Apple Mac Studio Review: a rocket Minor in the old chassis

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Scoring

Apple Mac Studio (2025, M4 Max)

S

Really fast and quiet
Tofect
Thunderbolt 5 / USB4 added

Cons

Unable to upgrade the memory
M4 Max model has two less Thunderbolt connections like M3 ultra, and the front ports are not 4

At this time we were next to the point for the Macribio. The maxed out, it’s probably the most powerful Mac you can at the moment you can, until at least up to Apple upgrades the mac pro. Now, this does we change the Tunicball and change, but represents mostly under 2023, which is mainly to receive mainly immediately. It remains a good actual compact desktop for MAC upgrades.

But your ultimate decision about that Mac system to buy and which configuration will get you down, how many thunderbolt you want (and how many display do you want) and how much memory do you need. Both of those who are determine that you will need you, you need to get and if you can handle with a Mac MINI if your budget of your budget is coming from your budget.

Apple Mac Studio (2025)

Price as reviewed	$ 3,699; £ 3.799; Au $ 6.049
Cpu	4.5GHZ Apple M4 Max 16 nucleus (12p / 4e), 16 guires
Environment	128GB LPDDR5 changes (soldered)
Graphics	Integrates 40 baskets
Stores	1TB Apple SSD, SD Card Slot
Mber	6 x usb-c (4 x thunderbolt 5 behind, 2 x USB-c 10gbps in front of), 2 x Utb-a, 1 x Hdmi 2.1, 3,5mi
Netwilling	10GB Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6e (802.111Ax), Bluetooth 5.3
Operating system	Macos Sequoia 15.3
DIALS	3.7 x 7.7 x 7.7 and. (9.5 x 19.7 x 19.7 cm)
SMALLATIFICS	20. March 2025

The configurations are not so flexible when trying to save money by needing the vs. What you don’t. The base $ 1,999 configuration comes with the 36.gb memory and that is it – you can’t get RAMs without $ 3C CPU PPU PPU PPU PPU PPU PPU PPU PPU PPU PPU PPU PPUP. If you want 256GB you must jump at least the basic M3 ultra chip, and for 512gbb of RAM or 16TB of storage of the top-end chip.

None of this would be a big problem if you could upgrade the memory on memory. But is unless you think you need you never need more than 36GB priority, the limitation is none. And if you think that 36GB memory of memory then ends for the next three-plus year, you don’t need a macjorio and maybe better with a MacBook per Mcbi-out Mc Aftc mini.

In some ways it just comes down to how many USB ports you need; It is annoying that you have $ 3.999 for the basic date model to get dunderbolt ports (for 40GBS USBBPPS USB-C data transfer) in the front transfer) in the front transfer) My Mac Mac Studio is tipped into a relatively small space where it is really awkward to get to the ports of the backs.

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How much speeds as you need

My question about the performance of Mac Studio is compared with ultra with the ultra with the ultra than well compares about AI-related tasks; This is why Luxembourg Counte of their cooperation was still the intermediate hall if there was substitutes from equipment and entitals and discussed the finme.

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As you expected is the studio relatively comfortable comfortable comfortable with things you could use this, as well, as difficult to use that hard. I have used a 70B ulama lchma model locally (approximately 50GB) that could not be bad for the period, but i was no more slowly, but it was a few slower. The same applies to some basic 8k video editing and premiers per, with real-time playback of sequences with car-refrix. I’m not sure either are the 96GB memori configuration, but 128GB was definitely conveniently.

Have this game spacing to spaces pretty well, all well, 16 4-buffing 16 Clu 16 CPU has it so good or better on the 40c gpu; The problem is not whether you can play the games on the mac or how well you can play; There’s still not so much and all, but some of the new ones are out of a while.

I will do as the MAC studio. It’s a most powerful component desktop that, you get enough money on it can be almost what most people are likely to do it. But if you have an unclaimed budget, you can find out when less dramatic configurations or different nuties essangered within a penetration of a contributed bid.

Geekben 6 (Multicore)

Apple MacBook per 16 (M2 per 12c / 19c) 10.592Apple MacBook per 14 (M3 8C / 10c) 12.049Apple Mac Studio (M2 Max 12c / 38c) 15.014Macbook per 14 m4 (m4, 10c / 10c) 15.134Apple MacBook per 16 (M3 Max 16c / 40c) 21.482MacBook for 16 M4 Pro (M4 for 14C / 20C) 22.683Apple Mac Studio (M4 Max 16c / 40c) 26.508