Jean-Louis Gassée, the former tech head of apple who went on to create the ill fated Be OS has an interesting article on the M1 Ultra Meanings and Consequences.
And yes I can’t wait for real world reviews of the Mac Studio with the M1 Utra.
I would also bet that the rumors are true that the iMac Pro and Mac Pro are delayed, and likely will be M2 versions of M1 Pro, Max and Ultra, as they have released this new machine. It is a Mac Mini sized7.7″ inches square and 3.7 inches tall so twice as tall. 4 thunderbolt ports, 2 usb c in front as well as a sdxc card slot, and 2 usb 3.1 in back a 10gb ethernet a headphone jack as well as an hdmi port.
It can run 4 displays and a TV. Damn!
I so want one and 2 studio displays, though I would rather have the Mac Pro, which will likely have 4 M1 Max’s with 256 GB of RAM (and now we know there is no new iMac Pro).
The studio display doesn’t do height unless you buy an expensive stand like the previous display and is 27″ 5K, anti-reflective, and you can get the nano texture as well and the same camera as iPad and mics and 6 speakers. (Wish I could get it without), but is $1599 to start. It is $300 to add Nano Texture Glass. The tilt stand comes wit6h it and the Vesa Mount costs the same (but then you need a VESA mount) and the Tilt and Height Adjustable Stand is $400 more, which is better than the $1000 for the one for the 32 inch display.
The M1 Max studio starts at $1999 and the Ultra version starts at $3999.
Oh yes I want one!
And this makes me think I couldn’t afford a Mac Pro anyway.
The $3999 Model is 20-Core CPU, 48 Core GPU and 32-core Nueral Engine. It is then a $1000 upgrade to move the the 20-core CU, 64 Core GPU and 32 Core Nueral Engine, another $800 for 128 GB of Unified Memory, and $400 to move from 1 TB to 2 TB SSD (and would be $1000 to move to 4TB, which is just too much. So that brings this sucker to $6199.00 USD. Wow, and I would need at least 1 studio display for $1500. Youch!