Apple today released a totally new boutique of Mac products; the Mac Studio and Studio Display. The company says they are a desktop and display designed to give users everything they need to build the studio of their dreams. Dubbing it a breakthrough in personal computing, Apple says the Mac Studio is powered by M1 Max and the new M1 Ultra, the world’s most powerful chip for a personal computer.
It boasts an unprecedented level of performance, an extensive array of connectivity, and completely new capabilities in a design so compact, it sits within arm’s reach on the desk. With Mac Studio, users can do things that are not possible on any other desktop, such as rendering massive 3D environments and playing back 18 streams of ProRes video. Studio Display, the perfect complement to Mac Studio, also pairs beautifully with any Mac. It features an expansive 27-inch 5K Retina display, a 12MP Ultra Wide camera with Center Stage, and a high-fidelity six-speaker sound system with spatial audio.
Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing gushed, “We couldn’t be more excited to introduce an entirely new Mac desktop and display with Mac Studio and Studio Display.” “… And Studio Display — with its stunning 5K Retina screen, along with the best combination of camera and audio ever in a desktop display — is in a class of its own.”
Mac Studio specs
Apple promises that Mac Studio will deliver even more capability to users who are looking to push the limits of their creativity — with breakthrough performance, a wide range of connectivity for peripherals, and a modular system to create the perfect setup.
Built from a single aluminum extrusion with a square footprint of just 7.7 inches and a height of only 3.7 inches, Mac Studio takes up very little space and fits perfectly under most displays. Mac Studio also features an innovative thermal design that enables an extraordinary amount of performance. The unique system of double-sided blowers, precisely placed airflow channels, and over 4,000 perforations on the back and bottom of the enclosure guide air through the internal components and help cool the high-performance chips. And because of the efficiency of Apple silicon, Mac Studio remains incredibly quiet, even under the heaviest workloads.
Four Thunderbolt 4 ports to connect displays and high-performance devices
10Gb Ethernet port, two USB-A ports, an HDMI port, and a pro audio jack for high-impedance headphones or external amplified speakers
Built in Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0
Two USB-C ports, which on M1 Max supports 10Gb/s USB 3, and on M1 Ultra supports 40Gb/s Thunderbolt 4.
SD card slot on the front to easily import photos and video
Up to four Pro Display XDRs, plus a 4K TV — driving nearly 90 million pixels.
M1 Ultra Capabilities
Can play back 18 streams of 8K ProRes 422 video
Features up to 64GB of unified memory on systems with M1 Max and up to 128GB of unified memory
SSD in Mac Studio delivers up to 7.4GB/s of performance and a capacity of up to 8TB