New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra

Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra by mikestew on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @10:19AM (#49434637)

I’ve had iMacs for almost 20 years. My last one was indeed my last. Without target display mode (use the Mac as a monitor), I’m ditching a perfectly good monitor. I was going to buy a Mac Studio and a good monitor to replace the iMac until the spouse reminded me that we are now retired and will spend time in a camper. So a MBP for me (and BenQ’s Mac-specific monitor), but others might do well to consider a Mac Mini/Studio.

iMacs are great for a lot of use cases, but my image of the typical HN user would prefer to keep the monitor separate.

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Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra by frollogaston on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @12:27PM (#49436646)

It's like, you pay laptop prices for laptop performance but without laptop portability or desktop modularity. This only sorta made sense back when Apple had no "prosumer" desktop offering unless you wanted a cheap used Mac Pro (which is what I ended up doing at some point).

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