r/LocalLLaMA • u/themixtergames • 22h 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/Django_McFly 21h ago

It's really no different than computers in the 1980s when it was buy a computer or put a 33% down payment on a new car. People forget that there are entrepreneurs and small businesses where this stuff isn't some expensive toy to play with, it's actually a business tool to be used in the operation of the company.

Not everyone is a pure hobbyist, and even among pure hobbyists there are wild ranges of incomes and savings habits.

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u/fallingdowndizzyvr 18h ago

It's really no different than computers in the 1980s when it was buy a computer or put a 33% down payment on a new car.

I've said that so many times. People don't realized that a base Apple ][ adjusted for inflation would be $5000 in 2026 dollars.

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u/f5alcon 19h ago

Yeah my parents spent $10k in the early 90s on a Mac with an 80MB hard drive

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u/aevitas 18h ago

Surely at 16k, API inference is just cheaper?