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Complete 'Apple Studio' Package With Highest-End Mac Studio, Studio Display, and Accessories Costs Nearly $11,000

TheYayAreaLiving ? said:
Ouch! This is too expensive! ? ?
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As I posted on another thread:

I can not believe those who are complaining about the price of the Studio. $6,000 for all that performance is a bargain.

Back in 1988 when I started doing serious CAD work on military hospitals, I bought the first 486 computer released. It was a 486-25mhz, with a Rendition hi res graphics card, special hard drive and controller, and a 20" Monitor. It cost me $10,000, which adjusted for inflation is $23,765 in todays dollars. Intel released the 50mhz version of the 486, so I upgraded to that for $500. I needed every ounce of performance to handle the big composite floor plans I produced. I was self employed at the time, worked a part of Communication Consultants trio.

When you are in business, you buy the machinery necessary to do the job most efficiently.
 
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While the Mac Studio starts at $1999, the highest-end M1 Max model, which has a 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 64GB of memory, and 8TB of storage, costs $4,999 alone.
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I think the more interesting figure is $1999 + $1599 = $3600 for the nearest "package" you can now get to the discontinued 5k iMac.

The $1999 for the M1 Max Studio is a bit less than I was expecting: $1099 i5 Mini base + $600 for 32GB + $400 for M1 Pro-> Max + a few hundred bucks for the 'nicer' (?) case. Just a pity there's no cheaper M1 Pro option. The price of the display is a huge let-down: $1600 for what sounds like much the same panel & functionality as the $1300 (and 5-year-old) LG Ultrafine - but I can't say I'm shocked. Hey, at least the "nice" stand is now only overpriced by $300 rather than $900.

Personally, I've been anticipating replacing my iMac with whatever the "high-end Mini" turned into because I wanted to choose my own, non-Apple display(s) and didn't expect the new Apple display to change my mind - but it seemed like a lot of people liked the iMac 5k format...
 
RedTheReader said:
And here I thought the 27" AS iMac would bring 120Hz like the MBPs and have a starting price of $2000-$2500!
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I'm gravitating towards £1999 (UK) for the M1 Max Studio plus something like a Huawei Mateview 28", 16:10 3840x2400 which seems to be going for about £500 at the moment.

Edit: £1 = ~ $1 ballpark by the time you allow for UK tax and general transatlantic gouging.
 
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Not bad at all considering everything included. You'd be looking at a LOT more for a comparable PC.
 
That's a lot but to be fari 2.2k of that 11k price point is going to 8TB of internal storage which honestly you don't need.

Not only is external storage fast enough and much cheaper, but most "Pros" that have the kinda money to spend on an a Mac Studio have one or more high performance NAS that they store their work on.
Your mileage may vary of course and I might be missing some specific use cases but I'm pretty sure no matter who you are you don't need 8TBs of internal storage on your workstation.
 
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All I wanted was an update to my 2013 Mac Pro (12-core Xeon/D700/1TB SSD/64GB RAM) and that's exactly what I got.

Mac Studio (M1 Ultra/64-core GPU/1TB SSD/64GB RAM) on its way!

Now, who says the 2013 Mac Pro was a failure? ;)
 
The Mac Studio presentation was impressive and the $1999 price is icing on the cake. Considering the capability the average consumer should be blown away.

$1,999 (Mac Studio) + $1,599 (Studio display) = $3,600 This appears to be better than expected for a really good looking Mac Studio + display combo.
 
The price is far more reasonable if you don't pay Apple's SSD tax. I just ordered the maxed out M1 Ultra version but kept the SSD at 2TB, which is plenty for my applications, etc. I have a large fast external thunderbolt raid that can hold my working files and cold storage. Also, the display is nice but I'm happy with my current one, so no need to drop $ on that.
 
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Lounge vibes 05 said:
Can’t believe I’m saying this, but that price honestly isn’t that bad.
The 2013 trashcan Mac Pro alone with all specifications maxed was over $10,000, and the 2017 iMac Pro specked out was over $13,000.
Given that this machine is faster than even the $52000 2019 Mac Pro, and the display is the exact same one in the 2017 iMac Pro but with a better WebCam and better speakers, zooming out it’s really not a bad deal at all.
Edit: I was a little off with my memory.
Trashcan: “A fully loaded 12-core Mac Pro with 64GB of RAM, dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs and 1TB of PCI-e based flash storage retails for $9599 in the United States.”
The 2017 iMac Pro: $13.199 for an 18-core processor, 4TB of SSD storage, 128GB of ECC RAM, and an AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphics processor with 16GB of HBM2 memory.
So yeah, I would say that this pricing is actually not as bad as it could have been
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I would not say that it will compete with the 7,1 2019 Mac Pro in the "$52,000.00" state, that machine is beyond anything that the Mac Studio can be. It might be better than the entry level Mac Pro, but you still have no expandability....no PCIe slots, no adding drives. Way less graphics power...2 Radeon Pro W6800X GPUs with 64GB RAM each going to an AfterBurner card. 1.5TB RAM Dual Xeon W 28 core CPU, native 8 TB SSD and you can get a bracket from Sonnettech that adds 4 more SSD's

There are these crazy grade of workstations like that...HP Z8, maxed out at $128,000 3TB RAM 48 TB SSD, etc. Machines at this level are for something crazy, but I don't know what it is.

I am on a Trashcan with the 12 core, 64GB RAM 1 TB storage (OWC) and dual D500 GPUs.
 
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magbarn said:
The “pros” can keep this but why did they replace the iMac 27 with this overpriced getup?!
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macmedal said:
But at the other end of the spectrum for the mere mortals who don't need Pro spec it is a substantial price hike compared to the entry level iMac 27" when you include Magic Mouse and keyboard.
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topgunn said:
For once, I think the other end of the spectrum is more telling. With the 27" iMac being discontinued after being replaced by the Studio and Studio Display, the cheapest 27" iMac replacement is $3,600.
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But you don’t need to ‘buy’ Apples new Studio display… you can freely buy what ever monitor you want, so it does not need to cost anywhere the amounts your thinking off.
And unlike Apples monitors, other make displays go on sale.

adamw said:
I ordered the low-end Mac Studio with the M1 Max chip with 24 GPU cores. I'll use my own display instead of Apple's new Studio Display. I did not notice if the Studio Display was XDR or not. During the keynote Apple did not mention XDR for the Studio Display.
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This is what I think I’ll do, only I’ll get a terabyte of storage. I have my own setup due to working from home, so have a nice big monitor already, not as fancy a Apples but it’s less then half the cost and 28” 4K, but dies have built in speakers that are alright. I have a mouse, would just need a Apple keyboard for that Touch ID.
 
theluggage said:
I'm gravitating towards £1999 (UK) for the M1 Max Studio plus something like a Huawei Mateview 28", 16:10 3840x2400 which seems to be going for about £500 at the moment.

Edit: £1 = ~ $1 ballpark by the time you allow for UK tax and general transatlantic gouging.
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That’s the monitor I have, it’s very good and nice for working on, the speakers are alright, and it’s got pretty good build quality. Only thing I’ve noticed is it’s a little hard to clean with a damp micro fibre cloth. The screen is plastic I think not glass. But it is matte.
 
ouimetnick said:
I'm sure iJustine will order the $11,000 package for her Vlog.:rolleyes:
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I laughed when she rented out about 400 grands worth of RED gear to review the Mac Pro 2019, she now has two XDR displays one on its vertical!
But MKBHD has a robot worth a few grand for his shots and owns several RED cameras, as does Linus Tech Tips. So yeap you tubers use the same equipment as big AAA Hollywood blockbusters for their 10 minute videos..

So they actually need the processing power to edit the huge video files they have from RED equipment.
 
Apple's given each desktop a clearer purpose again.
  • The Mac mini is for switchers and modest compute needs.
  • The iMac is once again for home users, schools, and store POS. They're free to be fun again.
  • The Mac Studio is for most "Pros".
  • The Mac Pro is for the most compute-heavy 3D professionals.
The Mac Pro is increasingly niche, but buyers will now have a clearer choice when that is appropriate for them.

The Mac Studio is right for me.
 
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If you're maxing everything out then shouldn't you get 4 of those displays in addition to the maxed out Mac Studio?
 
Uhm, it's only $10,417 thanks to the trade-in value of my Late 2012 iMac!

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6k for that much GPU power is great. Especially if you compare this to the PC with high-end cards. Super happy we can run now all kinds of GPU renders for 3D apps on the mac. It was a hassle to use two stations.
 
Allyance said:
As I posted on another thread:

I can not believe those who are complaining about the price of the Studio. $6,000 for all that performance is a bargain.

Back in 1988 when I started doing serious CAD work on military hospitals, I bought the first 486 computer released. It was a 486-25mhz, with a Rendition hi res graphics card, special hard drive and controller, and a 20" Monitor. It cost me $10,000, which adjusted for inflation is $23,765 in todays dollars. Intel released the 50mhz version of the 486, so I upgraded to that for $500. I needed every ounce of performance to handle the big composite floor plans I produced. I was self employed at the time, worked a part of Communication Consultants trio.

When you are in business, you buy the machinery necessary to do the job most efficiently.
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People complaining about the pricing on this are not people using it for anything that requires it.

This is bargain pricing. Build anything similar power in pc land and compare.
 
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