Apple doesn't want you to open the Mac Studio

Apple's Mac Studio was a long-awaited refresh to their desktop computer line-up other than the iMac. There are some fantastic improvements, but there are some serious flaws. We're not turning it on as that's for Linus Tech Tips, but we'll give you a glimpse of what's inside!

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 - It's not the Mac Mini
0:10 - Overview
1:24 - Unboxing
2:24 - Exterior impressions
3:08 - Apple Magic peripherals impressions
5:44 - Sponsor - dbrand!
6:49 - Mac Studio disassembly
7:28 - We found the screws
7:47 - Unacceptable
8:01 - Disassembly continued
8:17 - PSU impressions
9:00 - We found something interesting
9:46 - Cage removal
10:18 - Mainboard impressions
11:04 - Linus gives his thoughts
11:45 - Final thoughts

[ShortCircuit]

Editor's Note: Sorry, the HDMI port is 2.0

[ggamer]

At least this one has a removable cable

[e]

I love when Linus enters the room looks at the thing and gives his honest opinion. then just goes away like nothing has happened. It adds so much realism and a nice feeling of not being sold out. Just plain nice review with a little satirical touch.

[GuusvanVelthoven]

I love how the people off camera always chat with the host. Makes it way nicer to watch for me.

[ljessecusterl]

The Magic Mouse's charging method is still the most pants-on-head thing I've ever seen in 35 years of using computers on a daily basis.

[eomoran]

Have to admit, dbrand actually making it 15 minutes is mega brain

[blindwheels]

I love videos with Anthony, his humor is very refreshing, & his rage is very relatable.

[SchnitzelDaemon]

Actually love short circuit videos when people just pop in and give their thoughts on things

[DavidDrury]

Anthony as host makes every video he's in even better. It's just such a genuine fun experience when he's hosting.

[joeblow]

Apple never ceases to amaze me with how engineering wise they are always taking one step forward and 5 steps back.

[MayuFuji]

Fun fact: Apple calls those parts (and by those parts i mean the rubber ring that you have to remove and get a replacement) "consumables" and they send us new ones when we order parts for repairs. :)

[bgbird]

I love how Linus turns up and is like "that's dangerous" and Anthony is like "oh no, it gets better" and Linus goes from midly amused to completely agog.

[TheHarryChanne]

$200 for a membrane keyboard is criminal. And I say this as a shareholder. I feel dirty now.

[BUBERMAIL]

I just love when Anthony is the host, also leaving in the mistakes makes it real

[sisconhimejoshi]

Love how this video gets everyone’s hopes up when it already has been discovered by the time it went live that the “SSDs” are protected up the ass, can’t be swapped for higher capacity, second slot can’t be populated, replacing storage is a repair-only option and those aren’t even SSDs to begin with!
this computer is a user accessibility nightmare.

[qwerty-thebest]

Props to Apple for creating 50% more packaging than needed.

[TheWuffball]

As good as they are, as smart as they are,
imagine if they put the effort to make something with just the basic level of user replaceability,
how amazing it could be

[bastienx]

The storage is not easily replaceable because the modules are only memory chips, the controller is in the M1 soc (compared to every other ssd where the controller is on the module). Here it's like a soldered ssd on some laptops or all smartphones, the modularity is probably here to simplify the building. Another thing worth to mention is that the storage is hardware encrypted, like all macs since some years (or some high end professional pc laptops), so if you pull out the memory modules you still don't have the secure enclave to read the modules (and if you put another module the secure enclave probably cannot do anything)

[luthergaming]

The silicone on the capacitors is actually for noise surpression, those are on the AC primary of the circuit and would give the unit a hum.

[GavinSeim]

Remember the Jobs days when Apple computers used screws as an accessible asthetic of industrial design instead over covering everything with black glue crap and calling it clean design?

Videos like this make me glad I dumped apple even though I still don't like windows.