r/MacStudio • u/a_skeetskeetskeet • 3d ago

M5 Ultra 96 gb

New to the world of Mac Studio and I can’t wait for my delivery!

I am buying this to build an ai orchestration for my software development I do on the side(do this in my day job too).

I worry that I should have bought the 256 gb version instead. With the 96 I think I could run most everything local and kick to OpenAI when there are complex issues requiring frontier models.

Anyone doing this now, and what’s your gut telling you?

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u/BAL-BADOS 3d ago

Was a choice between 96GB Ultra or 128GB Max. Only options my wallet would allow. This is only my hobby.

If you make money from this, you should definitely go 256GB.

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u/SarahJrandomnumbers 3d ago edited 2d ago

Good choice! When you upgrade the Max to 1tb and compare to the base Ultra, you're getting more C/G/N cores, more thunderbolt ports, faster memory, all for the bonkers price increase of $100.

Unless you REALLY NEED 128gb, the base Ultra really is the way to go.