Apple Mac Studio With M5 Ultra Review: There’s Simply Nothing Else Like It
Josh Goldman/CNET
9.3
Pros & Cons
- Really, really fast and quiet
- Compact and well designed
- Multiple systems can be clustered
- Expensive
- Can't upgrade memory, and no memory configuration choices between 96GB and 256GB
- M5 Max model has two fewer Thunderbolt connections than the M5 Ultra model
Apple continues to cram more and more capable components into the same Mac Studio compact desktop design it debuted in 2022, and I keep waiting for it to hit peak power. With its flagship model powered by the M5 Ultra, it has reached a new peak — at least for now — and cemented its place at the front of the pack.
The Mac Studio gets expensive in mid- to high-end configurations with 128GB of RAM or more — typical workstation pricing, now with an added RAMaggedoncost premium! The model I tested, with the M5 Ultra, 256GB RAM and a 4TB SSD,...
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