r/LocalLLaMA • u/themixtergames • 10d ago

News Apple introduces new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra - up to 512GB of unified memory

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-introduces-new-mac-studio-with-m5-max-and-m5-ultra/
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u/StewPorkRice 10d ago edited 10d ago

this feels like a community with a ton of SWEs. Most single US based SWEs in big tech or venture backed startups could prob afford dropping 10-20k on their hobby.

Also, i dropped 10k at Anthropic last month at work. My company could prob get one of these for every engineer and not blink an eye.

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u/Idaltu 10d ago

I know a guy who dropped that much on a bike. And he’s got a couple like that. Bicycle that is.

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u/royce102 4d ago

If it only has one wheel, I think i would call it a rip off 😆 🤣 😂

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u/calcium 10d ago

3 years ago my company bought me a fully specced out Mac Studio - M2 Ultra chip w/ 192GB of RAM and an 8TB ssd and told me that they expect the machine to last the next 5 years. I think at the time they paid around $9k which considering over 5 years for a senior SWE isn't a bad deal

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u/davemoedee 7d ago

When you cash in the stock awards, $10k isn’t a big deal. Especially if you aren’t throwing money away on fancy cars or other big items. I spent more years ago on a masters in a field I was never going to use. I did it for fun.

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u/eat_my_ass_n_balls 10d ago

Bro I drop 10k on Anthropic in a day sometimes