Mac Studio With M5 Ultra Chip and 512GB of RAM Launching in October

Guys please buy a low end version of Mac Studio and then just download more RAM from internet. It does work.

I never thought I’d live to see the day a freakin computer costs more than a car. With a dead internet one has to wonder what the appeal is even, anymore. Talk about an industry that has totally forgotten itself.

I miss the tenacity of Jobs fighting to keep consumer prices down. Outside making compelling products, keeping them affordable was his super power.

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I think you have some rose colored glasses on. There have always been computers more expensive than cars, even consumer-focused computers. Also, Apple’s hardware profit margins weren’t that different during Jobs’s tenure than what Apple has now.

Additionally, keep in mind that Jobs was also responsible for the $14,000 (in 1991) NeXTdimension, Lisa ($10,000 in 1983), Apple III ($8000 1980 configuration available), the $16,000 (2010) Mac Pro, the $20,000+ (2008) Mac Pro.

Edit: Also, where are you getting a new car for under $20,000?

I'll bet someone, somewhere will buy one of these just to browse social media and watch YouTube.

I cannot WAIT to get my hands on this one... will 100% be worth the wait.

You meant above the $20,000 mark (with matching SSD storage).
The 256GB of unified memory is already worth $10,799 with base 1TB storage. Btw it's not RAM

Unified memory is RAM. It is custom packaged into the SoC ,but it is still generally DRAM ( LPDDR5 variant ).

But yeah it is a $4,000 upgrade to get from 96GB -> 256GB ( a 160Gb jump ) another $4k only gets to 416…
So probably another $1-3k on top of that due to scarcity and low volume tax.

If mandates buy more SSD then crack $20K.

I never thought I’d live to see the day a freakin computer costs more than a car. With a dead internet one has to wonder what the appeal is even, anymore. Talk about an industry that has totally forgotten itself.

I miss the tenacity of Jobs fighting to keep consumer prices down. Outside making compelling products, keeping them affordable was his super power.

🫠🌊