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New Open Box: Apple Mac Studio (2022 Model): M1 Max, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD, MacOS

+ Free S/H w/ Amazon Prime

$790

$850

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Woot! has Apple Mac Studio M1 Max (2022 Model) (Silver) on sale listed below. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

Thanks to community member Dr.W for finding this deal

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Available Option(s)
  • New Open Box Condition
    • $789.99
Specs/Key Features
  • Apple M1 Max Chip (10-Core GPU/24-Core GPU)
  • 512GB Solid State Drive SSD
  • 32GB Unified Memory
  • Built-In Speaker/HDMI Display Video Output
  • WiFi 6 w/ Bluetooth 5.0
  • Nbase-T Ethernet
  • Compact Design
    • Inputs
      • Front
        • 2x USB-C (Up to 10Gb/s)
        • SDXC Card Slot (UHS-II)
      • Rear
        • 4x Thunderbolt 4 (Up to 40Gb/s)
        • 2x USB-A (Up to 5Gb/s)
        • DisplayPort
        • USB 4 (Up to 40GB/s)
        • USB 3.1 Gen 2 (Up to 10Gb/s)
        • HDMI
        • 10Gb Ethernet
Warranty
  • Includes a 90-day Woot limited warranty w/ purchase [Details]

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Written by Discombobulated | Staff

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Written by Dr.W
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Community Notes
About the Poster
Woot! has Apple Mac Studio M1 Max (2022 Model) (Silver) on sale listed below. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

Thanks to community member Dr.W for finding this deal

Note, product will be sold by Woot! and fulfilled by Amazon

Use the drop down menu to select the product condition

Available Option(s)
  • New Open Box Condition
    • $789.99
Specs/Key Features
  • Apple M1 Max Chip (10-Core GPU/24-Core GPU)
  • 512GB Solid State Drive SSD
  • 32GB Unified Memory
  • Built-In Speaker/HDMI Display Video Output
  • WiFi 6 w/ Bluetooth 5.0
  • Nbase-T Ethernet
  • Compact Design
    • Inputs
      • Front
        • 2x USB-C (Up to 10Gb/s)
        • SDXC Card Slot (UHS-II)
      • Rear
        • 4x Thunderbolt 4 (Up to 40Gb/s)
        • 2x USB-A (Up to 5Gb/s)
        • DisplayPort
        • USB 4 (Up to 40GB/s)
        • USB 3.1 Gen 2 (Up to 10Gb/s)
        • HDMI
        • 10Gb Ethernet
Warranty
  • Includes a 90-day Woot limited warranty w/ purchase [Details]

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff

Original Post

Written by Dr.W

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TechKingHD
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This is very misleading, while just focusing on the cpu, the gpu of the m1 max is way better.
More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 4.4 TFLOPS of m4
BrainDoc
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Where are you finding an M4 Mac Studio for "a little more" than $800? I can buy one with the education price for $1800 but if you have a deal on one for around $1000, please post it!

Edit: I know you're suggesting get a Mac Mini instead, but not everyone wants a Mini. Apple has the Studio for a reason and people will buy the Studio for specific reasons (GPU performance, 10GbE, RAM) over a Mini.
EldenArgentum
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Yeah tbh, I haven't found any real reason to upgrade from my 16GB/1TB M1 Air that I got for like $850 in 2022. It hasn't given me any issues

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ReturnToSenderToday 10:56 AM
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Quote from bobdelt :
With MacOS you only need 8gb of ram. It's different
It's actually 12gb these days.

On my 36gb and 48gb Macs I can only use 24gb and 36gb after Mac OS takes it's reserved portion which cannot be changed.

"On Apple Silicon Macs, the GPU doesn't have dedicated VRAM; instead, it uses a portion of the system's main RAM, known as unified memory, which is automatically allocated and not manually adjustable by the user. The system typically reserves about two-thirds to three-quarters of the total RAM"

https://discussions.apple.com/thr...ortBy=rank

https://discussions.apple.com/thr...ortBy=rank
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ThirstyCruzToday 11:37 AM
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Quote from bobdelt :
With MacOS you only need 8gb of ram. It's different
you mean 'think different'!
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Please spend a little more money and get the M4 version. This CPU came out in 2021 compared to M4 which came out in 2024. The performance of regular 10 core M4 is the same as the M1 Max per benchmarks on CpuBenchmark.net

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/comp...M4-10-Core

Not to mention, the M4 will get 3 more years of OS / Patches compared to M1.
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Quote from mail4asim :
Please spend a little more money and get the M4 version. This CPU came out in 2021 compared to M4 which came out in 2024. The performance of regular 10 core M4 is the same as the M1 Max per benchmarks on CpuBenchmark.nethttps://www.cpubenchmark.net/comp...M4-10-CoreNot to mention, the M4 will get 3 more years of OS / Patches compared to M1.
while I generally agree, some people need the higher performance machine for web browsing with multiple tabs, and watching multiple 4k YouTube videos. J/k, I think most people would be better off with the newer machine. Apple made the M1 "too good" and most people couldn't justify the incremental upgrade to M2 or M3, so they went big with M4, and it's not a bad thing for consumers.
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Quote from MostBased :
while I generally agree, some people need the higher performance machine for web browsing with multiple tabs, and watching multiple 4k YouTube videos. J/k, I think most people would be better off with the newer machine. Apple made the M1 "too good" and most people couldn't justify the incremental upgrade to M2 or M3, so they went big with M4, and it's not a bad thing for consumers.
Yeah tbh, I haven't found any real reason to upgrade from my 16GB/1TB M1 Air that I got for like $850 in 2022. It hasn't given me any issues
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Quote from mail4asim :
Please spend a little more money and get the M4 version. This CPU came out in 2021 compared to M4 which came out in 2024. The performance of regular 10 core M4 is the same as the M1 Max per benchmarks on CpuBenchmark.nethttps://www.cpubenchmark.net/comp...M4-10-CoreNot to mention, the M4 will get 3 more years of OS / Patches compared to M1.
How much is a little more?

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Quote from ReturnToSender :
It's actually 12gb these days. On my 36gb and 48gb Macs I can only use 24gb and 36gb after Mac OS takes it's reserved
If you have less RAM, the OS uses less than 12 GB. How are you seeing macOS reserving 12 GB of RAM on your systems? I have an M1 MacBook Pro with 32 GB of RAM and macOS takes up less than 8 GB of my RAM. In fact, it's only reserving 2.3 GB of wired memory with general light usage. Wired memory are the system necessary processes that cannot be cached. Are you saying your machines have 12 GB of wired memory being used?
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Quote from mail4asim :
Please spend a little more money and get the M4 version. This CPU came out in 2021 compared to M4 which came out in 2024. The performance of regular 10 core M4 is the same as the M1 Max per benchmarks on CpuBenchmark.net https://www.cpubenchmark.net/comp...M4-10-Core Not to mention, the M4 will get 3 more years of OS / Patches compared to M1.
Where are you finding an M4 Mac Studio for "a little more" than $800? I can buy one with the education price for $1800 but if you have a deal on one for around $1000, please post it!

Edit: I know you're suggesting get a Mac Mini instead, but not everyone wants a Mini. Apple has the Studio for a reason and people will buy the Studio for specific reasons (GPU performance, 10GbE, RAM) over a Mini.
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ReturnToSenderToday 01:09 PM
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Quote from BrainDoc :
If you have less RAM, the OS uses less than 12 GB. How are you seeing macOS reserving 12 GB of RAM on your systems? I have an M1 MacBook Pro with 32 GB of RAM and macOS takes up less than 8 GB of my RAM. In fact, it's only reserving 2.3 GB of wired memory with general light usage. Wired memory are the system necessary processes that cannot be cached. Are you saying your machines have 12 GB of wired memory being used?
I concluded this by running tools that check your available memory.


For example Ollama and LM studio only show 36Gb avail on my 48GB spec M4 and 24GB on my 36GB spec M4 Max.

Edit -

On Apple Silicon Macs, the GPU doesn't have dedicated VRAM; instead, it uses a portion of the system's main RAM, known as unified memory, which is automatically allocated and not manually adjustable by the user. The system typically reserves about two-thirds to three-quarters of the total RAM
Last edited by ReturnToSender August 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM.
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itsme4g63Today 01:15 PM
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This a a good deal for anybody needing all the max's extra oomph like ram/cores/10gbe/ports but 90+% of users would be fine with a base or equally-priced (extra ram/ssd) m4 mini, and obvii the extra years of patches.
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Quote from BrainDoc :
Where are you finding an M4 Mac Studio for "a little more" than $800? I can buy one with the education price for $1800 but if you have a deal on one for around $1000, please post it!
I think the suggestion is to get the M4 Mini, which should be comparable in price after upgrading the RAM/SSD, rather than an M4 pro/max Studio. A mini with 24GB RAM and 512GB SSD is showing as $899 new with Apple's Education discount, presumably $1k without that discount.
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Quote from mail4asim :
Please spend a little more money and get the M4 version. This CPU came out in 2021 compared to M4 which came out in 2024. The performance of regular 10 core M4 is the same as the M1 Max per benchmarks on CpuBenchmark.nethttps://www.cpubenchmark.net/comp...M4-10-CoreNot to mention, the M4 will get 3 more years of OS / Patches compared to M1.
This is very misleading, while just focusing on the cpu, the gpu of the m1 max is way better.
More powerful Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) integrated graphics: 10.6 vs 4.4 TFLOPS of m4
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It's easy to get a little lost in their product line/chips. The Max chip variants are MUCH more powerful for pro workloads and come with other QOL.
If you use:
  • Multiple high refresh monitors
  • A lot of peripherals that need full lane speeds (TB4 or TB5 for newer models) like an external SSD
  • Hardwire ethernet with a 1gbe+ connection
  • Need the extra RAM with less 'Apple Tax' of a newer model
  • Want to game (yes really)
Then this deal, along with the M2 Max studio for $899 that was posted a few weeks ago... are great deals. If you don't actually have a pro workflow , this is a waste - get a modern M4 chip device.
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Vision33rToday 02:15 PM
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Quote from bobdelt :
With MacOS you only need 8gb of ram. It's different
I disagree, with just the OS. Windows only needs 4GB of ram.

When you run apps and games you'll need a lot more. Chrome or Safari alone can consume as much as you can open tabs and it usually eats up 4-12GB.

I have 64GB of memory and if you run any video editing apps it can easily use 20-40GB of RAM.
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