Apple Mac Studio (M3 Ultra): Weekend with $ 8,000 Power

The new Apple Mac Tier Mac Studio, supported by the M3 Ultra chip, has a lot of computing to the extent that it will not be on the radar of most technology lovers – not to mention the ordinary consumer. It starts from $ 3999, but if you upgrade all specifications to the best supply (including 512 GB of uniform), you are landing at $ 14.099.

As the price shows, the Mac Studio is not a computers for them. It is a working station for those who already have an idea of ​​how to make their lives easier and more productive. If this is you, investment can pay for itself in a relatively short time with faster exports and more complete projects. Time is money, after all. This thing screams. For example, it is the first Mac device to break one accurate barrier on a long -term 4K export test in Premiere Pro.

However, I was the vast majority of people shopping for Mac desktop To M4 Mac MiniAnd if you need some additional cases, the M4 Pro version of this device has never broken race during my photography function. Video photographers and those who do 3D resource work with the M4 Max version of the new studio can be presented; Payment MacBook Pro review To get a feeling of performing this slide. It also comes at a more traditional entry price of $ 1,999.

But even if I am not the target market for the “Ultra” studio, I still really want to get one hand after I presented it Apple last week besides that. New MacBook Air and The fastest iPad air. from won’t Do you want to kick the tires on a computer like this? Apple sent me the Mac Studio, as it was formed, selling $ 8,099. It is the highest M3 Ultra specifications with the CPU 32 core and the graphics processing unit 80 nucleus; You can get a 32 nucleus nucleus, regardless of. It is also equipped with 4 terabytes of storage and 256 GB of uniform memory – half the maximum amount I mentioned earlier.

These are impressive specifications, but it is important to note that there are objective benefits for choosing the M4 Max Mac Studio. It surpasses the M3 Ultra in mono -core performance, which is the most important element in making most of the daily applications feel “fast”. The user daily experience is very response in both cases, which was correct in all modern Apple Silicon products. You don’t have to spend anywhere near this many money for a fast -based Mac.

Regardless of the large multi -core gains, they go up to the high -ranking nets of the first degree. The two front port provides Thunderbolt 5, theoretically, data transfer speeds of up to 120 GB/second on the M3 Ultra studio. If you choose the maximum, you will get a pair of regular USB 3 ports 10 GB/s. The back of the studio includes four Thunderbolt 5 ports regardless of the chip that you choose, so it is the issue of whether you need to peak performance from each available outlet. If your work calls for an abundance of external shows, it is also useful to know that the Ultra studio supports up to eight shows, while the M4 Max is topped in five.

You will also find the USB-A, the HDMI port, the 10 GB Ethernet, and the 3.5 mm sound socket. On the Mac Mini, it has become a 3.5 mm socket in advance, which is more suitable for headphones, but less if you are connecting full -time speakers not going anywhere. Like MacBook Pro, the studio features a UH-II SDXC studio reader, which is something I am constantly Miss on the mini. If the money is not an object, will I upgrade to get a SD card hole? It is not only possible.

There is still a noticeable weight difference between M4 Max (6.1 pounds) and M3 Ultra (8 pounds); The latter escalates nearly two additional Geneva because it contains a larger cooling unit inside, and it is made of copper compared to Heathink Max’s Max.

Like its predecessors, the Mac 2025 studio performs Breakneck’s performance as it operates “shockingly calm”, as my former colleague Monica Chen Two years ago. This is still true as was the case at that time. Within a few days of the test, this thing laughed at my Lightroom modifications, and I did a fast to reduce AI’s noise from Adobe and other effects, and I have never heard any fans of fans.

M3 ultra chip is exaggerated for many. If you need this level of energy, you already know exactly how you will get the most of it. It is for artists visual effects and animation. It is intended for professionals who perform ambitious sound and video production. Do you regularly touch large medical data collections? Perhaps you can use all of these cores and memory to its fullest potential. As artificial intelligence development continues, the classified configurations with 256 GB or 512 GB of memory can be proven to be attracted to anyone interested in operating the developed LLM models locally on his device.

I only had the Mac Studio Review Unit for a few days, so now, the oldest norms and prepare it for some LLM tests to measure what it can. In the coming weeks, I will also search for friends and experts in other fields that can fully appreciate studio capabilities to find out what they are thinking about doing it. If you have ideas or tests that you want to see, we run, do not hesitate to share it in the comments.

Photography of Chris Wilsh / Drilling
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