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Apple Mac Studio Desktop: M4 Max Chip, 36GB RAM, 512GB SSD

+ Free Store Pickup

$1,700

$2,000

15% off
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Micro Center has Apple Mac Studio Desktop (Early 2025, MU963LL/A) for $1699.99. Free store pickup is available where stock permits.

Note: Availability for store pickup will vary by location.

Thanks to community member 1gokart for finding this deal.

Specs
  • Apple M4 Max 14-core CPU
  • 36GB Unified RAM
  • Apple M4 Max Chip 32-core GPU
  • 512GB SSD
  • 10GbE, WiFi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.3
  • macOS
  • Ports:
    • Front/Top
      • 2x USB 3.2 (Gen 2 Type-C)
    • Back:
      • 2x USB 3.2 (Gen 1 Type-A)
      • 4x Thunderbolt 5
      • 1x HDMI
      • 1x LAN RJ-45
      • 1x Audio

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  • Our research indicates this offer is $299.01 lower (15% savings) than the next best price from a reputable merchant at the time of this post.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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Written by 1gokart
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Micro Center has Apple Mac Studio Desktop (Early 2025, MU963LL/A) for $1699.99. Free store pickup is available where stock permits.

Note: Availability for store pickup will vary by location.

Thanks to community member 1gokart for finding this deal.

Specs
  • Apple M4 Max 14-core CPU
  • 36GB Unified RAM
  • Apple M4 Max Chip 32-core GPU
  • 512GB SSD
  • 10GbE, WiFi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.3
  • macOS
  • Ports:
    • Front/Top
      • 2x USB 3.2 (Gen 2 Type-C)
    • Back:
      • 2x USB 3.2 (Gen 1 Type-A)
      • 4x Thunderbolt 5
      • 1x HDMI
      • 1x LAN RJ-45
      • 1x Audio

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • Our research indicates this offer is $299.01 lower (15% savings) than the next best price from a reputable merchant at the time of this post.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • 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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Top Comments

aagstn
What I did with my Mac mini was get an OWC Thunderbolt enclosure and drop a 4TB WD Black NVME in it. Spent about $350 which was way cheaper than adding storage with Apple's prices.
ben_r_
Wow that beefy of a computer should come with a 2TB SSD! At least 1TB base.
Great deal for the rest of the machine though!
Capeto
A 14" MacBook Pro with the same M4 Max (and 1TB storage, minimum storage for the MBP with this chip) goes for $3,200 at Apple, just for reference.

The MBP has the screen, keyboard, trackpad, and portability (edit- and 512GB of additional storage), but this Studio gives you a few extra ports (including USB-A and 10Gb Ethernet) and is almost half the price.

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Mar 21, 2025
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Mar 21, 2025
dcpmark
Mar 21, 2025
42 Posts
Quote from shanekelly.nfld.tx :
I was able to get a price match from Best Buy. I may or may not keep it but sure looks like a monster of a machine.MC was OOS local to me but BB allowed the Price Match.
Same thing for me just now.
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Pro
Mar 23, 2025
1,359 Posts
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Mar 23, 2025
adster
Pro
Mar 23, 2025
1,359 Posts
I also was able to get a price match from Best Buy this morning. They gave zero pushback.
Mar 25, 2025
59 Posts
Joined Nov 2015
Mar 25, 2025
X82XSTN
Mar 25, 2025
59 Posts
Quote from BadBimr :
I would never buy this machine when I could build a faster windows machine for 1/2 the price.

Build dezzzz nutz
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Mar 25, 2025
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SirLinux
Pro
Mar 25, 2025
1,835 Posts
My MicroCenter also has the M2 Max studio selling for $1399 so $300 difference. Not sure there is a whole lot of difference in performance between the 2 doing the same tasks (Logic Pro and DaVinci) so perphaps it makes sense to use that $300 to pay for the needed external storage. What say you?
Mar 27, 2025
59 Posts
Joined Nov 2015
Mar 27, 2025
X82XSTN
Mar 27, 2025
59 Posts
Quote from vermelho :
Not this time around. The Ultra version is over $1k more, and based on the M3, instead of the M4 max here. The difference is MUCH less than in previous versions where the Ultra is same generation. The Ultra's strength is very specific, mostly in the GPU cores, for graphic and rendering,
M3 Ultra 256GB/512GB Ram or NONE at all..... full deepseek local LLM on an M3 Ultra 512gb is insane.......( for under 10k) vs 30K H200 LOL
Mar 27, 2025
114 Posts
Joined Mar 2018
Mar 27, 2025
tribaltek
Mar 27, 2025
114 Posts
Quote from SirLinux :
My MicroCenter also has the M2 Max studio selling for $1399 so $300 difference. Not sure there is a whole lot of difference in performance between the 2 doing the same tasks (Logic Pro and DaVinci) so perphaps it makes sense to use that $300 to pay for the needed external storage. What say you?
M4 Max all day.
Mar 27, 2025
1,384 Posts
Joined Sep 2005
Mar 27, 2025
Zorn
Mar 27, 2025
1,384 Posts
Quote from DiscountedSoul :
This is a terrible advice. My current setup is something similar with macbook pro 512 gig and a 4TB USB 4 external drive. It has too many issues with Too many points of failure. Don't take this advice. Make sure you have enough on board storGe.
I'm running an M2 Max Studio with a Thunderbolt external that has a 2TB NVME SSD in it. Works without any issues. I've seen people have issues if they are running some cheap Amazon enclosure that isn't real Thunderbolt, but apart from that it's hard to tell any difference from internal.

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Mar 31, 2025
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Mar 31, 2025
MagentaStove929
Mar 31, 2025
44 Posts
They just raised the price to 1799 in CA, still a good deal?
Mar 31, 2025
137 Posts
Joined Aug 2018
Mar 31, 2025
SeriousMeat182
Mar 31, 2025
137 Posts
Quote from MagentaStove929 :
They just raised the price to 1799 in CA, still a good deal?
If you are eligible for the student discount same price directly from Apple directly.
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Apr 3, 2025
51 Posts
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Apr 3, 2025
LivelyPiranha6911
Apr 3, 2025
51 Posts
Quote from schlack :
M4 Max has 15-18 tflops of GPU compute, making it about 25% MORE powerful than a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X, so compatibility aside, plenty of power. Smilie
but games don't run native on it
Apr 4, 2025
1 Posts
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Apr 4, 2025
FeistyHeat8619
Apr 4, 2025
1 Posts
Quote from dcpmark :
Yep, just did a Best Buy price match myself via chat…..free shipping, will be here in four days. Thanks all!
Nice. I drove an hour and a half to get mine from MC. That could have saved me time, gas and money on the PA state tax. But the savings made is an easy decision to get.
May 4, 2025
1 Posts
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May 4, 2025
v24design
May 4, 2025
1 Posts
Quote from NervousName3076 :
Things for a little bit less than Best buy at all times, but only limited areas, I love the store, love that they're following the anti-circuit City grow too fast fail motto but really wish we had these deals nationwide :/ Microcenter is the best when it comes to slick deals always! Maybe one day I can purchase something from them
Find a local retailer, or one that ships, that has a price match policy. You can usually leverage this to your favor.

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