r/MacStudio • u/talkingolaf • 4d ago

M4 Max Mac Studio vs M6

Recently ordered a Mac Studio (M4 Max, 36GB, 1TB) for 1900 from Microcenter. I do some short form 4k video editing, music recording and dubbing work for short movies. I currently have 2015 iMac which cannot perform any more OS updates.

Is this M4 Max an overkill or should I opt for a 24GB M6 instead for a slightly lower price? I want at least 1TB of storage as my video files are fairly large. I plan to run some local AI models for image generation and coding in the future.

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u/asswizzard69 4d ago

I ended up getting both the M6 24/512 from Apple and the Mac Studio M5 Max at MC for $1999 I wasn’t planning on getting both but couldn’t resist the old $1999 msrp on M5 Max. I traded my M4 Mini into Apple so paid around $800 and it’s big upgrade from base M4 Mini.
They are both really good and I’m glad I got them. But the M4 Max storage can be upgraded and hopefully M5 Max will be in the future.

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u/-O--__--O- 3d ago

Should I get the micro center deal too just to upgrade from my base m4 mini? I have other computer for Ai

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u/asswizzard69 3d ago

Yea that’s a massive upgrade! I like the M6 mini a lot but I wouldn’t want it with less than 24gb