Karnage @Karnage - 1y
To buy a massively overprice Mac Studio … or build an absolute beast of a machine with top specs for the same price and forget about macs (or do a hackintosh) 🤔
😉 I can deal with a bit of pain
Do you have one? What are your plans thoughts on it?
gzuuus @gzuuus - 1y
Top specs machine+linux best performance, free software, if you need macos you can try to virtualize it on demand
tisza @tisza - 1y
Don't do a hackintosh. Way too unstable and a pain to plan and configure. Stay with Apple's hardware if you want MacOS. From a productivity standpoint I don't think there is anything better. I use an 14" Macbook Pro M2 Max for work, it runs like a dream. A custom PC if you're into gaming or have an application that strictly needs dedicated graphics. Otherwise you're stuck with Windows 🤮 or Linux which is great, but depends on what you want to do with it. What do you plan on running on the new hardware?
solobalbo @solobalbo - 1y
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Marcelinho @marcelinho - 1y
do you get everything in SW also on linux? if the answer is no = 🍎🖥️⌨️
Ultimate flow def with Mac. I have a windows PC that was top specs about 4 years ago and it’s still decent but far from “beast” and I never use it 😢
Not much, basic design, very occasional game. I just want a beast ya know … 😂 But much smoother flow on Mac and I love the displays even though they take an arm and a leg for them 😭 😭
Did you go with a studio display?
I think I’ll go for m2 max studio with 64gb ram upgrade and 1tb 😔 sad because hdds so pricey by Apple. Should be able to afford 4tb at normal prices! It seems there’s not a whole lot of difference between max and ultra unless you do a ton of video editing.
Volker @Volker - 1y
Get a 4TB Samsung external SSD, tape it to the studio, put your mass data on it. Works like a charm and is cheap. I haven't had >512GB internal on Macs for years.
semisol @Semisol - 1y
Have you tried an NVMe USB-C enclosure instead. Also, personally, I would recommend just building a good computer with an AMD CPU
I would recommend using an NVMe enclosure. You get features like SMART
The vertically integrated ARM based SoC has unbeatable performance and features. Impossible to compete with, using anything standardized. Sorry
I’ll get some external drives for storage. I already have a pc but don’t really have a reason to upgrade it. I spec’ed out 2 builds - one with budget components but hardly any noticeable difference in performance lost and the other with top of the like everything. Budget is 1.8k usd and top of the line - 3.2k. Does not include monitors or extra drives but max possible ram and 4tb nvme ssd With studio I can use my existing crappier monitor for now until I buy a studio display.
Whatever you do get an enclosure because most external drives are shit
Future proofing and tons and tons of figma files open
Be careful with the heat tho. NVMe can get frickin hot not doing much
RMX @RMX - 1y
The problem with modern silicon Macs is that storage is soldered (not user upgradeable), if your nand chip dies you have to buy a new Mac. With hackintoshed machine it is easy with storage upgrades- add storage as much you like and, for example, u don’t have to pay $800 for 2TB Apple’s pricetag. I have stable hackintosh on Gigabyte Z490 Vision D. No complaints there. Performance wise, Silicon Mac chips of course are light years ahead.. but always rethink/consider if you really need that extra performance..
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