Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra
by dannyw on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @11:46AM
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A lot more upgradable too. Those empty DRAM slots can get populated one day!
Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra
by mswphd on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @12:00PM
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if you do want to do local LLM stuff, mac studio is significantly better than most linux dev boxes.
Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra
by hedora on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @07:59PM
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As of a year ago, the strix halo AMD (system on chip, unified ram) was within single digit percentages of the mac, but it’s a linux box, so much better for most dev and as an llm server.
I know AMD has announced the replacement, and it will be faster, but I’m not sure when it’ll ship.
Also, you can cluster strix halo if you need more than 128GB of ram.
Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra
by dannyw on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @06:39AM
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Better than a DGX Spark running Linux? Absolutely not (I own both).
Real-world matmul is about 4x higher on a DGX Spark than a M3 Ultra.
E.g. what most major tech companies have - a laptop that is for VSCode via ssh/web browsing, and a beefy Linux dev box you ssh into for everything else?
It's way cheaper, and what I use at home too - a lot cheaper than a Mac studio for everything, especially with RAM and storage.