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Re:2022 Mac Studio (20-core M1 Ultra) Review by gigatexal on Friday April 29, 2022 @05:44AM (#31203246)
It's funny to read about folks on HN where the audience is likely in the top eschelons of earning percentiles complain about a bespoke vertically integrated solution like the Apple computers. Sure you can build a bespoke, quiet, watercooled or aircooled, system for a fraction of the Mac Studio but that's not the audience the thing was designed to target. Its existence does not prevent one from doing just that, finding parts, and building a pc oneself. This is for folks that need OSX, that like the build quality, and want ARM performance without the hassle. :Shrug:
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Re:2022 Mac Studio (20-core M1 Ultra) Review by walrus01 on Saturday April 30, 2022 @12:34AM (#31213364)
> It's funny to read about folks on HN where the audience is likely in the top eschelons of earning percentiles complain about a bespoke vertically integrated solution like the Apple computers.

Just because you can afford an absurd $4000-8000 Apple computer doesn't mean you want to waste your money on it. I have a finite amount of money and choose to spend it on other things.

Apple is fine for like, a $1500 laptop. The macbook air is a fine product.

Not for an actual workstation.

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Re:2022 Mac Studio (20-core M1 Ultra) Review by gigatexal on Saturday April 30, 2022 @04:03AM (#31214229)
Depends on how much you value the exclusive[1] ability to run OSX.

[1] hackintoshes need not apply.

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Re:2022 Mac Studio (20-core M1 Ultra) Review by LeifCarrotson on Friday April 29, 2022 @02:15PM (#31208810)
Or you can buy one off the shelf from, say, Puget Systems.

They're not vertically integrated, they're sourcing and assembling the same parts you and I could get (and some we can't: they have graphics cards in stock!)

That's for folks that don't need OSX, that like build quality in the form of sturdy, repairable, maintainable tools rather than glossy but glued-together disposable ones, and want Ryzen or Intel performance that will beat a Mac Studio without the hassle.

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