Is The Mac Studio Worth The Money?

Apple launched the Mac Studio, an impressively powerful new Mac computer. The Mac Studio is more on the professional side, as it has a utilitarian design, with many practical ports.

The problem is that this computer is not cheap, not when compared to the first round of M1 computers. Although, when compared to the historical price of Macintosh computers, or even the current price of the Mac Pro, the new Mac Studio looks quite competitive.

This video takes a pragmatic look at the new Mac. While the new M1 Ultra chip is 5x more powerful than a 27″ iMac for video editing, the M1 Ultra is about 5x more expensive than what I want to spend on a computer. $4000 for the base model of the M1 Ultra is a lot of money! Even with the less expensive M1 Max, the Mac Studio is $2000. Is it worth it?

CHAPTERS
00:00 Announcing The Mac Studio
00:23 The Four M1 Chips
00:34 Mac Studio — Max & Ultra
00:46 Does It Come With Wheels?
01:04 Customizing The Mac Studio
01:30 What’s Professional?
01:47 Video Editing Performance
02:49 100th Photics.TV Video!
03:14 Progress Bar Reality
03:27 Office Downtime
03:46 M1 Mac Mini — Good Enough?
04:11 Surprising Comparisons
04:40 Is The Mac Studio Worth The Money?
05:21 Diminishing Returns
05:36 Conclusion

CREDITS
• Mac Studio —
• Mac Mini — https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/
• Tesla Cybertruck — https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck
• Ford Maverick — https://www.ford.com/trucks/maverick/
• Costco (Mac Mini) — https://www.costco.com/mac-mini--apple-m1-chip-8-core-cpu%2C-8-core-gpu-–-8gb-memory-–-256gb-ssd-––silver.product.100694159.html
• Home Depot (John Deere S100) — https://www.homedepot.com/p/John-Deere-S100-42-in-17-5-HP-Gas-Hydrostatic-Lawn-Tractor-BG21271/314272233
• Rad Power Bikes — https://www.radpowerbikes.com/collections/electric-bikes/products/radmission-electric-city-bike
• Wikipedia (It’s Over 9000!) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Over_9000!
• Wikipedia (Diminishing Returns) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminishing_returns

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