Mac Studio Review: Double Trouble!

This M1 Ultra machine is incredible, but I'm not switching YET

Review spec: M1 Ultra, 128GB, 2TB, 64-core

0:00 Intro
1:52 The Design/Ports
4:00 Modular?
6:00 Benchmarks
8:06 Real World Performance
11:45 Incredible Packaging
12:35 You Probably Don't Need One

Computer provided by Apple for review.

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[JLJupiterTV]

Apple can give us some of the fastest computers with amazing designs but can’t let me use final cut on my iPad Pro.

[OwenRozeboom]

Looks like that robot arm came in handy for some INSANE shots! This looks incredible!

[humphrey]

The shots in this video + the thumbnail are insane 🔥

[KadandEve]

The first thing I noticed was how seamlessly it fit underneath the desk but seeing you push it in there was so aesthetic and spot on man.

[JL-efbh]

I wanna point out that although MKBHD says that the RTX3090 is meant for games, although it is marketed to be a gaming graphics card, it’s actual intended capability is for both 3D rendering and gaming. I know many people who deal with 3D art or 3D modeling use RTX3090s or 3080s to do their work and at the same time run the games that they’re working on.

[pittalmighty]

I love this line "Just ‘cause it’s fast, if you’re bad at editing and you get this machine, you’ll still be bad at editing but just faster" 😂😂

[Justin.Franks]

MaxTech did a teardown, and the screws to access the internals are underneath the rubber ring on the bottom. There are of course a lot more screws and connectors to really get into it. But the SSD isn't soldered, and there are actually two SSD slots. I assume that the larger storage options (4 TB and 8 TB) use both, but the 1 TB machine he disassembled only uses one of the SSD slots. They're not standard NVMe slots, but OWC will probably offer upgrades at some point.

[randomue]

I love the choise of music for the intros. Love your intros!

[iliasiosifidis]

3090 is not exclusively for gaming, it is a quadro replacement. That means that it is for Rendering, by being the best for gaming at the same time. That's the reason that it has 24 GB of VRAM

[ChrisSh]

Great review (as always) although I think it’s wrong to dismiss the 3090 as purely being for gaming. There’s a reason Apple made that comparison and had people from Redshift, Maxon and Adobe at the event. The 3090 is the best GPU for motion design and 3D GPU rendering.

[PaulDavids]

"If you're bad at editing and you get this machine, you'll still be bad at editing but just faster."



So should I buy it then?

[doylestownhuskies]

It's possible the Studio gets hot under load and throttles down on heavy computing tasks like exporting the video due to the small inclosure compared to the Mac Pro. And Yeah, Apples packaging is insane. Just go the new iMac 24 and still blown away by the box of all things. Excellent review. I always enjoy watching your channel.

[wisdomtedeku]

I saw a picture on twitter where someone opened the studio. It was really insane.

The specs for this machine is really dope

[charlieb]

The fact that this $4000 computer is even being COMPARED AT ALL or MATCHING the $25000 Mac Pro of a few years ago is just insanity I don't think people are really taking that in enough

[fatherWolt]

the amount of leaps Apple has been able to make within a single "generation" of chip is REALLY impressive. I'm very excited to see how their chips improve in the future, and maybe one day in the future I'll make the full switch to MacOS.

[Christopher-today]

I’ll give apple props for sustainability when they let us upgrade the damn machines. Still an incredible tool, the energy specs are also great but come on… without the ability to upgrade the device over time there’s a ton of eventual e-waste there.

[SpawnPoiint]

The fact it fits under that shelf so perfectly 🥵

[yaadmangaming]

I was waiting on them to release news about a new IMAC PRO. But I’m not going to lie, I am really leaning towards getting the Mac Studio with M1 Ultra chip instead . Tired of waiting & this seems like everything I need for years to come.

[BrianJacobson]

The efficiency thing is no joke. Switching to an M1 Mac Mini from my Windows desktop not only made a noticeable impact on my power bill alone, the heat generation is making another positive impact because I have to air condition my office less.

[NicoIsntHere]

*EDIT* Anyone talking about the *Mac Pro* PLEASE work on your reading comprehension, this comment was to highlight the *MAC STUDIO* (As this is a video about a Mac Studio) *NOT* the Mac Pro which is blatantly poor value for the money... indicating Apple is moving towards actually providing value in its products which they historically haven’t been (pre-M1).

I think the take away here is it nearly performs as good as an intel Mac Pro fully spec’d for tens of thousands of dollars less. A fully spec’d Mac Pro is exceeding $60kCAD, SIXTY THOUSAND… So people saying this is over priced haven’t seen that an equivalent Intel CPU *alone* costs as much if not more than the entire Mac Studio. Very cool to see what Arm can do when really optimized, X86 has some work cut out for it at this rate.