Mac Studio review - even the base model is great
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 9. 06. 2024
- The Mac Studio is a great desktop powerhouse from Apple, but be sure to configure it to your needs, or you may end up disappointed. I discuss some of the ways I use the Mac Studio, including taking full advantage of 10GbE connectivity.
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0:41 Form factor and design
1:38 I/O
4:51 Performance
9:36 9to5Mac's take
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Not an elegant design???!!! Have you seen EVERY PC and PC case ever? Maybe itâs not as innovative as the iMac G4 from 2003 but itâs certainly elegant.
Of all the Mac's I have owned, which is many, this will be the least attractive. Especially the front. I like the bottom then best. I do love it's form factor and how powerful it is and that's what really matters.
My biggest fear is how this design will suck up dust. Looking inside my old iMac was a reality check on how these machines attract fine dust and are near impossible to clean out
LOL at around 7:06 - 7:30 there may have been a hiccup in editing. đ Great video still! Very informative
I just got M1 Max 32 GPU cores 1TB Mac studio - replacing my old hacintosh/ MacBook 12 combo - and I love it!
I got the exact same spec! We good man!
Thatâs what I want to get. But says it wonât ship until August đ«
just ordered the same!
8to5mac should have 1 million subs by now. The content is just amazing
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I purchased the base M1 Studio Max from Best Buy and it was delivered on March 22nd. Since I moved up from an M1 Mac mini (16/512) I didn't need to purchase any peripherals. I fall into the "prosumer" category and this computer is perfect for my needs, couldn't be happier.
The almost impossible to find by feel power button takes a little getting used to, front usb-c ports are awfully tight. My only complaints. Oh, and my back scratcher no longer has the iMac thin rim to hang from.
Could you have option on latest devices for time machine backups?
I went for the Max Studio Ultra 1tb storage and 64 gigs of ram. ETA, June 5 through 22. Let's see how it goes for me. This would be my first experience with the M1 chip. I'm upgrading from a 9-year-old mid 2014 MacBook Pro.
@@jckv.digital Hey there buddy! No, I canceled because I went with a MBPMax laptop 16" with 64gb of ram, 32cores and 2tb storage. I got it from B&H. I couldn't understand why it takes so long through the Apple site and one day sitting here, I called B&H just to see. They had one MBP in stock fully loaded and I went with it. I got it all hooked up to my external peripherals with just 2 dongles. (USB C to A, USB C to Ethernet) Working like a champ. All this power is new to me and just breeze through Photoshop and Lightroom. Amazing! If you have a laptop and like that format, I'd say go with the M1 16", you won't regret it; it's a beast and you'll have the best screen out there period and it's super silent. All the reviews I've seen about this laptop are positive, some might think it's too heavy, but I don't mind. Fits in my carrying case fine or my backpack. The battery life is unbelievable. You can throw at it all your edits and it doesn't blink. You'll love it if you decide to get one.
@@jckv.digital Will do! I wanted the desktop version too, but I don't know what's going on with the availability. I see CZcamsrs left and right getting a bunch of them and here I ordered one in April and had to wait till this month. So I got the laptop in May in the middle of the month. Ordered on a Sunday and got it on Thursday of the same week.
Alwaya great to hear Jeff's voice!
I'm curious about parallelism with the ultra. It would be interesting to see M1 Max vs M1 Ultra with two or more of those projects rendering simultaneously - the performance gap may really show there
I would like to see how they compare in Folding@Home.
very nice review, looks stunning in HDR!!!
Hi, and Iâve just inherited a 27â 2013 iMac, 3.2 Ghz, 16/1TB (Mojave) and it works perfect . - . My normal daily workhorse is a 13â 2015 Retina MacBook Pro, 2.9 Ghz, 16/256 (Big Sur) - and it works perfect, too. The questions: which of these machines should I use as my daily desktop driver? And is it worth keeping them both?
I got a base model studio. I love it.
I needed some clarification. Are you saying 8 TB is the sweet spot for the M1 Mac Studio? If I'm wrong, what is the sweet spot?
Planning to Buy one, nice video thanks for the review
I have my base Studio with 1 Terabyte and Iâve been using it for photoshop and Lightroom and it may be overkill but I just love it sitting on my desk! I feel like a king and can do anything I need! đ„
Still waiting for mine with the same option. 6 œ weeks since order and no ship date yet. Gaaah!
Mine showed up a few days after my comment. Its EVERYTHING I wanted in a Mac and its great.
@@jckv.digital Yes, Studio Max but added the 1tb storage.
@@jckv.digital Yup.
@@mrdarryljones1 Currently looking for a Mac Studio and keeping my MBA M1 or purchase a MBP M1 Pro , how does the Mac Studio perform on Lightroom & Co ? My MBA is really laggy when using ligthroom or LR/Enfuse for HDR photo...
I have the base model with studio display, just coming back to MacOS from a 5 year hiatus. One thing, when my Mac wakes from sleep my windows have all resized. Does anyone know how to stop this behaviour? Always enjoyed MacOS, this is my only niggle really. I just find too that some of the UI is scaled too small. Again not a massive one but I expect near perfection from Apple.
I actually love the look of it how it is
I too love it for the looks of how it looks for it how
@ G G, as opposed to of how it was? :P
Does Apollo Twin thunderbolt 2 work fine in Mac Studio?
Must say I love the HDR content. OMG
I ordered and am waiting for my Mac Studio Max, upgraded to 1 TB of SSD. I have a perfectly good 27" Cinema Display with a Mini DVI connector. I plan to purchase a USB C adapter. Can't find a Thunderbolt 4 adapter. Does anyone know if Apple's 27" Cinema Display is compatible with Mac Studio?
Waiting to purchase mine. Iâll be getting the base model.
still on the m1 mini. premiere pro in here is not quite there yet. can the mac studio handle well the premiere pro titles and effects? thanks
Ordered the M1 Ultra & Monitor 2 weeks ago and wont see it until the beginning of July, can-not-wait! :)
I just received my M1Max Studio, a couple of days ago. I have a Studio Display, and I'm waiting on a second. It took a while to get this, but not as long as Apple had stated. It's a great machine, so far! Of course, it's a far cry from my old 5K iMac (2015.... I would hope so!!) I ordered the top Max chip. Kept the 32 gig of ram, due to the time extension for the upgrade. Added 2 TB of storage, and I almost wish I had added 4TB. We shall see..... Thanks for the great video!
I'm also stoked as my machine was supposed to ship June 7th. I should get it May4th! I ordered an
Great video, I have the base Mac Studio and itâs a great step up from my 8gb 13â M1 Pro.
Jeff, I have to say your cinematography is wonderful here! đđœđđœđđœ My M1 Max Mac Studio with 64GB Unified Memory,1TB Storage, and 32 core GPU is arriving this
How long did it take to get?
Yes, the Mx Studio is a breath of fresh air - literally.
I special ordered the Mac Studio M1 Max the day after the Apple announcement. I opted for the 1 TB SSD. It arrived from China in 26 days via UPS Air. I have since added a SABRENT Thunderbolt 3 to Dual NVMe M.2 SSD Tool-Free Enclosure (EC-T3DN). I had two existing TEAMGROUP MP34 1TB with DRAM SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC NVMe1.3 Gen3x4 M.2 2280 Laptop & Desktop PCIe SSD(R/W Speed up to 3,400/2,900 MB/s) TM8FP4001T0C101. I set it up in raid 0. It writes at up to 2700 MB/sec and reads at up to 2200 MB/sec when connected to the Studio. I think what impressed me the most is the quality of video and audio. My film collection is 4k H265 HDR 10 bit in MKV wrappers. I use a Soundblaster X3. See my specs ad reported in "System Information":
Sound Blaster X3 Speakers:
Default Output Device: Yes
Default System Output Device: Yes
Manufacturer: Creative Technology Ltd
Output Channels: 6
Current SampleRate: 192000
Transport: USB
Output Source: Default
Displays:
DELL U2718Q:
Resolution: 5120 x 2880 (5K/UHD+ - Ultra High Definition Plus)
UI Looks like: 2560 x 1440 @ 60.00Hz
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Please note that my 4k Dell monitor is actually a 5K/UHD+ monitor when connected to a thunderbolt port using a usb-c to Mini Display port connector. This was a pleasant surprise.
The X-3 has a 115db s/n ratio. It has 8 output channels but I only use 6 of them. I can't use any of the SBX functions. The Creative driver doesn't support SBX with M-1 yet. That's not a problem for me since I always leave everything flat.
The decoders in the Studio are amazing. Every other computer I have used the X-3 ended up with audible crosstalk between the front and center channels. This has no crosstalk. I think it is because he hardware decoders in the Studio as so fast that phase shifts between channels, if any, are microscopic. Audio is perfect. I hear individual orchestral instruments that I never heard before.
Video is the same. I keep noticing detail that I never saw before. It's like a layer of dust has been removed from the screen.
I write simulations using National Instruments LabView software. I had now problems with M-1.
Setup was a dream. I let the Mac Studio update from my late 2014 Mac Mini. I updated my licenses from Clean My Mac and Blue Ray Player Pro. Everything transferred perfectly.
Last thoughts: The thunderbolt channels are totally independent of each other. I don't think the Mac Mini's are. Each Studio thunderbolt port can daisy chain. With a 370 watt power supply the Studio has plenty of power to operate these Thunderbolt channels at full capacity. Oh, and it never even gets warm.
It makes no sense that your 4K Dell monitor turns into a 5K display by connecting it via thunderbolt đ€
I have a Studio Ultra and a mini together on the table, and they look great together. I'll keep the Ultra until Apple figures out hardware raytracing, which is why I think the M2 is late.
If you think they're going to have raytracing capable GPU cores any time soon, I've got a bridge to sell you.
video in HDR looks great on my XDR Pro display and M1 Ultra Studio. :)
I have a Mac Studio with the M1 Ultra on order. I'm looking for a powerful yet power-efficient PC here, and I think it'll work out just fine for me.
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What kind of keyboard do you use here?
I currently have a 2013 Mac Pro with 128 GB Ram, 6 GB AMD D700 video card and a 3.5 GHz 6- core Intel Xeon E5 and it was great until I switched to shooting and editing 4K files. I find it struggling not all the time but more often than I would like so Iâm considering upgrading to a Mac Studio with the M1 Max chip.
Why not Ultra for future proof?
@@jinraigami3349 Budget, probably.
I can't wait to unbox it very soon and compare it with my Mac mini M1 max upgrated. Can't wait to see the result đ
i have the base model but i accidently left a dent on it with the hdmi cable and its bothering međ©
I got an M1 Ultra and im really happy with it. A truly beast at a reasonable price point for a workstation computer.
'MEAT' yer needs??? I'm 36 years VEGAN! L0L
I am never ALL about the GQ look. To me the Mac Studio "Cube" is a look that I like. Love all the space to keep the device cool, and I feel this design might have started out life with an "Intel Inside".
Yes internal storage speed with the large storage options is something I would do if I was still working in the professional production world. I would also look to purchase a SOC processor that was a step above what would meat my needs at this time. Who knows what tomorrow will bring when it comes to the tools needed to complete the job. Always love to have room to grow.
Now not in the professional work anymore so my "always on" plugged into power 7/24 to replace my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) 2TB SSD storage is my MacBook Air M1 chip with 8âcore CPU, 7âcore GPU, 16âcore Neural Engine, 16GB unified memory, 2TB SSD storage. Why did I not purchase the Mac mini? Almost came down to flip of a coin Mac mini, or MacBook Air. Thing is with the MacBook Air, and an external monitor like the Studio Monitor I can set these up in a two screen configuration if I want to. Also the MacBook Air gives me the option to take it with me, and use remotely if I have the need.
Leave my MacBook Air plugged into power all the time after iStat Menus was showing that charging was paused at 80%. This needs to be an option that is on by default in all devices like iPhone, iPad, MacBook's. With macOS Big Sur or later, your Mac learns from your charging habits to improve the lifespan of your battery.
In macOS Big Sur or later, Optimized Battery Charging is designed to improve the lifespan of your battery and reduce the time your Mac spends fully charged. When the feature is enabled, your Mac will delay charging past 80% in certain situations. Your Mac learns you're charging routine and aims to ensure that your Mac is fully charged when unplugged.
On Mac computers with the Apple silicon or the T2 security chip, Optimized Battery Charging is on by default when you set up your Mac or after updating to macOS Big Sur or later.
I purchased a Mac studio because I needed the M1 pro in a desktop form factor. Of course, M1 max was the lowest option I could choose. Iâm fine with that since it allows me to run additional displays. I do wish it came in black rather than silver though. Would match my office a lot better.
I donât do skins, but Iâve seen some black skins online.
I just got this and the apple 27" studio display. They are both awesome. Honestly, unless you are a very light user you need the studio not the mini, imo. The fact that you can't upgrade the memory past 16gb in the mini made it.a deal breaker for me. My old iMac had 32gig (after I upgraded it) and the activity monitor routinely showed it using 16-18 gig, so having only 16 gig would be a deal breaker to me. You have to be a very light user to get by with only 16gig. My studio has the M1 max and 32 gig memory, 1 terabyte storage. Yea, it costs more but its worth it unless you just can't afford it.
The storage on the m1 mac is fast enough that swap files almost act like ram. U wouldn't feel any difference between 16gb vs 32gb in m1 macs even if u are a super heavy user.
This is my point of view: Mac mini is for light/amateur usage. The studio for the pros (and an overkill for the first category).
Thanks Jeff
What screen do you use on your right side?
XDR
Oooooo a black/space grey skin would look great on this
Iâm looking at getting the Studio Mac. Watching videos to see if it warrants the price for my needs
Have a Mac Studio max with 64 gb, 2tb. Use it with display XDR in my studio sound & photo. But i have a 65" tv in my living room and I can use the Mac Studio. from my sound studio to that nice.
Love the aluminium - not so keen on black tbh.
For a desktop I would choose a Mac mini
Maybe the M2
I'll wait
I have the base Mac studio. I think it looks quite elegant. I found the M1 mini to be lacking in ports and it really showed even though I thought it would be ok. So far the studio has been great. I use it mainly for editing my drone photos but mostly just content consumption. I have two 30" Apple cinema displays connected to it, clearly power consumption was not part of my criteria for a new Mac.
SoundStripe FTW
Mac Studio Max is also Ideal for PC users that want to dive into Mac
The problem is that it isnât upgradable. Those users will need to wait for the Mac Pro.
â@@cameronbosch1213By the time you want to upgrade, things will be so much faster. Look at Mac Pro. M4 will blow M1 away
@@nyambe ideal for pc users that want to dive into mac wtf? you do know they cost $2000 right
@@mosesdavid5536 In 3 years you will still be able to sell it for $1200. Pc's are not that cheap anymore and they have a worse resale value
@@nyambe Correct, apple products have incredible resell value but at the same time with the PC you can just resell your cpu or gpu and have a better system instead of just getting rid of everything.
Plus if everyone thought of getting rid of their studios after 3-4 years, the resell price won't be high.
Also just so you know the base max studio has relative performance to i5 12500 and rx 6600xt- rtx 3060ti
Geekbench:
m1 max: Single score 1556 Multiscore 12553
i5 12500: 1824 13145
Ryzen 7 3800X: 1361 14061
I seriously doubt it runs quieter than the M1 MacBook Air. I literally have never heard any fan noise.
The M1 MacBook Air doesnât even have fans to compare to lol
@@keion6942 As such, it should be considered the quietest M1 laptop and the quietest M1 system the company currently offers.
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Iâd like more RAM but 16 GB is plenty. My M1 iMac runs that, my MacBook is does and so does my gaming PC. Theyâre doing fine for RAM
What about that lovely keyboard? :)
same interest here! Is it an upcoming review (video in the review?)
Apple always put too little flash memory in their base model iPhones and Macs. I would recommend buying the base model of the Mac Studio but with 1 or 2 Tb instead of the default none upgradable 0.5 Tb of Flash memory.
the thing about the Ultra. Itâs not for video. itâs not for 2d work in general. Itâs for those who need 3d horsepower. Now, if you need this kind of 3d horsepower, you are just better off getting a pc, mainly because windowsâ graphics apiâs are just way better utilized across basically every 3d software.
this could change, but isnt likely to since software devs will need to value the mac platform to put forth the resources to take full advantage of the metal api
These are great but the big issue, and it seems to be common on the M1 chips, is how the screens re-arrange themselves on reboot if you are running more than one display. I've heard Intel Macs have this problem too but I've never seen this on my Intel machines.
I've also heard that if you use three different screens it can help as each will have a different name and serial number shown to the OS but in my testing, this doesn't help
It does this with one display. I have the studio with studio monitor and when it wakes from sleep my windows have resized. Not a massive issue but still.
Thatâs not a hardware issue. MacOS has a long way to go to be perfect with M1. Performance and stability wise.
the right choice is a custom max studio but the why they have their wait times set up ....I had to cop the ultra ....smart move apple
Supply chain and manufacturing delays due to COVID restrictions overseas.
Of Course it is, when apple sends a cheque in every once in a while, everything is great! :D
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The M1 Ultra is also deceptively advertised. 4 media encoders...sure. Except you can't actually use all four of them at once. LOL
I ordered mine several weeks ago and itâs supposed to be here by tomorrow, but according to Apple itâs still sitting in China somewhere, so who knows?!
I see so many of these Mac Studio reviews claiming they are more powerful than the Mac Pro, but for multi-core optimized stuff, like 3d rendering, even the Ultra performs a little slower than the 24 and 28 core versions of the Mac Pro.
They need a (PRODUCT) RED version.
I'll wait for the Mini on June Event
Insanely fast SSD storage? It's quite ok. But my cheapo Samsung 1TB 980 Pro for 150$ easily does 7+GB/s. Just add a damn m.2 slot, Apple.
Or rather, just allow consumers to use the existing empty and accessible m.2 slot, Apple.
Meh. I considered buying one but got the M1 Mini instead. These things are just too expensive, and from what I can tell, there isn't really ANY software that is fully optimized to take advantage of all the additional CPU and GPU cores...NOT EVEN Apple's OWN software like Final Cut Pro, etc. is optimized yet. Paying thousands of dollars now to get performance down the line doesn't seem like a very good tradeoff.
in the creative minds of marketron units in Cupertino, *Apple Electricity* is 86% faster and 33% more powerful. *REALLY!*
I traded my M1 Mac mini in for the M1 Max Mac Studio. The mini was nice, but DIRE needs more RAM than the 16GB it maxed out at. Even as, what I consider, a casual user, I was hitting low memory issues with the mini daily, which lead to various problems. The Studio I got, I went with 64GB of RAM with no regret. It needs it.
All I do with my Mac at home is really watch Twitch & the occasional CZcams video. 16GB of RAM in the Mac mini couldn't really handle even that.
People love to criticise changes and feel they have that right, but, apple has never opened up its decisions to popular consent or approval apart from the fact that if one dose t like a particular thing, one can choose not to use it or go to a competitor, it has never been driven by public opinion and never should be because we would never get anything new as people tend to like only what they are used to, we wouldnât have smartphones if it was left to public opinion! We need people who are willing and able to think out of the box and not follow public opinion.
All those early reviews need to be redone as more and more software is optimized for the ultra.
Not an elegant design come on man, have you not seen other computers like Dell and such that take up a huge amount of space. It simplistic compared to other computers. It has to be bigger then the mac min it has more going for it.
Ugly design?!? I love it! Man, you are not objective but subjective.
6:07 16GB RAM is more than enough, many people are happy with 8.
They should have put M1 Max 24 and 32 core Studio in the Old Mac Mini case. The fan inside that would have been beefy enough to cool M1 Max 24/32 core soc. Then have the bigger Ultra Studio for Dual M1 Max soc. That way they could of sold 24/32 model for a lot less.
The audio here is pretty bad ... like there's no midrange or high frequencies. What happened?
It doesn't matter how much Apple designs product trash we will always there to admire it and call it the best design - AppleFanBoys
Base model? đđđLđšMđ„Ađ„Ođđđ There's no base model in Mac Studio Category, is just powerful or more powerful. thatâs all. a Base model would be a Mac Mini
the fairy lights are so cringe
I don't your mic sound
Is it just me or do you think he is whispering to the microphone?
First
no youâre not
Who cares? What are you, 5 years old???
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Without going full ivy-pedantic, they could still have âdesignedâ this box a tad moreâŠ.
They could also have been less stingy with usb and degrade to gen2 (20) instead of 10 to future proof. All in all i dont think this machine is a keeper due to all these specs that will be completely outdated in 2/3 years
The target market for this machine will replace it in 3 years or so. Enough time to pay for itself for professional users.
The Mac Studio is not delivering on its hyped up promise,
I'd give it a pass until Apple sorts it out.
From long experience of Macs (right back to the Fat Mac in 1985), the Studio has all the hallmarks of being a very expensive stop gap that will be hard to sell when it is superseded in short order.
This thing is fuggly ⊠apple is incapable is finding a balance ⊠either pedantic design with cumbersome useability⊠or no design and ultra functional
propaganda comrade i like
The music you've put in the background is super annoying, I felt like as if there's a mosquito buzzing around my ears.
Who cares what it looks like
Man! I don't get it...What I understood from your review here is that macs are now doing stuff that PCs are doing sincer years now. Mac OS is just a Linux with a theme on it. That's all. Nothing less nothing more. I worked years and years on macs...they become lazzzyyyyy af after 1-2 years. Waste of money imo. But hey...cheers to their marketing team fo fooling people but buy outdated computers from them.
You will be swapping out disks when you run out of RAM???