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Karnage @Karnage - 2y

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) 🤔

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Karnage @Karnage - 2y

😉 I can deal with a bit of pain

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Karnage @Karnage - 2y

Do you have one? What are your plans thoughts on it?

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gzuuus @gzuuus - 2y

Top specs machine+linux best performance, free software, if you need macos you can try to virtualize it on demand

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tisza @tisza - 2y

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?

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solobalbo @solobalbo - 2y

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Marcelinho @marcelinho - 2y

do you get everything in SW also on linux? if the answer is no = 🍎🖥️⌨️

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Karnage @Karnage - 2y

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 😢

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Karnage @Karnage - 2y

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 😭 😭

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Karnage @Karnage - 2y

Did you go with a studio display?

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Karnage @Karnage - 2y

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.

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Volker @Volker - 2y

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.

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semisol @semisol - 2y

Have you tried an NVMe USB-C enclosure instead. Also, personally, I would recommend just building a good computer with an AMD CPU

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semisol @semisol - 2y

I would recommend using an NVMe enclosure. You get features like SMART

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Volker @Volker - 2y

The vertically integrated ARM based SoC has unbeatable performance and features. Impossible to compete with, using anything standardized. Sorry

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Karnage @Karnage - 2y

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.

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semisol @semisol - 2y

Whatever you do get an enclosure because most external drives are shit

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Karnage @Karnage - 2y

Future proofing and tons and tons of figma files open

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Volker @Volker - 2y

Be careful with the heat tho. NVMe can get frickin hot not doing much

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RMX @RMX - 2y

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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Karnage @Karnage - 2y

I do

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pukka @jared - 2y

Do Mac Studio. It’s great unless you want to play games, then build PC.

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