Hi, this is Gary with MacMost.com. Apple introduced its first
new Mac in years today and more!
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So before we talk about the new Mac Studio let's look at what else Apple introduced today.
First, as expected, there's a new iPhone SE. This new model features a 4.8 inch screen. It has a
new A15 bionic chip in it. It has 5G capability. Apple is keeping the price down on this to $429
and they're doing that by using the Home button instead of Face ID. It comes available in three
different colors and you'll be able to pre-order it this Friday and it starts shipping on March 18.
Apple also updated the iPad Air. The new iPad Air uses the M1 chip just like the iPad Pros do and
of course the Macs do as well. It has got a new camera that allows Center Stage like the new iPad
Mini and iPad Pros and it also has a 5G capability as an option. Prices for the new iPad Air are
going to start at $599 and that's also available for order on Friday and shipping on March 18.
But the big new announcement and a surprise to many rumor sites is the new Mac Studio.
So this is a brand new Mac model that falls somewhere between the Mac Mini and the Mac
Pro. It's actually about the same size as the Mini. The same width and depth of 7.7"
but it's more than twice as tall as that. It features either the M1 Max Processor you can
get in the high end Mac Book Pros or a brand new M1 Processor called the M1 Ultra. The M1 Ultra is
a bit of a surprise today too. It's basically two M1 Mac chips but instead of being separate chips
on the mother board they are actually two chips attached to each other for faster communication.
The specs are so impressive on the Ultra. It's got 20 CPU cores. Four of those are efficiency cores.
It's got 64 GPU cores. It's got 32 neural engine cores and has
10 video engines for encoding and decoding video. It can support up to 128GB of memory.
Now the Studio is also impressive for the number of ports it has.
On the back its got 4 thunderbolt 4 ports. Its got an ethernet port. Its got 2 USB-A ports and
an HDMI port. It also has an audio port back there as well. But there are also 2 USBC ports
on the front. In the models that have the M1 Ultra those are also thunderbolt 4 compatible and in the
front it also has a SD Card slot. Apple is really gearing this towards photo and video professionals
who may be using SD cards a lot. It's capable of powering a lot of screens. Apple says it can run
four of those Pro Displays that it sells plus an additional TV coming out of the HDMI port.
So for many waiting for a new Mac Pro that has the Apple silicon chips in it, this fits the bill.
The Ultra High End Mac Pro is still yet to come. Apple actually teased that a bit.
But I think this is going to be ideal for what most people use a Mac Pro for and probably is
a true successor to the 2013 Mac Pro which was priced about this range. You'll be able to get
this for $2000 if you take the M1 Max Chip. If you want the M1 Ultra Chip in it you'll going
to have to start at $4000. Then, of course, pay extra for larger drives and more memory.
That's not the only piece of Mac hardware that Apple introduced today. Apple also finally came
out with a reasonably priced 5K Mac Display. So this new display is a true 5K display. It is 27"
and it's priced at only $1600. That sounds like a lot when you compare it to some of the $440-$500
4K screens you can get. But this one has got 5K which is rare and hard to find. It also
allows you to connect your Mac. It can power a large MacBook Pro through the thunderbolt
port. It has 3 USBC ports that will then be part of it once you plug your Mac into it.
It's got a Camera, 12MP camera, on the top. It's got a three microphone array and a six
speaker array. In fact the screen itself has an A13 bionic chip in it just to run
all this stuff. The screen is compatible with all Macs. So if you have a MacBook Air,
you've got a MacBook Pro, you want to use the Mac Mini or the new Mac Studio you can
use this display with those Macs as the primary screen. Get a couple of them and run them as
extra displays. Apple even says that you can run three of them from the higher end MacBook Pros.
Now both the Mac Studio and the Studio Display are available for order today and they will be
shipping on March 18. Let's take a look at all the options on the Buy page now for Mac Studio. If you
go to order now you've got to choose whether you want the M1 Max or the M1 Ultra. You can
see the prices are very different. $2000 versus $4000. In addition to the different processor the
M1 Max starts at 32GB and half a TB of storage whereas the M1 Ultra starts at 64GB of memory
and 1TB of storage. So you get more than just the bigger processor with the higher price. If
you select one of these, let's just select the M1 Max here, then you've got some options here. You
could go with a slightly more powerful M1Max, one that has 32-cores rather than 24 for just
$200 more. You could jump to the Ultra ones as well. For memory you can jump to 64GB. To get to
128GB you have to go with the Ultra. For storage you can go to 1, 2, 4, or 8TB of SSD storage.
With the Ultra you're already starting here with the Ultra Processor but you can go to
the 64-core version for $1000 extra. You can double the memory for $800 extra. You can
jump up in storage. It looks like the Studio prices don't include keyboard, trackpad,
or mouse. But when you go to purchase it does give you the option to add a Studio display.
In the store under Displays you now, of course, can choose the Studio Display as well as the Pro
Display. So you can just buy the Studio Display by itself to use with your current
Mac. Choose the Display that you want and then you've got to choose the Stand. So you get
the Tilt-Adjustable Stand, which is the same price. You pay a little extra for the tilt and
height adjustable stand. So the total still comes out as $1600 if you choose the standard stand.
So if you wanted to max it out you could go with the Ultra. You can go with 64-cores. 128GB Memory
and an 8TB SSD for an $8000 price tag. If you're looking for something more reasonable
you can go with the M1 Max Processor. You can maybe upgrade to the 32-cores.
You could go for 64GB of memory. Maybe jump to a 1TB drive. You're still under $3000.
There's one other tiny little note. Apple teased a new version of iMovie coming out
at least for the iPad. They said next month and they quickly showed a couple screens.
So it looks like they're adding new features maybe just for iPad. But it could be that they
are going to be upgrading iMovie for both iPad and possibly Mac at the same time or soon after. We'll
have to see what new features are coming from iMovie when that finally hits The App Store.
So let me know what you think of the new announcements
especially the Mac Studio and Studio Display in the comments below. Thanks for watching.