Hands-On With the M2 Ultra Mac Studio

[name99]

Jason Snell did.



And Apple’s specs say the noise has gone from 15dB on the M1 to 6dB on the M2. That’s quite a difference.

It's a whole 6 smaller!
(Oblig Spinal Tap reference)

 

[name99]

I know it sounds daft but I wish the mini and studio came in colours

Imagine a blue shaded one or gold ?

A black one to match modern av stuff would be great too

You ask, I deliver!
(Honestly I am surprised there are not more of these, given how common and popular iPhone and Airpods covers are as an easy way to customize appearance.)

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[richinaus]

M1 Ultra was at best 40% faster than the Max only in a few very specific situations.
Otherwise single digit in most other things.

Clearly there were issues with software not utilizing it well.

Almost everyone is better off getting the Max.

Not getting hopes up that is rectified yet.
You have to test it in many different real life ways to really see it's issues.

Is this from real life experience as mine begs to differ.

 

[redbeard331]

How many M2's are we going to get?

M2, M2 PRO, M2 MAX, M2 ULTRA, M2 HYPER!!!
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I’m saving up for the MkUltra Mac Studio.

 

[Mousse]

I got something better and useful for you.

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Pivot screen is a nice idea, but useless in the real world for graphic/photo editing. There is a very noticeable color shift from landscape to portrait orientation. It's okay for word processing or spreadsheet where color isn't critical.

 

[CarAnalogy]

If that was the goal, they would simply pull it. Problem solved, migration complete.

A plausible explanation is it is a place holder that can be used by hardware developers to write macOS drivers for PCIe hardware. It would serve the same purpose as the early "developer" Apple silicon minis. When the real thing is released with an M3 SuperDuper, the hardware will be ready and tested for the platform.

That’s one way to do it. Reddit has aptly demonstrated the other way. Just make the price unreasonable and the problem solves itself.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Jason Snell did.



And Apple’s specs say the noise has gone from 15dB on the M1 to 6dB on the M2. That’s quite a difference.

Thank you for being the only person so far to point out the answer. Guess I’ll have to add six colors to the RSS reader.

 

[cicalinarrot]

And Apple already did.

And Apple already did.

Oh, come on, it was obviously inspired but I meant that the lamp iMac was quite a lot more elegant and every time Microsoft tries to "go Apple", it delivers weird and almost-very-cool hardware that ultimately fails

 

[vegetassj4]

I’m saving up for the MkUltra Mac Studio.

NetherRealm Studios or CIA?

 

[dgdosen]

Spoken like someone who doesn't have a clue about the actual engineering, and who thinks words matter more than the engineering.

No-one in this space GIVES A FSCK about the words that are used. What matters is upcoming technical details. First GAA, then BSPDN, then ForkFET, then clock on the backside, then CFET. Every one of these is a huge, important, and difficult step forward. And they will be marked by a succession of names like A24, A20, A18 or whatever.

There is NOTHING stopping you from learning enough about the technology to be part of this great adventure, to understand that the significant step in each one of these new names is whatever it is – a new type of transistor, a new way to deliver power, or whatever. But you don't want to do that, do you? You'd rather sneer about "marketing" and how you're not smart enough to be "fooled" (like TSMC cares what you think? are you buying space in TSMC fabs? ) than spend a day educating yourself about one of the most interesting adventures of our time.

Don't sugar coat it like that kid, tell 'em straight.

 

[meboy]

Hmmm .. @User 6502 🤔 Which "professionals" are you referring to? I don't recall protests from professionals disappointed with the performance of the M1 GPU in the devices they typically purchased -- i.e., MacBook Pros with M1 Pro/Max SOCs.

In fact, I recall the opposite: many reviews from professional photographers and videographers endorsing the M1 and extolling the speed (processing, rendering and I/O), efficiency and other virtues of Apple Silicon and hailing the return of the MacBook Pro.

Net-net: The overall conclusion I recall from "professionals" was that the M1 raised the bar for performance and efficiency substantially (so much that it triggered speculation about the potential beginning of the end for Intel). Are you referring to some other type of "professional"?

Nah, the M1 as a desktop CPU was nothing to write home about.
As a mobile CPU yeah it was pretty great but that's not what it was competing with in Studio/desktop form.
The Studio got way over hyped.
Especially after Intel 13th gen was available.
And I really doubt the M2 is going to be a lot different but hope I'm wrong cause I'd like to get one.

 

[mrhick01]

Apple wants to kill the Mac Pro. It doesn’t make sense any other way I can think it out.

Or this can be a placeholder processor for the Mac Pro until they get the engineering for an "Extreme" (x2 or even x4 Ultras) worked out

 

[henrikhelmers]

Given it's the same process, increased performance should come at thermal cost. Has anyone compared this to the M1 version to see fan speeds and noise levels?

 

[chucker23n1]

Given it's the same process, increased performance should come at thermal cost.

The design is slightly more efficient, but yes, the process node is the same, so M2 tends to run a bit hotter than M1.

Has anyone compared this to the M1 version to see fan speeds and noise levels?

The M2's Mac Studio supposedly has far better thermals, due to improved thermal design of the case: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...io.2393227/page-4?post=32260726#post-32260726

 

[spaz8]

From what I have seen the $1000 to go from the 60 -> 76 core GPU on the M2 ultra is not worth it. Very little software has been optimized so far to make use of that extra 27% processing power.

 

[MisterOaf]

Quick update on the Unity thing: every version I’ve tried kernel panics and reboots the machine. Even with an empty project. Runs fine (and quiet!) under Parallels though. Think they may need to fix that (and apple silicon support in general) if they’re going to partner with apple on reality pro .

UE5 flies like the wind - it’s actually usable