Apple Mac Studio 2022 M1 Max 32GB 512GB Desktop - Silver Free C&C

I have had one of these for a year and agree that anyone who makes content can totally appreciate this machine.

Compared to the 2020 intel iMac with 16gb gpu I use at work (I forget the model number, it was upgraded to the top spec through Apple) this thing outperforms it easily on most tasks, and I am talking about the Max version, not the ultra.

After using it for a year now, here’s my 2 cents for anyone who’s interested:

I use both Macs with Resolve Studio and I get more fps with NR on the M1 Max as it’s better optimised. It breezes through renders because of the encoders and decoders.

Apps like Photoshop and the rest of the Adobe suite work as well as the intel version, I can’t really comment on whether it’s faster or not, but it feels fast. I’ve used After Effects for 20 years and it’s always been ‘that speed’ because Adobe desperately needs to rewrite Premiere and AE as their performance is dismal compared to Resolve/FCP.

I use both macs with Logic, and I’d say the only real difference is the intel version is perhaps slightly more stable on loading plugins. I’ve had a few more instances where one of my Arturia instruments crashes, but I believe that Arturia would be responsible for compatibility issues.
This M1 Mac also has very high quality audio chips, so if you’re into music making then go for it.

I also run VMware Fusion (Beta is now m-series chip and metal compatible) for running some games, along with Crossover. It’s hit and miss with certain games, but generally the games I play work.
Also, with Sonoma DX12 games will be becoming more and more compatible because Apple are encouraging more gaming on Macs by releasing the Porting Toolkit (basically Crossover with DX12 compatibility).

Additionally, to those complaining about system SSD storage; 512gb is plenty for all the apps I use and as a system drive.
If you’re producing any video or music content and keep all your media on your system drive then regardless of OS, you’ll end up having a bad time.
And at very least have your project files in iCloud,

There are 2 main methods to connect larger storage volumes via thunderbolt and 10 gig Ethernet. We paid more for the iMac to have the 10 gig Ethernet, this comes as standard I believe. You can easily scrub through a timeline of RAW footage with it.

This thing has so many thunderbolt and type-c ports that fast storage expansion is a perfectly viable option.

I use T7 SSDs at work to backup dailies and they’re super fast and super affordable. I’ve surprised clients by being able to hand a day’s worth of ARRI RAW files to them on a backed up drive before they get on the train, so they CAN be used professionally.

GET THEM. I have my 2TB music drive with sample libraries on there and I’ve never experienced a slowdown in Logic. No buffer issues, nada.

I do sometimes bring work home and continue as if I’m connected to the main NAS with the T7s.

All in all a brilliant machine that uses so little power I leave it on all the time and even during the hottest day last year (40C) never went above a whisper on the fans under a heavy load.

Pretty sure it was £1889 as that’s the price shown on the apple refurb site where these turn up for £1609.

All I do is use plug in drives, even 8tb wouldn’t be enough for me.. it’s a system drive.. it doesn’t need to be more than 512gb

Correct

Sounds like you still need one of these then (edited)

Still showing as £1499 in the link?

How do you get interest free?

It should work. I tried it about an hour ago and was working. I also tried it on the M1 Max Studio too (at £1499) but that didn’t work.

Why would you want to watch a computer play games for you?

Never seen a Mac Studio in any of the Clearance Bargains I've been to. Not to say it doesn't happen but I do go a fair bit.

I doubt Argos stocked these in huge numbers to start with, they're quite niche.

BTW the main Clearance Bargains stores are Corby, Stanley and Walsall (not Dudley). There is also a furniture shop in Darlington with a limited range of technology and a tiny one in West Brom which is a waste of time unless you happen to be in West Brom. Walsall tends to have the lowest prices in my experience.

Memory upgrades I can kind of get as its a SOC like in a tablet or phone where its all on one chip. But the fact that they restrict the SSD so you can't upgrade it is a joke.

Have you still got this?

Logic Pro X is a 2013 - 2019 DAW. The latest version 2020 onwards is called Logic Pro. If you are talking about Logic Pro X then you want to upgrade as using up to 10 year old software on a system like this would be extremely inefficient if it works.

If you do mean Logic Pro then yes this is very very good for using that software. (edited)

nah only good enough to make sarcastic comments on HUKD

More headaches with a Mac lol

I seriously doubt anyone is going to call this machine slow even if the M3 Pro is faster (it will also cost a lot more and probably worse value per £/performance).

What screen though? (to do it justice)

Problem with the Mac Mini Pro is that if you upgrade it to the full cpu (which still has 11 cpu cores and a device engine less than the M1 Max and upgrade the ram to 32gb and the networking to 10gb it’s £100 more than the Max Studio

if you can live with the basic pro Mac mini and don’t do any upgrades it’s good value but as soon as you push upgrade on any part of it the Studio just works out way better in its base spec

if you are going to game on it the Studio is steers ahead as you are staring with 30 Gpu cores compared to 16 in the base Pro chip or 19 in the fully specced Pro chip

I got this due to my M1 Air bring sooooo good at DR Studio. Looking forward to seeing what this can do later in the week. DR is just so well optimised for macs.

Picked mine up yesterday purchased with this deal ️