Or should I wait for an iMac with M1 Max (or M2 whatever)? That won't
roll out until the Autumn or later, I 'spect. (Maybe June?).
In message <mPQVJ.52823$jxu4.6211@fx02.iad> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
Or should I wait for an iMac with M1 Max (or M2 whatever)? That won't
roll out until the Autumn or later, I 'spect. (Maybe June?).
How certain are you there will be an iMac with a M1 Max?
On 2022-03-08 17:39, Lewis wrote:
In message <mPQVJ.52823$jxu4.6211@fx02.iad> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
Or should I wait for an iMac with M1 Max (or M2 whatever)? That won't
roll out until the Autumn or later, I 'spect. (Maybe June?).
How certain are you there will be an iMac with a M1 Max?
Dunno. I'm in no rush at present. Only bottle neck I have is video
rendering and I haven't been shooting a lot of video recently.
In message <I3TVJ.57837$dln7.7226@fx03.iad> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
On 2022-03-08 17:39, Lewis wrote:
In message <mPQVJ.52823$jxu4.6211@fx02.iad> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
Or should I wait for an iMac with M1 Max (or M2 whatever)? That won't >>>> roll out until the Autumn or later, I 'spect. (Maybe June?).
How certain are you there will be an iMac with a M1 Max?
Dunno. I'm in no rush at present. Only bottle neck I have is video
rendering and I haven't been shooting a lot of video recently.
Unless you are shooting multiple 8K streams that you need to edit simultaneously, any M1 Mac will handle the video without any effort at
all. An M1 Air with 16GB is faster at 4K video than an i9 MacBook Pro
with 32GB of RAM.
Ultra is beyond my needs, and Max smack right there perfect. The form
factor of the Studio is what I've been talking about for over a decade:
more powerful than the top mini in a desktop unit.
If I go for that with 1 TB memory and 32 GB RAM, that's $3160 tax-in
Canuck bucks. Might even spring for 64 GB mem. $3735 with tax. If it
goes the distance as this current 2012 iMac has done, that will be great.
I can lash that up to my very decent Samsung 4K display (Linux system at present) and a secondary 1080p display for my "sidecar" display (e-mail, calendar, etc...)
(I could probably hack my 27" iMac into a display - just need to find
the right h/w to interconnect (bypassing the iMac 27" CPU)).
Or should I wait for an iMac with M1 Max (or M2 whatever)? That won't
roll out until the Autumn or later, I 'spect. (Maybe June?).
Mull it over for a bit. No rush.
On Mar 8, 2022 at 2:31:45 PM PST, "Alan Browne" <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
Ultra is beyond my needs, and Max smack right there perfect. The form
factor of the Studio is what I've been talking about for over a decade:
more powerful than the top mini in a desktop unit.
If I go for that with 1 TB memory and 32 GB RAM, that's $3160 tax-in
Canuck bucks. Might even spring for 64 GB mem. $3735 with tax. If it
goes the distance as this current 2012 iMac has done, that will be great.
I can lash that up to my very decent Samsung 4K display (Linux system at
present) and a secondary 1080p display for my "sidecar" display (e-mail,
calendar, etc...)
(I could probably hack my 27" iMac into a display - just need to find
the right h/w to interconnect (bypassing the iMac 27" CPU)).
Or should I wait for an iMac with M1 Max (or M2 whatever)? That won't
roll out until the Autumn or later, I 'spect. (Maybe June?).
Mull it over for a bit. No rush.
I've been considering buying-in for a replacement for my MacBook Pro 15" 2015.
Over the past year I got spooked with another swollen battery replacement and various issues solved by updating to Monterrey. So now I'm safe again and in no immediate hurry.
I'm okay with a hefty price tag because I've managed to get 8 or more years out the last number of machines; both mine and the wife's. In the future I'm not sure how quickly I'll be to buy the more expensive machines. They may become obsolete more rapidly thatn in the past with new technolgies I can't even imagine at present. They've surprised me repeatedly with gee-whiz tech for 25 years.
On 2022-03-09 21:17, gtr wrote:
On Mar 8, 2022 at 2:31:45 PM PST, "Alan Browne" <bitbucket@blackhole.com>
wrote:
Ultra is beyond my needs, and Max smack right there perfect. The form
factor of the Studio is what I've been talking about for over a decade:
more powerful than the top mini in a desktop unit.
If I go for that with 1 TB memory and 32 GB RAM, that's $3160 tax-in
Canuck bucks. Might even spring for 64 GB mem. $3735 with tax. If it
goes the distance as this current 2012 iMac has done, that will be great. >>>
I can lash that up to my very decent Samsung 4K display (Linux system at >>> present) and a secondary 1080p display for my "sidecar" display (e-mail, >>> calendar, etc...)
(I could probably hack my 27" iMac into a display - just need to find
the right h/w to interconnect (bypassing the iMac 27" CPU)).
Or should I wait for an iMac with M1 Max (or M2 whatever)? That won't
roll out until the Autumn or later, I 'spect. (Maybe June?).
Mull it over for a bit. No rush.
I've been considering buying-in for a replacement for my MacBook Pro 15" 2015.
Over the past year I got spooked with another swollen battery replacement and
various issues solved by updating to Monterrey. So now I'm safe again and in >> no immediate hurry.
I'm okay with a hefty price tag because I've managed to get 8 or more years >> out the last number of machines; both mine and the wife's. In the future I'm >> not sure how quickly I'll be to buy the more expensive machines. They may
become obsolete more rapidly thatn in the past with new technolgies I can't >> even imagine at present. They've surprised me repeatedly with gee-whiz tech >> for 25 years.
This iMac (2012 model, 27", i7 quad core (hyper threaded) - bought it
"Apple refurbished" in 2013 with 8 GB; updated to 24 GB) is the longest serving "main" personal computer I've ever owned[1]. For all of its
tasks up to photo editing it is fine. It's annoying once I start video editing.
So I don't mind shelling out the cash for a good machine as I'm sure it
will be good for me for a pretty long time going forward. I see the Mac Studio as a 10 year machine - at least for me.
[1] I've had a Windows "machine" go longer than 10 years ... but it also
had three different mother boards in there over time - not to mention
various cards swapped, disks, etc. Traded it to an employee for
something around 2003 and he used it for many years after (maybe still
is...)
As a point of curiousity what do you use for editing video?
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