Apple fill a gaping hole in its production lineup Tuesday by announcing the Mac Studio , a powerful desktop that runs on the company ’s newM1 Ultrachip , which debut the same day .
Available March 18 , the Mac Studio starts at $ 1,999 . Schools and educational buyers receive a $ 200 discount .
Whereas the Mac mini with M1 is have in mind as an incoming - stage answer for everyday consumers and the Mac Pro is for master , the Mac Studio is meant for content creators — those who need strong performance and graphics but do n’t have wad of John Cash to throw at a Mac Pro . Mac Studio uses Apple Silicon and is await to supervene upon the gamy - end mini , whose previous versions run on Intel chips , Apple said Tuesday .
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The Mac Studio is well smaller than the Mac Pro and its cube - shape design seems to be inspired by Apple ’s Power Mac G4 Cube , an acclaimed computer that die commercially after it launched in 2000 . To be exonerated , the Studio , while not as compact as the mini , is a very small calculator for the performance it assure . The machine , which Apple says is built from a single aluminum prominence , has a solid footprint of 7.7 inches and a height of 3.7 inches .
On the inside is a unequaled lover blueprint that Apple claim will keep the Studio tranquil under most work load . As for port wine , there are four Thunderbolt 4 ports for connecting presentation and peripherals , an Ethernet embrasure , two USB ports , an HDMI , and a gamey - impedance headphone / mic jack . On the front are two USB - C port ( with M1 Ultra config , these are Thunderbolt 4 ) and a full SD placard slot . Connectivity let in Bluetooth 5.0 and Wi - Fi 6 .
As for the specification , the Mac Studio can be fit out with either an M1 Max or the new 20 - pith M1 Ultra central processing unit — the latter being Apple ’s most powerful bit . Paired with this Apple Silicon is up to 128 of RAM ( or 64 GB with M1 Max ) and warehousing option that go up to 8 TB .
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Apple also claims the Mac Studio is more efficient than competitors and requires 1,000 kW - hours of energy less than a high-pitched - closing personal computer desktop .
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