What’s that black dot on the right side? A headphone jack?
Clearly this forum has forgotten this round port was invented in the 80s for this guy's pointed Thunderbolt 6 connector

What’s that black dot on the right side? A headphone jack?
As someone with three Mac Studios now, if things don't improve I am just going back to PC. Apple's attitude with the desktop line and pro lineup since the 2013 trash can Mac Pro has been atrocious. I thought ditching Intel was the ENTIRE purpose to make sure things release on a regular schedule? I end up using my M3 Max more than my M2 Ultra for the GPU workflow, and it’s utterly frustrating I spent nearly $8,000 for my Mac Studio but only $3,600 for my laptop.
…..Pardon?if steve was still a round we would not be haveing would we would be seeing today i can tell you that apple would be so far behind on from every one else
Or, they’re going to treat it the same way they treated the M4 iPad Pro and release it with the first M5 chips next year. Classic marketing, make people feel forgotten about and then make them feel extra special. Create the problem, sell the fix.Mostly because the Ultra has the worst cost-benefit ratio for Apple. Low volume, high engineering cost. So they prioritize it the least.
It's a UniCord port, Apple's proprietary port to save space. By 2026 it will be the only port on new Macs.What’s that black dot on the right side? A headphone jack?
Absolutely:"Pre-mature specification" — Steve Jobs
Seriously though this kind of tells me that at some point they were probably planning on announcing all of these new Macs at once.
I end up using my M3 Max more than my M2 Ultra for the GPU workflow, and its utterly frustrating I spent nearly $8,000 for my Mac Studio but only $3,600 for my laptop.
Yep, it's the main reason why I'd never buy a Mac if I wasn't forced by Apple to use one to develop iOS apps.
Or, they’re going to treat it the same way they treated the M4 iPad Pro and release it with the first M5 chips next year. Classic marketing, make people feel forgotten about and then make them feel extra special. Create the problem, sell the fix.
My mental prediction was that the size would allow an exact number in a standard 19 inch rack. So nearer 4.5" - but any gap required would reduce maximum width, of course. I suppose they could be sized to allow just three across?If that's to scale with the Mac Studio it looks like a 5" x 5" footprint and about 2" tall. Quick, rough pixel math but I bet I'm close.
However - the Max option got a lot more powerful w.r.t. the rest of the range with the M3 Max, and if that continues with the M4 Max then a M4 Max Studio would be a pretty good system that could be released without an Ultra option.Because making Ultra chips are too inefficient, high cost, low yield, extremely niche chip, and more. They would probably gonna find another way to make Ultra chips as using two Max chips doesn't provide them enough performance that they were expecting.
Sounds about right...If that's to scale with the Mac Studio it looks like a 5" x 5" footprint and about 2" tall. Quick, rough pixel math but I bet I'm close.
It's right where the power LED is on the existing Mini and Studio, so don't get your hopes up.Little black dot looks like it may be an audio jack.
Possible M4Pro processor config.Not sure what you mean.
Hmmm... the Mac Studio M_Max base unit is less than that.Around $2200 (my guess)