Apple's new product, the Mac Studio, has been on the market for just under two weeks now. But many promises were not kept by Apple and can even be a danger for those who like to disassemble things.
Pictured: The Mac Studio; Image: CNN
Compact, cool and powerful, that's how CNN describes the new Mac Studio. But there are several catches that catch our eye.
Performance
Apple introduced the Mac Studio at their conference earlier this month. This comes in two versions: M1 Max and M1 Ultra. The latter processor is also new to the market and is only included in the Mac Studio. Apple has claimed that the Mac Studio has powerful graphics performance. Better than an RTX 3090. But this is not true according to different benchmarks. The M1 Ultra is almost 50 percent slower than NVIDIA's former flagship.
For Enthusiasts:
Those who like to take things apart, don't. Various YouTube channels have already shown that it is very hard and nerve-racking work to disassemble the Mac Studio. For one thing, you can hardly find any screws, except at the bottom of the air intake. There you have to tear away the rubber and then you get to see the screws. If you try to open the upper part of the computer, it only bends the aluminum. After that, you have the problem that if you take apart the first layer of the Mac Studio, it's the power supply. But first you have to remove a screw that touches the power adapter. So once you turn on the Mac Studio, you can forget about disassembling this part without risking your life.
It also says that the Mac Studio is not upgradeable. This is not quite true, because there is a second NVME slot in the motherboard. But whether this is usable remains open.
Price
The price of the Mac Studio is 1999$, respectively 3999$ and can cost up to 8499$, depending on the version you choose. But with 2000$ you can assemble a PC just as well and end up with better performance than the best version of the Mac Studio.
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