand, a ~500 dollar or ~25% drop is something that doesn't usually happen with Mac pricing. It could be that Microsoft and Apple -- both of whom reported Windows OEM and Mac sales down about 20% year/year - ( in their quarters ended March 31, reported last week) are seeing a glut in desk/lap top supply and are not too eager to throw more resources into developing the category when they see more potential in AI for Microsoft and VR and phones for Apple.
Also, the M2 Mini stepped up version with similar cores and RAM and storage is about the same price as the Studio basic Max. If you accept the view that heat is the primary enemy of any electronic device, then for the same money go for the machine that should have better cooling - the Studio over the Mini.
Re M1 / M2 / M3, etc. The M2 seems to be about 20% avg. faster than the M1 for most tasks. Who is to say that the M3 will have nothing but the same rate of change, i.e., another +20% over the M2. The old rule dating back decades is that CPU performance has to approximately double before from one clock speed / core count to the next before performance increases are perceptible 'touch and feel' types of human, not software based, measurements.
Apple 'cuts you a new one' with storage upgrade pricing. We have our Studio and Mini M1' decked out with Thunderbolt drive NVME drives. They are very fast,and reliable. Plus we can swap them between machines, or take them off and let them sit on the shelf for archival backup. Unless we get into making feature length movies or something, our 512 drives serve us okay. Old stuff can be moved to one of the Thunderbolt dongle drives quickly and easily.
We could be wrong, but the above factors shaped our decision.
.
Funny you think we're just running YT all day on your computers. Are you ok? Need a hug? Need a shiny new computer?
I can make money on a crappy ass computer but I can get it done faster with a shiny new computer and I'll get paid more (if I decide to do more since I have more time) or I can just take the extra time and enjoy life.
Time is money. The faster you can get stuff done on the computer (automated even) the more time you have for yourself to do whatever. Even if it's to sit on the porch and do absolutely nothing and enjoy the sunset.
but thank you for knowing everything about everything.
Bless you lol
Also, it's cute that you think you and I do the same work. I just youtube all day like the other guy said we all do. The only code I do is coupon code.
We ordered one of these on this deal -- thanks OP! It should arrive tomorrow.
We have had an M1 Max Studio for about 8 months now. Our M1 Mini's with 16GB RAM just seem too slow now that we're spoiled by the Max Studio which we got for about 1700 bucks on an open box deal.
We may have shot ourselves in the foot because rumor has it that a 'space gray' pro Studio version with an M2 max or ultra or something CPU chip will be out at WWDC in June. We've played this game before and waited 6, 9, 12 months before something close to the rumored machine showed up. Plus, for our uses, we really don't need the M1 Ultra or M2 Ultra type horsepower.
On the other hand, a ~500 dollar or ~25% drop is something that doesn't usually happen with Mac pricing. It could be that Microsoft and Apple -- both of whom reported Windows OEM and Mac sales down about 20% year/year - ( in their quarters ended March 31, reported last week) are seeing a glut in desk/lap top supply and are not too eager to throw more resources into developing the category when they see more potential in AI for Microsoft and VR and phones for Apple.
Also, the M2 Mini stepped up version with similar cores and RAM and storage is about the same price as the Studio basic Max. If you accept the view that heat is the primary enemy of any electronic device, then for the same money go for the machine that should have better cooling - the Studio over the Mini.
Re M1 / M2 / M3, etc. The M2 seems to be about 20% avg. faster than the M1 for most tasks. Who is to say that the M3 will have nothing but the same rate of change, i.e., another +20% over the M2. The old rule dating back decades is that CPU performance has to approximately double before from one clock speed / core count to the next before performance increases are perceptible 'touch and feel' types of human, not software based, measurements.
Apple 'cuts you a new one' with storage upgrade pricing. We have our Studio and Mini M1' decked out with Thunderbolt drive NVME drives. They are very fast,and reliable. Plus we can swap them between machines, or take them off and let them sit on the shelf for archival backup. Unless we get into making feature length movies or something, our 512 drives serve us okay. Old stuff can be moved to one of the Thunderbolt dongle drives quickly and easily.
We could be wrong, but the above factors shaped our decision.
.
I'm still undecided if I should get this vs the mac mini m2 pro base. Will be upscaling 480p dvds to 1080p/2k with topaz video AI.
I'm still undecided if I should get this vs the mac mini m2 pro base. Will be upscaling 480p dvds to 1080p/2k with topaz video AI.
Although, we have 90days so if they announce anything insane in June, then it's within that window
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$3100 (the price it was previously) was literally $500 less than eBay pricing on used models. Costco pricing is amazing.
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