Poll: *** The official Mac Studio thread (it has Apple Silicon, lots of ports and everything!) ***
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Oh, that's the reason. Was about to moan. Actually more likely due to Foxconn closing.
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Oh, man. I would be devastated if mine was delayed. I was hoping to get everything up and running before my course starts on April 2nd.
Likely combination of both. Air disruptions are now expected to be a lot less severe than initially anticipated, so we may see some improvements.
Yeah really annoying. Most BTOs are delayed.
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Mine has shipped.
What was the delivery date before it was shipped? Was it always due on the 18th or was shipped quicker than expected?
Seems like lots of people with 18 or 21/22 original delivery dates who slipped to April 1-5 are getting their orders shipped with DHL from NL today. Looks like they are allocating stocks.
Mine is still processing, no shipment notification or direct text/email from DHL.
Mine is still processing, no shipment notification or direct text/email from DHL.
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21st-22nd originally. Delayed to the 1st-5th April. Now shipped from China for the 28th.
https://sixcolors.com/post/2022/03/mac-studio-review-something-new/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irjc1nJ1eJs
Reviews starting to come out now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irjc1nJ1eJs
Reviews starting to come out now.
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Yep reviews have dropped - https://www.macrumors.com/review/mac-studio/
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Ultra seems a waste of money, nowhere near double the performance.
It seems reviews are all in agreement, this is good.
M1 Ultra is a beast, CPU in the 5950X range (usually beats it), GPU varies significantly depending on what you do (awful for gaming, very good for compute if they are Metal-enabled, otherwise you'll be disappointed).
Which benchmarks?
M1 Ultra is a beast, CPU in the 5950X range (usually beats it), GPU varies significantly depending on what you do (awful for gaming, very good for compute if they are Metal-enabled, otherwise you'll be disappointed).
Which benchmarks?
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Just agree somewhat with the verge, the extra cash outweighs the extra performance. Unless someone really values it I guess.
I agree as well. Unless you need the extra GPU/media encoders/etc, and you specifically saturate 8 cores regularly in multithreaded workloads, there's no point. Most people will be fine with M1 Max (I ordered a Max too). Although Verge's tests were mostly single-threaded anyway.
I went with the base model M1 Max as well. I think it'll do everything I need for a good few years.
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The Verge's video reviews are so pretty.
A business planning to use these won't care about the money if it speeds up workflows a little quicker, but if you're a prosumer as it were, then like the Pro/Max on the MacBooks it might be harder to justify unless money no object.
Cemented decision on the display: a better looking 5K Ultrafine but still a monitor that's a few years out of date. Guess they have a lot of stock/units of those screens from the iMac they just retired to use up before we get anything w/newer tech.
A business planning to use these won't care about the money if it speeds up workflows a little quicker, but if you're a prosumer as it were, then like the Pro/Max on the MacBooks it might be harder to justify unless money no object.
Cemented decision on the display: a better looking 5K Ultrafine but still a monitor that's a few years out of date. Guess they have a lot of stock/units of those screens from the iMac they just retired to use up before we get anything w/newer tech.
Mac Studio vs PowerMac G4 Cube:
I wonder when the first conversion kits will come out. Looks feasible.