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expiredptlgator posted May 19, 2023 12:47 PM
expiredptlgator posted May 19, 2023 12:47 PM

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 ptlgator for sharing 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 slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this is $499 lower (24.96% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $1799 at the time of this posting.
    • This sale price also matches this popular Frontpage Deal from earlier this month.
  • 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:

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Written by ptlgator
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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 ptlgator for sharing 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 slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this is $499 lower (24.96% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $1799 at the time of this posting.
    • This sale price also matches this popular Frontpage Deal from earlier this month.
  • 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:

Original Post

Written by ptlgator

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iindigo
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I'd say it has less to do with the title of the dev and more with the type of work.

So for example a front end web developer isn't going to see much difference between an M1 Pro/Max and a regular M2. Most of their workload is dependent on single-threaded performance, which the M2 is better at. The exception here is if they're routinely running a bunch of VMs simultaneously for e.g. compatibility testing.

Backend devs might be better off with an M1 Pro/Max depending on the language they primarily work in… some languages and associated toolchains are much better at utilizing multiple cores than others. They're likely to need a lot of RAM though because e.g. running a lot of Docker containers (which are VMs under the hood) is memory intensive.

The group that most unambiguously benefits from an M1 Pro/Max are developers working on native desktop or mobile apps… these devs are mostly writing languages like C, C++, Rust, and Swift which all have well-multithreaded toolchains which will see dramatic speedups in even incremental compiles with more cores in the mix.
kane057
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Great deal but I hate that these only include a 512 GB drive. All that power but limited storage.
FaithfulMusic960
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Bought this and not the M2 Pro because I don't believe 16GB of RAM is sufficient for the next ~5 years when its shared with GPU, and this is actually cheaper than an upgraded Mac Mini with 32GB.

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May 19, 2023 01:24 PM
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notaxstateMay 19, 2023 01:24 PM
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This is so much computing power, I could see limited uses for buying this. Not for average person.
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firegoldlynxMay 19, 2023 01:45 PM
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May 19, 2023 02:30 PM
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slickmedMay 19, 2023 02:30 PM
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Good grief. This or the $1100 M2 pro mini deal?
May 19, 2023 04:59 PM
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purebearMay 19, 2023 04:59 PM
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Quote from slickmed :
Good grief. This or the $1100 M2 pro mini deal?
based on benchmarks, for 99% of people Mac Mini M2 Pro is outperforms (unless you really need 32GB ram or some crazy video processing workloads). M2 Pro mini is cheaper, faster, smaller form, no brainer.
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May 19, 2023 07:49 PM
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feng.liyifanMay 19, 2023 07:49 PM
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Quote from slickmed :
Good grief. This or the $1100 M2 pro mini deal?
M2 pro.

Unless all you do is 8k video editing there's no need to go anything max
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May 19, 2023 08:37 PM
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kane057
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May 19, 2023 08:37 PM
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Great deal but I hate that these only include a 512 GB drive. All that power but limited storage.
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May 19, 2023 08:55 PM
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new_berlinMay 19, 2023 08:55 PM
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for massive content consumers m1pro mini and for massive content creators m1max studio. fair take?

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May 19, 2023 08:57 PM
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iindigoMay 19, 2023 08:57 PM
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M1 Pro/Max is probably also better than a regular M2 for someone who compiles code all day or does other heavily multithreaded things. 32GB+ memory is useful for some types of development and heavy virtual machine usage.
May 19, 2023 09:08 PM
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SmartHaddock3847May 19, 2023 09:08 PM
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Also 10gbe eternity, more ports, better cooling, built in card reader.
May 19, 2023 09:11 PM
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slickmedMay 19, 2023 09:11 PM
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Quote from iindigo :
M1 Pro/Max is probably also better than a regular M2 for someone who compiles code all day or does other heavily multithreaded things. 32GB+ memory is useful for some types of development and heavy virtual machine usage.
How heavy are we talking about? If the person is just SDE1 is that needed?
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May 19, 2023 10:12 PM
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iindigoMay 19, 2023 10:12 PM
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Quote from slickmed :
How heavy are we talking about? If the person is just SDE1 is that needed?
I'd say it has less to do with the title of the dev and more with the type of work.

So for example a front end web developer isn't going to see much difference between an M1 Pro/Max and a regular M2. Most of their workload is dependent on single-threaded performance, which the M2 is better at. The exception here is if they're routinely running a bunch of VMs simultaneously for e.g. compatibility testing.

Backend devs might be better off with an M1 Pro/Max depending on the language they primarily work in… some languages and associated toolchains are much better at utilizing multiple cores than others. They're likely to need a lot of RAM though because e.g. running a lot of Docker containers (which are VMs under the hood) is memory intensive.

The group that most unambiguously benefits from an M1 Pro/Max are developers working on native desktop or mobile apps… these devs are mostly writing languages like C, C++, Rust, and Swift which all have well-multithreaded toolchains which will see dramatic speedups in even incremental compiles with more cores in the mix.
Last edited by iindigo May 19, 2023 at 03:18 PM.
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May 19, 2023 10:17 PM
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FaithfulMusic960May 19, 2023 10:17 PM
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Bought this and not the M2 Pro because I don't believe 16GB of RAM is sufficient for the next ~5 years when its shared with GPU, and this is actually cheaper than an upgraded Mac Mini with 32GB.
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May 19, 2023 10:28 PM
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FaithfulMusic960May 19, 2023 10:28 PM
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Quote from kane057 :
Great deal but I hate that these only include a 512 GB drive. All that power but limited storage.
Four Thunderbolt 4 ports. Plenty of options for very fast storage.
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May 19, 2023 10:41 PM
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iindigoMay 19, 2023 10:41 PM
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Quote from FaithfulMusic960 :
Four Thunderbolt 4 ports. Plenty of options for very fast storage.
If I pull the trigger on this (not sure, debating waiting for WWDC) I'm probably going to buy a TB4 NVMe SSD enclosure designed to sit underneath a Mac Mini or Mac Studio from either Trebleet or OWC that add a ton of very fast storage with no extra desk footprint.
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May 19, 2023 10:44 PM
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FaithfulMusic960May 19, 2023 10:44 PM
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Quote from iindigo :
If I pull the trigger on this (not sure, debating waiting for WWDC) I'm probably going to buy a TB4 NVMe SSD enclosure designed to sit underneath a Mac Mini or Mac Studio from either Trebleet or OWC that add a ton of very fast storage with no extra desk footprint.
Probably better off buying and returning than assuming this deal will still be around post-WWDC
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