The preview image instantly refreshed as I scrubbed through thumbnails without the occasional stutter I’m used to on a MacBook Pro.
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I typically use a slightly upgraded 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 chip inside and the Mac Studio was tangibly (and perhaps predictably) snappier in every regard. I loaded a set of 45-megapixel raw files from my Canon EOS R5 into Lightroom, which is notoriously resource intensive, and the Mac Studio chewed through the import and preview-generation process without hesitation. Working with photos I truly appreciate the SD card slot on the Mac Studio’s front. Our review unit shipped preloaded with almost all of these, so I could quickly get a feel for how it deals with my typical media workflow.
3D MAX FOR MAC PROFESSIONAL
I have been working as a professional photographer for roughly a decade and a half, and I’ve added some video work into my process in recent years, so I spend a lot of time in front of editing programs like Capture One Pro, Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and Final Cut Pro. Because I paired it with the Apple Studio Display, I didn’t need to worry about speakers or hooking up an external webcam. I simply plunked it on my desk, plugged it in, and it was basically ready to go. Having used big workstation machines before, the small form factor really does make the Mac Studio feel impressive. Apple offers specific wireless accessories, including the Apple Magic Keyboard and a slick black Apple Magic Touchpad, but I opted to use my typical setup since that’s likely what I would do if I was buying a Mac Studio for my workflow.
The back of the device presents an arsenal of connectivity, including four Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports, an HDMI, a 10GB/s ethernet, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It’s a stumpy, 6-pound aluminum monolith with an SD card slot and a pair of 10GB/s USB-C ports on the front. The Mac Studio looks like a scaled-up Mac mini. That’s about $1,000 less than a very similarly spec’d 16-inch MacBook Pro and roughly half the price of Apple’s cheapest Mac Pro tower. All told, that puts the price of this machine at $3,199. Paying $600 extra dollars to go up to 2TB of built-in storage stings, but a 512GB SSD inside a machine built for intense creative work feels particularly puny. It has the upgraded 32-core GPU, 64GB shared system memory (up from the base of 36GB), and 2TB of built-in storage. I’ve been testing a Mac Studio in a configuration that’s actually pretty close to what I would buy for my professional photography and video work.
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