Mac Studio Review: Testing Apple's New Desktop for Creators
Mac Studio Review: Testing Apple's New Desktop for Creators
The Mac Studio and Studio Display are a powerful, pricey pair.
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Is this replacing the 27" iMac?
It’s for rich nerds who can afford them.
F*** why does no one do a review on how the studio display look when gaming
1:07 which model of MBP is this ?
I’m wondering if there is an advantage to MAX for running CAD software?
With all these computing powers I wonder why they’re not sentient yet? 😉
"… for some reason…"
The ports on the front are Thunderbolt for the M1 Ultra because it has twice as many controllers as the M1 Max.
Why the headphone port on the back though.
Can I get mine without the box? $50, a penny saved is a penny earned 😆
Any display that isn’t at least 120hz is a non-starter in 2022. Especially if it costs $1600.
Abit of an overkill for the display, could have made it smarter
how many of these ‘creatives’ are there, really? Aspiring podcast and music producers?
It’s just Apple’s new way to get more money from creators. It’s no more special than an iMac pro… The only things that are a benefit here to Apple is more ka ching and solving the right to repair or upgrade 🤗
The Pro Display XDR doesn’t require the $999 stand. You can get the VESA adapter for $199 and a generic single monitor stand that works with the VESA size standard.
Word is that that A13 in the studio display is running a full version of iOS. ASSuming that’s true – why wouldn’t Center Stage work on Windows? Nothing needs to happen on the Windows side, the monitor does it all.
Just saw Breakdown of a Base Mac Studio on Max Tech’s channel….looks like there may be an empty SSD connector….
$200 for the keyboard and I bet it still isn’t backlit like the Logitech MX
You didn’t test the m1 ultra??????? THAT’S WHAT THE H3LL we came here for!!!!
The reality is for most professional users. 90+% of the time the computer is basically idle. Most billing hours are spent thinking, reviewing and planning. The time is spent mostly on tasks that do not saturate the cores in any meaningful way for M1 pro/max/ultra That’s why spending so much money on the highest top of the line makes little sense for most people. The m1 ultra may be on paper twice fast as the max., but that doesn’t mean that your productivity is going to double. I find it funny to see people spending $6K+ on machine like thus just to edit basic very simple YouTube videos and then say they’re so productive because they saved 10 seconds exporting a file.
The 68K macs were the best.
Everything since then has been crrrrppp….!
Your ‘review’ sucks… you conveniently gloss over the deplorable camera quality on the display… or the fact that the stand is too low for most users, yet with no support for raising it (it is even visible in your vid that this screen is too low for you too) ….
This is just more overpriced mediocrity from Apple!
1500 dollars isn’t reasonable, you can get a professional color graded 4k, 60hz monitor for 400 dollars
I don’t understand why the bazels has to be bigger on the Studio Display than on the 32” model. Why not make them similar?
I don’t know how people keep saying Apple has good video quality like all their cameras are so bad! Especially on their computers! Between the bad colors the choppiness of the video and the actual pretty bad HDR anybody saying Apple cameras r the best you’re just a fan boy you only care about the Apple logo not the quality of the photos or videos!
When I bought my laptop, nearly everyone geared me towards the M1 Pro. "What do you do that needs a Max?" was asked by Apple sales. I bought the Max anyways to push some games. Now that we have this Studio, people are pushing the Ultra. I think the Max is still the sweet spot. Do I want an Ultra? Absolutely. Should I? Probably not. I already have a 43" 144 G-Sync hooked to a 3090 gaming PC. So 27" will look like an Ant, but yet, a great upgrade from looking at 16".
What a buffoon!
Yiu didn’t test the ultra version of the product.
Which is the only version holds the value proposition fir the Studio.
Haven’t watched a CNET review in years cuz … now I remember why I stopped watching.
Cuz cnet just can’t get the story right even when it’s staring then right in the face.
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I don’t care how fast this Mac studio is i still like my 2019 Mac Pro with Apple Pro Display XDR it does everything,you can’t upgrade anything in Mac Studio
Do you recommend Studio Display for a photographer. I do not shoot video.
Did you really call front IO an innovation? Something thats been available on computers for over 30 years?
When you stack the mini on the studio it looks good as a single product.
Studio Display is Telescreen
They didnt include the 3d artist and producers in the creative class.
Your video was overlayed with a "StorMagic" add at bottom that was malformed and if you clicked on X to close, it actually launched link to the web page. Shame on YouTube for taking away from your content!!!!!
The average person is going to want this……but it’s so overpowered that the average person wouldn’t even be able to take full advantage of it lol. But then again, people always want what they don’t need 😂😆
This is the same expansion limitations as a laptop. Both Mac and PC laptops have this limitation. I worked years several at small custom coding/computer retailer in Tennessee. We offered both stock and custom build PCs. As I recall once a customer purchased their PC, they almost never upgraded. They would get external hard drives, maybe a new monitor. Generally four to five years later, they would get a whole new system. Getting a system that you can upgrade yourself isn’t as big a draw as you might think. Of course, that is just my experience, your experience could well be different.
By maintaining the Mac Mini footprint, Apple keeps the door open for a future model with optical drive.😉 I would have liked a cube format for the Studio, but maybe that’ll be for the Pro?
Can you compare the studio with the mini? What’s the difference? I’m looking at the specifications, but performance wise I’m not seeing any comparisons. Film major. Thanks for this. I always thought the Mac Mini was supposed to be a stack and so people can stack upgrades beneath the Mac Mini. I’m 3 minutes into the video. Please excuse me. I’ll watch the rest.
The fact that Apple is choosing to put all the controls for their monitors on MacOS rather than sticking buttons on the monitors is some inexcusable walled garden behaviour. How convenient that their monitors are built to be barely functional on Windows or Linux.
A lot of products from apple are the same with different names my opinion.
The Macbook pro is an all in one system? The studio is meant to be connected to a separate display, separate mouse … Great reporting, keep up the groundbreaking work
Apu systems are not meant to be upgradable … Ram is also more than enough so there is no need to upgrade … Storage can be added externally
I am hoping that the chip in the display will help with a more serious color calibration of the display for professional photo editing and printing
The Mac Studio would be ideal for my use as an architect (more creative than most ‘creatives’). I think and design in 3D, so I need a computer capable of running the best BIM software (Vectorworks and/or ArchiCAD rather than the popular Revit). The graphics power ‘on chip’ is plenty and Vectorworks can use the multi-core computing, which many CAD and BIM softwares do not. The Studio should also be more than coping with all the AR and VR the profession is using.
Does anyone else have issues with a high
pitched whistling noise coming out the back of the Max Studio? It’s driving me crazy and I don’t know what to do. It happens even when there’s basically no programs running.
it can be open
I saw a CAD program being used by yourself…that is what I want a demo of ….most Apple Salesmen Videos on this forum is all about video or photography…I WANT TO KNOW IF STUDIO MAX COULD BE A GOOD CAD ENGINEERING MACHINE !!!
Also the Mac has only HDMI 2.0 and is not able to go deeper that 60HZ, the screen is good but it is just 3 time the price of other high end screen (HDR, promotion compatible or calibrated), more cheat but quite similar screen exist at a fraction of the cost. It is still far beyon competition but it is branded so people will buy it.
You lost me with those rolled up sleeves. The whole time I was trying to listen to you, I was dodging and weaving your karate chopping sleeves.