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Costco Members: Apple Mac Studio Desktop: M1 Max Chip, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD (2022) - $1499

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Costco Wholesale [costco.com] 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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Costco Wholesale [costco.com] 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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Jun 10, 2023 02:36 PM
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VioletDeer172Jun 10, 2023 02:36 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank VioletDeer172

I got this on the last deal. However, the M2 Studio just came out. It's $1800 with the student discount (click on the Mac mini deal on FP) 3% cash back if you use an apple credit card. That's $54 cb. So technically paying $1746. That's $246 more for better specs: (cpu: 12 vs 10| gpu: 30 vs 24 | HMDI 2.1 vs 2.0 | Wifi 6e vs Wifi 6 | some other stuff regarding ProRes encoding that I don't understand. Also, M2 vs M1 chips. 15-18% better cpu performance. 30-35% better gpu performance.

HOWEVER, if you get this deal (M1 Mac Studio). You're saving $246 and the extra tax from the difference in price. You could spent that on something else. The M1 Mac Studio is highly capable of doing heavy video editing. You can wait for the M3 or M4 even. Or heck just ride the M1 Mac Studio until it dies. Up to you.
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Jun 10, 2023 03:27 PM
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SDPapiJun 10, 2023 03:27 PM
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Quote from VioletDeer172 :
I got this on the last deal. However, the M2 Studio just came out. It's $1800 with the student discount (click on the Mac mini deal on FP) 3% cash back if you use an apple credit card. That's $54 cb. So technically paying $1746. That's $246 more for better specs: (cpu: 12 vs 10| gpu: 30 vs 24 | HMDI 2.1 vs 2.0 | Wifi 6e vs Wifi 6 | some other stuff regarding ProRes encoding that I don't understand. Also, M2 vs M1 chips. 10-15% better cpu performance. 30-35% better gpu performance.

HOWEVER, if you get this deal (M1 Mac Studio). You're saving $246 and the extra tax from the difference in price. You could spent that on something else. The M1 Mac Studio is highly capable of doing heavy video editing. You can wait for the M3 or M4 even. Or heck just ride the M1 Mac Studio until it dies. Up to you.
Im in the same boat.. are you going to return and get m2? Thinking I will do it for future proofing
Jun 10, 2023 03:39 PM
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Sdeals18Jun 10, 2023 03:39 PM
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Quote from coolcoder :
Is the SSD upgradable? That's a $20 SSD in a $1500 workstation class machine. Very odd.
No, it's not
Jun 10, 2023 03:42 PM
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iindigoJun 10, 2023 03:42 PM
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Quote from coolcoder :
Is the SSD upgradable? That's a $20 SSD in a $1500 workstation class machine. Very odd.
It's not upgradable, unfortunately which probably makes the storage the most questionable part of this machine, and is ultimately why I didn't go for the deal last time around.

That said, the SSD is absolutely not $20 grade. It benches at around 5.5GBps read and 6.3GBps write [macworld.com] which puts it more in the tier of a 500GB Samsung 980 Pro [servethehome.com] which currently sells for around $70.
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Jun 10, 2023 03:51 PM
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coolcoderJun 10, 2023 03:51 PM
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Quote from iindigo :
It's not upgradable, unfortunately which probably makes the storage the most questionable part of this machine, and is ultimately why I didn't go for the deal last time around.

That said, the SSD is absolutely not $20 grade. It benches at around 5.5GBps read and 6.3GBps write [macworld.com] which puts it more in the tier of a 500GB Samsung 980 Pro [servethehome.com] which currently sells for around $70.
FYI, the 1TB 980 Pro is currently $66. Ships and sold by Amazon. And it comes with 2 months of Adobe Photoshop. So realistically, this 500gb SSD is not more than $25-30 no matter what the actual item is listed at. Nobody is going to buy the 500gb 980 pro for $79 when you can buy the 1TB for $66 from Amazon itself.


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Jun 10, 2023 03:54 PM
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iindigoJun 10, 2023 03:54 PM
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Quote from coolcoder :
FYI, the 1TB 980 Pro is currently $66. Ships and sold by Amazon. And it comes with 2 months of Adobe Photoshop. So realistically, this 500gb SSD is not more than $25-30 no matter what the actual item is listed at. Nobody is going to buy the 500gb 980 pro for $79 when you can buy the 1TB for $66 from Amazon itself.


SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe Gen 4 Gaming M.2 Internal Solid State Drive Memory Card + 2mo Adobe CC Photography, Maximum Speed, Thermal Control (MZ-V8P1T0B),Black https://a.co/d/9x2ps5J
Totally fair with that explanation, but on its own "$20 SSD" makes it sound like it's a bargain bin DRAMless SATA SSD that's going to perform poorly, which it's not.

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Jun 10, 2023 03:57 PM
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coolcoderJun 10, 2023 03:57 PM
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Quote from iindigo :
Totally fair with that explanation, but on its own "$20 SSD" makes it sound like it's a bargain bin DRAMless SATA SSD that's going to perform poorly, which it's not.
Agreed. I'll bump it up to $40 😀. In any case, that is a huge downside as the biggest use for such a powerful machine is media editing/creation, and 500gb is just a joke. So you need to attach an external drive to this machine for it to be usable. And that is after paying $1500 for it. smh.
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Jun 10, 2023 05:26 PM
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VioletDeer172Jun 10, 2023 05:26 PM
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Quote from ionbdybrdr :
Im in the same boat.. are you going to return and get m2? Thinking I will do it for future proofing
I did order the M2 Mac Studio lol. Im planning to hold onto the M1 Mac Studio from Costco in case the M2 turns out to be worse somehow (like SSD being slower than M1). Will wait for the M2 reviews to come out and make my decision then.
Jun 10, 2023 08:04 PM
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saitoasukaJun 10, 2023 08:04 PM
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Quote from coolcoder :
Is the SSD upgradable? That's a $20 SSD in a $1500 workstation class machine. Very odd.
Tim Cook: NO WAY!!!
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Jun 10, 2023 09:02 PM
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engi_nerdJun 10, 2023 09:02 PM
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Quote from coolcoder :
Agreed. I'll bump it up to $40 😀. In any case, that is a huge downside as the biggest use for such a powerful machine is media editing/creation, and 500gb is just a joke. So you need to attach an external drive to this machine for it to be usable. And that is after paying $1500 for it. smh.
Basically any professional video editor will add external storage, even if the SDD is maxed out to 4TB or whatever the top is.
Jun 10, 2023 09:26 PM
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coolcoderJun 10, 2023 09:26 PM
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Quote from engi_nerd :
Basically any professional video editor will add external storage, even if the SDD is maxed out to 4TB or whatever the top is.
Yeah, but then you need to buy external TB4 NVMe enclosures and make your whole setup clunky. It would have been nice if they just had a couple of m.2 NVMe slots where you could pop in 4TB each of fast Gen 4 SSDs. Also, TB4 can't reach the maximum bandwidth that the top of the line Gen 4 SSDs make available.
Jun 10, 2023 09:32 PM
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sam7Jun 10, 2023 09:32 PM
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The 512GB SSD is barely enough for the OS, swap, and the professional software packages you are going to be using if you buy this machine. In pro use, there is almost literally no file storage on this box, and no internal upgrades. Otherwise, awesome kit.
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Jun 11, 2023 12:17 AM
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max1001Jun 11, 2023 12:17 AM
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Quote from coolcoder :
Yeah, but then you need to buy external TB4 NVMe enclosures and make your whole setup clunky. It would have been nice if they just had a couple of m.2 NVMe slots where you could pop in 4TB each of fast Gen 4 SSDs. Also, TB4 can't reach the maximum bandwidth that the top of the line Gen 4 SSDs make available.
Chances are the base M3 is going to be faster than this M1. Why get this now?
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jihk4204Jun 11, 2023 03:08 AM
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Quote from VioletDeer172 :
I got this on the last deal. However, the M2 Studio just came out. It's $1800 with the student discount (click on the Mac mini deal on FP) 3% cash back if you use an apple credit card. That's $54 cb. So technically paying $1746. That's $246 more for better specs: (cpu: 12 vs 10| gpu: 30 vs 24 | HMDI 2.1 vs 2.0 | Wifi 6e vs Wifi 6 | some other stuff regarding ProRes encoding that I don't understand. Also, M2 vs M1 chips. 10-15% better cpu performance. 30-35% better gpu performance.

HOWEVER, if you get this deal (M1 Mac Studio). You're saving $246 and the extra tax from the difference in price. You could spent that on something else. The M1 Mac Studio is highly capable of doing heavy video editing. You can wait for the M3 or M4 even. Or heck just ride the M1 Mac Studio until it dies. Up to you.
Don't forget to take into account the cash back you get with the Costco membership and credit card as well. If you have executive membership and the credit card you get 5% back so you save more money that way.

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