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
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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.
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The mac studio is powerful among mac choices and has decent base memory (not storage though) and actually has a few usb ports (not common for apple). I think it's only a good choice over the m2 pro mini if you're looking for a deal on a mac with 32gb. The only option to get 32gb on a m2 pro mini is to configure through apple with no deals.
As far as the average person's computing needs, why not have a machine that can handle opening multiple tabs and playing youtube without hiccups and backing up your photos/editing them, etc. It seems everytime there is a deal on computers, a lot of commenters just assume the "average person" would be better off with a chromebook from 2012 so they can check their email and use one browser window on amazon.
I set up a NAS for like $600 and I now have 18TB in RAID1 locally.
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It's a desktop, not a portable computer. External storage is good.
Is using USBC stable enough for streaming local content to appleTV as if it were a native internal drive?
In the past any external protocol I tried would struggle when streaming local content, so moved to a macpro with all drives internal, and Every instability or issue disappeared. Possible USBC is far more stable for long term reliable problem free external drive access than the past?
I added 2 TB for $300 and it is smoking fast (Acasis + 2TB NVMe). One of the benefits of the studio is greater connectivity. I vascillated between it and the m2 pro and purchased the m2pro but I sorta regret it because I already had to add a USB hub on there and some of the USB devices work and some don't because the bus doesnt put out enough power or macs are flaky on USB hubs. Also the 32GB of RAM you cannot change, you can always add storage. I find 16 GB enough for my trading and creative workflow so I am satisfied at that level.
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I keep everything mounted/velcro-taped to the inside of my desk so my desktop is entirely clean..
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