Why YOU Should Buy the "Cheapest" Mac Studio!
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- The cheapest Mac studio is a stellar performer that has a ton of power at a pretty reasonable price. And you should absolutely buy one!
So why is that?
Lets find out!
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I've been a PC guy for years, mainly for video editing, but I'm actually really glad that mac has been doing so well lately in terms of what they've been putting out. If I was needing to work on actual film sets instead of at home, I would probably get one of these in a heartbeat, as I reckon that'd be a really good place for them!
"Unless you're using some kind of a dinosaur level display port things" - me sadly looking on the back of my monitor
I replaced my 2020 Mac Mini (Base) with a Studio (Base) and I'm loving it. I won't need to replace it for a VERY long time, barring any hardware issues that might arise. I have a Satechi Hub USB-C for my Mac Mini, and I was wondering what I was going to do with it now that I don't own one. I sat my Studio on top and plugged it in, and it fit neatly on top and had a plenty large gap to allow for air in between. So, if someone is looking for more USB-As or headphone jack or ANOTHER SD Card slot x 2, then it'll work just fine.
I like your layman's feedback on the matter. Too many people harping over benchmarks and speed. Overall value and usability is more important :)
Mac Mini 16gb vs Mac Studio video please!
Sure we might have to do that!
It took me about 5 minutes to order this beast after the announcement and traded in my barely adequate Mini. It was simply a plug and play with my existing configuration in my studio and storage. This max performance is amazing and is a cost effective option with the trade in.
@chipotleman I got about 70% of what I paid for it about a year and half ago on sale. I figured It cost less than $10 a month to use the mini so it really softened the $$ of the Studio Max and I used my Apple Card and got $$ back and now I pay about $125 a month for a year so it became very cost effective and it is all a business deduction and decision.
Nice! Hope you are enjoying the studio!
@@TheEverydayDad how can I not enjoy what this Mac brings. I was hoping for just a Mini Pro and they unleashed this 👍💪😀
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Yep that’s why I took my Mac mini back and got this it’s 🔥🔥🔥🔥 perfect for my situation goes well with my iPad and MacBook Air I just didn’t get the apple display 🤷🏾♂️ I went with a Samsung 4K monitor for a fraction of the price and looks GREAT
I'm still probably gonna get the "cheapest" 16" M1 Pro and it's for a few reasons.
1) I want a high refresh rate, mini-LED display and 16" is big enough to hide the notch more than the 14".
2) Portability means a lot more to me right now. Since I can't afford a new desktop AND a new laptop I'd rather settle on a laptop.
3) The M1 Pro is a big enough upgrade for me compared to my 2017 i5 quad core intel 5k iMac and 16GB will be enough for me. I may end up saying f*ck it and getting 32GB but the we'll see.
4) I'm fine with 512GB of storage because external storage is fast enough for me.
So yeah, if I decide portability isn't important then I'll just get a base model Studio with maxed out RAM. I'm not a big time video editor so the higher specs aren't important to me.
You have a point. I went with the Mac studio as I rarely do work on the go. But with that you need a mouse and keyboard, display and everything.
How'd it go? I recently picked up the macbook pro 16" base for much the same reasons only to realize that mobility isn't as important as I had thought. I May return for the studio base model.
@@leagueofotters2774 To be honest for the work that I do, which is editing sound effects in Pro Tools, it's not much different than the Mac mini M1 I had before. I made a few video edits, preforms very well but not 3x better than the Mini as the price would suggest. Also, it's not completely silent as the mini was, doesn't really bother me, but in a dead quiet recording studio it's a downgrade. Looking back, the only reason I didn't get a macbook pro is there's more stuff that may break on it. Otherwise they're the same machine.
Cool story bro
Just returned my mac mini and picked up a Mac studio for the extra ports and display options.
Love the brisk pace and positive vibe! My new MiMax Studio is in transit...can't wait!
Agree! Base Mac Studio with 1 gig and 3 Studio Displays…glorious!
Hey Everyday Dad, Jose from Puerto Rico. I ordered the base model too, but bumped up the ram to 64gb and 1Tb storage. Still waiting on it from B&H to deliver. They said they'll get stock mid-May and start shipping. Realistically, I think maybe June for me. I hope I'm wrong on this and get it sooner. Having said that, this would be a major upgrade for me and first exposure to the newer M1 silicon, since I'm using a mid 2014 MacBook Pro with a dead battery and hooked to my wall socket. In my particular case, I'll probably notice the increase in speed and performance. I mainly use Photoshop and Lightroom. Let's see how it goes. Nice video!
I have a Studio Max (with 1TB upgrade only) on order from B&H as well. Ordered it on March 16 and was estimated mid April delivery. Realistically, who knows? B&H has no idea so it’s useless to bother them about it. Had to think hard if maybe 512gb might be ok but my current onboard storage is more than 512gb but not over 1TB so having the bump will future-proof me. For archive storage I have plenty of external drives. Good luck!
@@2Chickaboom2 Yeah. This I'll be a waiting game for sure.
just got a mac studio base... The editing and working experience on this thing is amazing. Now about noise... You can kind of hear it at default fan speed (1300) but it doesn't bother me. For a very silent machine, turn the fan to 1100rpm. It won't warm up anyway so you can leave it as this.
I was thinking of a mini until this was announced, decided to get the base model and can't imagine I would need anything more for years to come - I love it!
As my oldest is in college so we qualify for the Educational pricing and I traded in an older iPad the price was phenomenal. I would encourage everyone to look at the requirements for Educational pricing, there are probably many who qualify that don't realize it and the discount is very real. It's also applies to software as well, their educational bundle is an amazing deal with Final Cut, Logic Pro and others bundled for one reduced price.
Great video as always, your initial reaction videos definitely helped me make my decision last week!
Nice! I hope you enjoy it, and that's awesome on the pricing!
There’s also U.S. Military/veteran discounts available for those eligible.
@@havok3344 That is what I used for 10% off on my Studio. Great deal.
I did the same. As a current student I got that discount, and I'm trading in my late 2019 iMac as well. Got the base model (updated only storage) - for $1200. An absolute steal.
Went with the 512gb version, didn’t want to wait a month to get the 1tb. That and the files I frequently access are 27gb, the rest can go on a thunderbolt ssd or nas.
Looking forward to the M2 Pro Mac Mini vs M1 Base Studio comparison!!
I like USB-C. I like everything to be the same plug. I’ve got all my IO on USB-C or Thunderbolt for years. Apple removing one USB-C port (in exchange for a bunch of other ports) from the MacBook Pros kind of bothered me.
You keep it real and mirror my attitude... Refreshing.
I got the low-end Mac Studio, because it was the only one I could get... ran out of space on day 1.... and used all the I/O :)
I have a Mac Studio M1Max and have it located laterally on a shelf. This means that I can very easily access the ports at the rear as the computer is located nearby to make adjustments. These machines are so compact that it seems unnecessary to be concerned about the location of extra ports on the front. It's not necessary to me and perhaps other people to have any difficulty access the rear outputs. Just. because that's how it was done previously with bigger machines this is isn't needed with the latest compact computers. Now a lateral position makes accessing the rear as well as the front input sockets easy.
I am a knowledge worker by day and a prosumer photo editor on the weekends. The base Studio is overkill, but I could afford it. I LOVE MY MAC STUDIO (lowest-end version). Thank you.
Great job as always. Love your informative videos and the way you bring them to life in layman's terms.
I love your videos and find them the most valuable. I also love all your "The Office" tshirts. One of my favorite shows of all time.
I feel your pain on bandwidth! We finally got 1G fiber optic from our electricity provider… and it has changed our digital lives! We live in the sticks too.
I want fiber sooooo bad. We had it in a previous house and it was amazing but now we have the slowest upload speeds.
5:21 "Potato" internet....
*cries in 8Mbps upload*
if you're a professional photographer who uses LR all the time, you NEED the 20 CPU core ULTRA
Unlike iPhones which I tend to upgrade more frequently....I tend to keep computers around much longer and therefore adhere to the notion of buying the highest spec (or close to) model that I can afford. Since in doing so I delay the inevitable obsolescence that computer hardware reaches as software and ancillary hardware changes.
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that kinda hurts...cause i am using it with my macbook air🤣
Too late. I've already bought a mid-range Mac Studio and I'm absolutely happy.
I put a deposit on one yesterday - it should be coming from another store on Thursday, as my local not-Apple store hadn't received theirs yet. Like you ED, I love the amount of ports - after 2 years WFH and juggling the USB ports on my 2014 5k iMac, I would love to have more without buying anything extra. The other reason is I would not mind if it lasted as long as that iMac, so the extra power of the Studio might seem excessive for me now, but in 8 years.........
Potato internet = 39mbit upload. Lol here in England we get a tenth of that.
So glad YOU did this video. I really need one of these. I'd probably still need a dock, tho. 😄😄😄
I recently inherited my moms windows laptop after she passed. Boy I’m spoiled with my MacBook Pro and at the same time I realized how much I disliked windows in some cases
I honesty don't need this, I just what it for the ports and the ability to push 3 displays without jumping thru hoops
Hi Gary -- don't you think it would be a good idea to buy the Studio with at least 1-2TB of storage to support editing current projects on the internal SSD, then save to the NAS when done? The 512GB model doesn't look big enough for that.
512 has been fine for me but if you are going to spend money anywhere absolutely getting a bigger hard drive is a good idea.
@@TheEverydayDad Very interesting -- thanks Gary, you may save me some money!
“Potato Internet” put it on a shirt and I’ll buy it 🤣
Yup, I’d buy it for the connectivity and the extra power over my M1 except I am doing very little video so the M1 is just fine. Plus I have $250 sunk in an OWC thunderbolt dock. But yes if I needed the power it’s great value.
actualy if you don't need the optimisations for video editing, the Mini is a better machine (smaller, more silent, less power consuption)
I don't understand, you can't hear the fans but other people even return it due the distracting fan noise on normal use.
I’ve also seen complaints but wonder if those people every had a gaming PC and dealt with GPU coil whine. As long as it’s a low purr, I’ll gladly retire by 2009 cheese grater.
@@havok3344 PCs are shit!
IO is great, but it is conspiring to not mount my 2 external SSD drives at the same time (Because I cheaped out on 512GB storage)
they have the same chipset, cant be using too much power, but wont work together from boot/wake. Unless I plug them in, in a specific order everythime! frustrating
Nope I ordered mine with the updated Max 64gb/4tb and will still need the two TB 4 docks that I have for my 8 external hard drives, soon to be 10 external drives. But I totally agree with you that in this case most people would never use all of its power.
No matter what I will get the ultra even though I don’t need all of it lol. You never know when you might.
I'm such an idiot. While weighing up the new studio vs M1 mini+dock I figured the $1000 saved was good, but what clinched it was the M1 was available early April, and the studio wouldn't arrive until May. And now I've been sitting here thinking "I could have had the perfect computer if I had just waited a month!" *sigh*
What if you plugged a dock into each of the built in ports on the Studio? Now that would be an interesting test, what's the thru put when using the Mac Studio as a NAS?
I wonder how many docks you could chain off of a single port and then quadruple that out across the studio.
I suggested to Apple that they should have 1 Ultra single core at 4ghz etc then rest high performance and efficiency cores. That way that 1 ultra core can give a huge performance boost on single core apps.
I thought the ultra was 2 max’s linked together so if you get the max that basically is the other half of the ultra. I could be wrong
Great video!!! I'm curious are the internal speakers better than the mini m1?
Thanks for sharing. Blessings on your day!
Should I buy a 27 inches 4K monitor or a 1440 one?
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For the first time TH-cam has given me a notification on a new video without being 5 hours late🙌
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Thank you 😊
Gary talking about the potato 🥔 internet connection he has with almost 40Mb/s, me watching on 4Mb/s, the fun part that my internet connection could get worse 😂 down to Kb/s.
Nice video! I type this on an Intel Hackintosh, but Apple has turned things around and I'll buy a Studio. Apple is back!
Good video but was kind of expecting more along the lines of “buy this one because x/y/z, instead of the Ultra SKU”.
Will they be making a new version this techtober?
Do you edit video off local storage or off your NAS? Local storage is the one upgrade that I am pondering for the Mac Studio
Sold my m1 Mini for 800$ on ebay (keep you boxes) and love my Studio. No more BT/Airpod issues and upgrade only cost me a grand all told (with vet discount)
Have you had any issues like the bluetooth/air pod issues we had with the Mini?
Wondering if I need the 10G Ethernet. I primarily use my computer for FCP videos and uploading to TH-cam. Debating between this or the basic Mac Mini.
Always when i apple eco system. I go minor or mid range no apple care & storage memory upgrades that way I can upgrade 2 nhalf years later if needed
I almost always get the base model products.
@TheEverydayDad Any way to use iMac 27 inch 2012 model as monitor to Mac Studio M1 Max ? Any solution would be great
How is this model while editing 4k video? Hot knife through butter?
Hey Everyday Dad, Can I connect my macbook pro to the mac studio to use the macbook pro as my display, keyboard, and mouse? It's a 2017 15 inch Macbook Pro, with 4 usb-c as its input/outputs. Love your channel thanks!
Love it when young people talk about the high prices of the Mac Studio. Steve Jobs unveiled the first Apple Macintosh computer I purchased with a $2,500 price tag, on Jan. 24, 1984. In todays dollars my 1984 Macintosh on the introduction of the Mac Studio on March 8, 2022 adjusted for inflation would now cost $6,764.87.
So please get over the price. Only question should be do you need all the power of either the Mac Studio models? For this normal no I do not. I was looking hard at an Apple Studio configuration that would have cost me less than my original Macintosh adjusted for inflation at $4,198.00.
Thing is always purchase the best tool that is going to do the job you need it to do.
An big heart of the problem, is that a lot of newer jobs like 3d animation work, or heavy video editing, are starting to chew up more and more ram. So the power you'll see in the Mac studio is starting be a necessity rather than a nicety.
And sure, you can hope that you'll land a job at a company that will cover the cost of your editing or animation rig. But more and more of those jobs are moving towards offering contract work instead of real employment.
Which has the same hardware requirements as the work you used to be hired on for. But now your (temporary) employer isn't covering the cost of your work rig any more.
And 2000 might not sound like much. But saving up that much can be its own burden when all the other prices keep jumping up too.
It's harder to save when gas is 6 dollars a gallon. When rent jumps up another 100 dollars, because landlords are trying to get back the money they lost during the Covid rent pause. And then you have student debt unfreezing in a few months.
Complaints about the 2000 dollar price mark are a microcosm of a bigger problem. That the hard ware demands for creative professionals are going up. While the spending power of middle class Americans is going down. While businesses rely more and more on contractors to fill in the gaps caused by the great Resignation.
I mostly work with a gazillion browser tabs open and do some light photo editing. Which version would be best for heavy heavy browser use?
Are you in Georgia? We lived in SE Coastal GA for 7 years and Jekyll Island is amazing!
the fan noise is so stupid on the studios, terrible
🎹 Buying the cheapest computer is most always a mistake for us professional. 2 gig SSD and 64 gig RAM minimum is a must.
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I'm thinking of getting the Mac Studio and use it as my Plex Server (+ desk working of course). Question - What external HD would you recommend to get, to connect to it? Thinking at least 4-8 GB per drive, maybe more.
I bought a 27' imac back in the day for 1700$. A solid pc + 27 display, when the usual display size was 24 inch.
Apple with it's overblown product portfolio is moving more and more in the direction it was before Steve Jobs came back.
they want to make their connectivity work first, plenty of threads on support forum with issues on thunderbolt, usb-c, usb-a disconnecting with no other solution but to physically unplug and plug back in again. Apple deny any and all responsibility due to the accessory being 3rd party!
Or a MacBook Pro 16
how sure are you that you can do multiple displays per port? have you got a working method? This is something I would like to do, but Apple seems to think its unncessary to do more than one screen per port going by what they told me in store and also via AppleCare... I've been trying to get a thunderbolt 3 dock to do it, but no joy so far
The cheap model is $2000. How is that not breaking the bank?
Because you don't care about software freedom and you are in the more money than brains club.
Just got one, added more ram 1tb ssd, should arrive in 4 months 😔
Max Version with 64GB and 1TB Upgrade for 3000 Euro.
I've got one, with 1TB SSD.
What 32 inch monitor for use with Mac mini and gaming pc with 1080ti do you recommend? Using Mac mini to play with final cut and productivity.
Torn between 32 ergo ultra and dell S3422DWG
All I need would be an M1 Mac Mini (10G version, as I move a lot of things to my NAS), but I ordered an M1 Ultra with 128GB and 2TB storage. All the GPU cores, too. Total overkill, but why not? It’s going to take a little while to come in though, so I can’t get too excited yet.
Jesus what a total waste of money. You’ll never tell the difference of all that power if a mini is all you truly need
@@alang253 There’s a big difference between “need” and “would like to have”. The Mac Studio now is and will for years to come be my primary desktop, and I actually am making use of the GPU in it, and coupled with that new LG 40” 5120x2160 Thunderbolt monitor it’s been fantastic. And I’m not exactly someone who lives on a tight budget either.
Hey who am I to tell you what to spend your money on! Sounds like a fun setup
Thank you for this but why no mention of Apple Studio Display costing another 2 grand?
Plus keyboard and mouse
Come on man
should i get a NAS to solve storage problems or upgrade the ssd in the Mac Studio if i want to get one?
how does it run c4d sims?
will it work with lg ultrawide properly how we can connect which cable we need to use?
I'm pretty sure that an M1 Mac Mini can have two regular size monitors.
So, almost same IO as 2018 Mac mini -_-
I have a lot of reasons to buy a Mac Studio. One reason not to::
- My wallet
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I need and want 20 (or more) cpu cores and 4TB of SSD for my work so I dont want the "cheapest" version, and the correct word to use is inexpensive, not "cheap"
Yeah but the headphone jack on the back is pretty dumb...
wish have enough money to buy this, but damn with 2200euro i can build pc with 12700k +3070-3080 ( gpu price already dropped :D )
You doing okay?
Much better than ye olde $5000+. imac pro
Lol 1999 are Expensive ? I wish I can get it for that Price.. in Germany you Pay 2508 $ it is 2300 Euro
I'm seriously thinking of buying the Mac Studio and I've watched all your stuff about this bit of kit. May I ask what its like using Davinci Resolve and rendering a 4K timeline with a simple colour grade of Noise Rediction (3 frames), simple colour correction, and Sharpening?
My AMD Ryzen 3900x computer with a RTX 3070 can't render a 4k Timeline with these settings. I either have to drop the timeline to 1080 and live with that, or cheat and upscale a 1080 timeline during the render. But sadly my 3070 does not have enough vRAM to render a 4k timeline with Noise Reduction.
This is exactly why I purchased the Mac Studio (base model). When I upgraded my camera to the Sony A7iv, my 2019 MacBook Pro would stutter when color grading and applying corrections (sharpening).
Now I don’t have to worry with editing on my current workflow (4K/10bit 4:2:2). I can add fusion titles with no hiccups.
Very happy with the Mac Studio.
Yeah the new m1's are a whiz at handling video footage, I don't use noise reduction in resolve but with my 3 layers of HEVC files even the m1 standard did a great job and the m1 max is a breeze.
Ok sir, you got a deal. Do you take creditcard?
All right but Video cards of PC destroy Mac, so with same price you have a better PC, that’s it. Yes, it’s smaller, silent, nice, but in my case until with a PC I can do same and even better, no story.
Hi Gary great video. Im thinking of buying the base Mac studio, but I had been thinking of upgrading to 1TB SSD. Now I’ve been thinking should I upgrade to 2TB SSD or stick with 1TB SSD and upgrade to 64 GB ram. I’d like to hear your thoughts.
I'm sorry. I'm not Gary. But I will still reply.
I have the base with a 2 TB ssd. It was just about $2600 with tax from the academic store (no apple care, just tax).
You save about a few hundred. Normally $2600 is your subtotal going from the regular store $2599 * (1 + .1025) = $ 2,865.40. Using the academic store, you save $265 since the 2 tb is about $60 cheaper on the academic store?
Not a student? Take p.e. But then you'd end up spending that $300 you saved on the Mac Studio on a 2 credit PE test.
I heard 64 gigs is the sweet spot. But if you just have 1 app open, you're fine with the 32. 128 gigs of ram is just nit needed at all..
Since macs are expensive, maybe upping your GPU cores may be your first good move. I wish I did that. Iys only $200 on regular. About $180 on academic. And if you're going academic, you just moved up to the regular price but with 32 core gpu. And then to move up to 1 TB that's $200 regular $180 academic. Hence, subtotal ~$2200 academic ~$2399 regular, total regular $2645 regular total ~$2425 academic.
Now if you want all of this plus 64 gigs ram, you're looking at a $3100 computer. It's kind of a souped up base but may be not as fast as the Ultra.
Nut if you have $3100, you're sweet spot may consists of:
64 gigs ram
10 core cpu 32 core gpu
1 TB
However of you want 2 TB, you're souped up base will starting reaching the Ultra price range but not act Ultra at $3529 roughly with tax. And of you're going to spend $3500 on a base, it's better to spend $600 more to get Ultra since you're so darn close
But if you're willing to settle at $3100 and a 1 tb 64 gigs ram 10 core cpu 32 core GPU, then your base will still be souped up but Stay closer to you budget and performance. And if you're willing to stay at 32 gigs ram you can stay in thr $2,000-$2500 range.
@@DerekMckean thanks for the reply. Im in Denmark where the base model studio Costs $2400 with 10 core cpu & 32core GPU it costs $2640 then an upgrade to 2TB brings the price up to $3360. Then if i decide to upgrade to 64GB ram that will be a final Price of $4100. The price of the base Ultra is $4820. We pay 25% tax on everything in Denmark.
@@normanrobson9957 25%? Yikes. And I thought 10.25% was high. So you have to pay 2.5 times our state tax. New York state has the highest state tax at 12.7%. So your country has double the state tax of New York.
They could have just given the market an M1 "Plus" with all those I/O's and it would have sold like crack.
I still want a Mac mini body with the m1 max inside of it.
Far more likely to get an m1/m2 pro mac mini if you ask me. That seems to be the sweet spot for a Mac mini up to 16 cores gpu (maybe 20 cores on an m2) and up to 32 gigs of ram. That would be a real mini power house.
Sure, buy one of those, so you face the need to buy 4 x 6k monitors that, wait for it, cost about each $3700+ (if you buy Dell 8k) ... so you pay 2k for the opportunity to spend $14k... what a great deal! :)
Buy mac mini M1 its superb and as good if you add a hub. This is an advert at best