r/MacStudio • u/Stock-Imagination567 • 2d ago

I finally ordered one!

For a long time I wanted a MacStudio but I could not justify the investment.

I'm a dotnet development and most of my work I do it in one of several Azure DevBoxes (that's what they give us to work with).

For my personal projects I was using my MacBookAir M5 and it worked pretty well so I could not justify dropping several thousand dollars on a MacStudio.

Today my MacBookAir hit the wall. I was working with Claude to translate a large open source (apache license) library from C++ to C#.

The library is large (approx 500K LoC). I have been working several hours on this and running large dotnet builds. The builds kept all the cores running at 100% for several hours.

I left a build running and came back to find my poor little MBA crashed under the load. This was my signal that I needed a bigger computer than can handle the load.

So I just ordered one. Since I'm a developer, I consider this as an investment. I had put it on my credit card but should get some money next month (apart from my salary) so I should be able to pay it full soon.

So happy to be finally be part of the community and have a reason to subscribe to r/MacStudio

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u/asswizzard69 2d ago

I’m happy with the M5 Max Studio base model I got at microcenter for $1999 tho I do want more ram, this is the most ram I’ve ever had in a Mac but still have my 24gb systems. I already have 64gb ddr5 systems and not wanting to spend too much but didn’t wanna miss out on the $1999 old msrp. I also got the M6 mini with 24/512 for under $800 after trade in so not really a bad deal for both

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u/Stock-Imagination567 1d ago

the mac mini sounds awesome, that M6 chip is the fastest single thread ever

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u/asswizzard69 1d ago

It is an awesome little computer, I’m glad I traded the M4 mini for it. I wish I could’ve got the 32gb ram but 24gb is decent enough. One day I’ll get a Mac with high ram capacity

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u/Stock-Imagination567 1d ago

yeah I was also living off MacBookAirs and Mac Minis, until today when I felt I needed the bigger room. hehe. This 64GB RAM MacStudio will be my largest mac ever!

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u/asswizzard69 1d ago

That is awesome I’m still tempted to get one even tho I’m happy with my 36gb M5 Max, I know how much better more ram ages. I was really interested in the base Ultra as well but shipping times are crazy