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0 pointsicedchai3mo ago0 comments

Outside of YouTube influencers, I doubt many home users are buying a 512G RAM Mac Studio.

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I doubt many of them are, either.

When the 2019 Mac Pro came out, it was "amazing" how many still photography YouTubers all got launch day deliveries of the same BTO Mac Pro, with exactly the same spec:

18 core CPU, 384GB memory, Vega II Duo GPU and an 8TB SSD.

Or, more likely, Apple worked with them and made sure each of them had this Mac on launch day, while they waited for the model they actually ordered. Because they sure as hell didn't need an $18,000 computer for Lightroom.

lukeh3mo ago

Still rocking a 2019 Mac Pro with 192GB RAM for audio work, because I need the slots and I can’t justify the expense of a new one. But I’m sure a M4 Mini is faster.

NSUserDefaults3mo ago

How crazy do you have to get with # of tracks or plugins before it starts to struggle? I was under the impression that most studios would be fine with an Intel Mac Mini + external storage.

DrStartup3mo ago

I'm neither and have 2. 24/7 async inference against github issues. Free. (once you buy the macs that is)

madeofpalk3mo ago

I'm not sure who 'home users' are, but i doubt they're buying two $9,499 computers.

trvz3mo ago

Peanuts for people who make their living with computers.

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Waterluvian3mo ago

I wonder what the actual lifetime amortized cost will be.

oidar3mo ago

Every time I'm tempted to get one of these beefy mac studios, I just calculate how much inference I can buy for that amount and it's never a good deal.

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icedchaiOP3mo ago

Heh. I'm jealous. I'm still running a first gen Mac Studio (M1 Max, 64 gigs RAM.) It seemed like a beast only 3 years ago.

servercobra3mo ago

Interesting. Answering them? Solving them? Looking for ones to solve?

7e3mo ago

That product can still steal fab slots from cheaper, more prosumer products.

kridsdale13mo ago

I did. Admittedly it was for video processing at 8k which uses more than 128gb of ram, but I am NOT a YouTuber.

mirekrusin3mo ago

Of course they're not. Everybody is waiting for next generation that will run LLMs faster to start buying.

rbanffy3mo ago

Every generation runs LLMs faster than the previous one.

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