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@siracusa Did you not consider the 3rd party SSD upgrade option this time? I think you discussed it when they first hit the market in 2024 or so. The aftermarket 8TB SSD is like $1k.
@jankais3r I will definitely consider it, but it takes a while before third-party upgrades appear for new models, and I had to order now.
(Also, I don’t relish the idea of prying the Mac Studio open. It’s no Mac Pro when it comes to gaining access without removing glue and seals.)
@siracusa refurb M3 Ultra with 16TB of storage is available!
Interesting that all the benchmarks were against the M1 Max and Ultra. Is that their anchor point for who they expect to upgrade to them, or is it just because I'm on an M1 Max, and someone with an M4 Air would see comparisons to the M4 generation?
@MCX No, they just like big numbers. (They compared to the M3 Ultra too.)
@siracusa imagine the Mac Pro was still around in this era. We’d need to take out a mortgage.
@siracusa ”with a heavy heart” part 2 episode incoming?
@siracusa m5 max will be a beast for the entry level. 36gb/1tb is £2700, same price as before. 64/1tb is £3700, steep but also same. Good prices IMO.
@siracusa I’m predicting you’re gonna go with base M5 ultra (which comes with 96gb memory to match your Mac Pro) and 8tb storage and you’ll do it on a monthly lease (which we U.K. citizens don’t get sadly) which comes in at a $184.55 on Apple Upgrade
@siracusa Don’t worry, John - I am sure that as you paid absolutely through the nose for that Mac Pro, Apple will give you top dollar on the trade in.
😂
@davidbcohen I would never trade it in!
@siracusa not gonna lie you are the first person I thought of
@siracusa Now we know why they started offering leases.
@siracusa My question for the show is, the killer on your personal specs seems to be the price of storage, not GPU core count or even RAM. Does any of this have you reconsidering some kind of NAS or external storage?
@Eric_Neue My NAS is also full…
@siracusa Wow. 😉 😆 Looks like you'll need to wait until late October though.
@siracusa Ouch so the previous price increase was just to add a slight cushion to the actual price increase 😱
@siracusa
Oh, has the new decade commenced, indeed?
