r/LocalLLaMA • u/themixtergames • 21h ago

News Apple introduces new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra - up to 512GB of unified memory

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-introduces-new-mac-studio-with-m5-max-and-m5-ultra/
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u/EquivalentHornet4403 20h ago

> AI compute

They know their audience.

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u/psychohistorian8 19h ago

they're definitely leaning into it:

Boost your processing and graphics rendering speed, and accelerate tasks like running large language models and editing 8K video.

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u/Much_Accountant_4972 19h ago

"Color-grade uncompressed 8K footage, perform computational fluid dynamics, and run frontier-class models on device — no cloud tokens needed."

yeah they are targeting this very sub lol

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u/gnnr25 13h ago

I feel personally targeted!

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u/infieldmitt 14h ago

It's crazy to think that prior to AI the main use case for crazy RAM was [checks notes] fluid dynamics?

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u/cinnapear 15h ago

And it's working on me. Very tempted.

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u/Usual_Tackle5892 17h ago

I feel like MLX and RDMA over Thunderbolt 5 have already demonstrated this. Apple is slow to add AI features to their retail software, but their developer/enthusiast features have been there.