keithw

While it's nice that the M3 Ultra is now finally out, why did it take them over a year to release it?  (The M3 line came out on October 30, 2023!) Why didn't they release the M4 Max Studio at the same time as the M4 Max MBP?  If they had, I may have saved a few thousand $$$ since I got tired of waiting and bought the MBP.   And is the single core performance of the M3 Ultra the same as the M4 Max? Enquiring minds want to know...  But I guess with the 512MB memory capacity and the 80 graphics cores on top of the 32 CPU cores, the M3 Ultra should be killer LLM machine.

It would be great if they'd also release the M4 Mac Studio models!   Too late for me because I went the MBP route, but there are a lot of people out there waiting for this upgrade!

Let's HOPE the M4 Mac Studios arrive BEFORE the M5 starts shipping!

NYC362 said:

I'm a bit perplexed by the idea of releasing an M4 Max and M4 Ultra Studio in June, and then about five months later, introducing M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros.   Either just delay the Studio so it can go to an M5 or, if possible first release the M5 Max and Ultra in the Studio in June. 

They skipped the M3 altogether.  The M2 Mac Studios now shipping are woefully obsolete.  Do you want to wait another year to see the Studio updated? I was tired of waiting so I bought an M4 Max MBP while what I really wanted was an M4 Max Studio.