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Mac Studio M2 Max: First Look at Unlimited Power

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Let’s talk about the brand new Mac Studio! This thing is wildly powerful.

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  1. mostof what people do is H.265 and most is 1080p you also cant edit 8k on a 4 or 5k screen realistly because you cant see it if your screen can not produce it so 4k and perhaps 6k on a 5 k screen and a 6k screen can eaisly handel 6k how ever 6k on a 5k tho little difference at all a 5k screen can handel just fine , you wont max your ram when you have 96 gigs unnless your doing one hell of a huge project with the right editor that would be a huge hog..

  2. I got this exact machine a couple of months ago, and I LOVE it. My 2017 intel imac was maxing out all processors and acting like it was on a dialup connection – now I think it was just a dirty fan and my not understanding the system's response to overheating. I couldn't wait for a possible giant M2 or M3 iMac, and so I got a 32" monitor instead. But no regrets, someone wants my intel iMac, right??

  3. Really, I've stopped rolling my eyes when I've faced the lame way that my Ryzen CPU and Nvidia GPU couldn't decode H265. And now I am ditching my PC to get the Mac Studio with 64GB of RAM.

  4. so I guess I dont need to spend $4000 for the Mac Studio Ultra. I think I will wait for the M3 Max to come out. I think they are gonna have trouble shrinking the cpu past 3nm. Although IBM has had a 3nm prototype CPU since 2018.

  6. So what are the specs of your actual M2 Max? What upgrades did you get during the purchase? Ram upgrade(from the base)? …any other add-ons? I really like your review, so I'm comfy with getting whatever add-ons through the Apple website that you did. Thanks.

  8. Hi thanks for this video, its really helpful. I am considering buying the m2 max for heavy photoshop work – concept art for film/games, and also photo retouching on large files. Is the m2 max the right option for this? Most reviews discuss performance for video editing, and dont mention performance with regards to painting in photoshop with wet / mixer brushes on files with lots of layers. Is the m2 max good for this? I dont wanna spend loads on a m2 ultra if the m2 max is all i need.

  10. I have similar specs on mine 64g ram 38 core GPU and 1TB storage. And while editing in DaVinci I saw a spinning wheel on the screen a few times but I’m not sure what that meant. Once the wheel was in color and later in black and white.

  11. It always annoys me when people get annoyed about video editing tests. This machine is not exclusively built for that, but it is purpose built for video editing. It has built in video encoders. One of the main selling points of this machine is video editing ability. It can also do really well at all the other things. And this computer highlights the point that “video editing used to be a stress test” which highlights that this is a video editing machine. Anyway, rant over…
    But I do understand a lot of people want to know their specific needs highlighted and only see export times. And I had that issue with no one ever testing after effects ironically. But us video editors do still need to know if it actually does what it says it does…

  12. It’s actually the same price- Pro vs Max- 12 core, 32gb and 1tb- 2199. With max u get 400gbit vs 200gbit bus, 30gpu cores vs 19gpu cores, MUCH better thermal with no throttling. Apple did M2 Mini Pro users WRONG!

  13. I'm still on a 2019 16" MBP and it can handle most of what I do but sometimes it slows down and the fans scream. I'm looking forward to having a machine that can just do what I need it to do.

  16. Please I need some help. I'm a filmmaker and need to edit my movies. I'm about to get a Mac studio with m2 max chip 32gb of ram and 512gbssd is the 512 enough or should I get 1TB⁰

  17. Hey thanks for this video. You are one of the few reviewing the Max. Everyone is focused on the Ultra, but I just don't know which one is better for me.
    My use case: daily 4k video editing, some After Effects. Plenty of color grading, often muliticam (sony a7siii footage). I live in front of my computer editing video, audio, photos, and lots of gif-making and so forth. But I still don't think the Ultra is going to buy me any more performance than the Max.
    Right now I have a MBP M1 16" Pro. It is the fastest machine I've used, and it's great. I still like faster export times, and more headroom for graphics work in AE and FCP.

    Do you think it is worth upgrading to the Max? Do you think stretching to the Ultra makes sense?