When the 2019 Mac Pro came out, it was "amazing" how many still photography YouTubers all got launch day deliveries of the same BTO Mac Pro, with exactly the same spec:
18 core CPU, 384GB memory, Vega II Duo GPU and an 8TB SSD.
Or, more likely, Apple worked with them and made sure each of them had this Mac on launch day, while they waited for the model they actually ordered. Because they sure as hell didn't need an $18,000 computer for Lightroom.
Still rocking a 2019 Mac Pro with 192GB RAM for audio work, because I need the slots and I can’t justify the expense of a new one. But I’m sure a M4 Mini is faster.
Home PCs are as cheap as they’ve ever been. Adjusted for inflation the same can be said about “home use” Macs. The list price of an entry level MacBook Air has been pretty much the same for more than a decade. Adjust for inflation, and you get a MacBook air for less than half the real cost of the launch model that is massively better in every way.
A blip in high end RAM prices has no bearing on affordable home computing. Look at the last year or two and the proliferation of cheap, moderately to highly speced mini desktops.
I can get a Ryzen 7 system with 32gb of ddr5, and a 1tb drive delivered to my house before dinner tomorrow for $500 + tax.
Outside of YouTube influencers, I doubt many home users are buying a 512G RAM Mac Studio.
I doubt many of them are, either.
When the 2019 Mac Pro came out, it was "amazing" how many still photography YouTubers all got launch day deliveries of the same BTO Mac Pro, with exactly the same spec:
18 core CPU, 384GB memory, Vega II Duo GPU and an 8TB SSD.
Or, more likely, Apple worked with them and made sure each of them had this Mac on launch day, while they waited for the model they actually ordered. Because they sure as hell didn't need an $18,000 computer for Lightroom.
Still rocking a 2019 Mac Pro with 192GB RAM for audio work, because I need the slots and I can’t justify the expense of a new one. But I’m sure a M4 Mini is faster.
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I'm neither and have 2. 24/7 async inference against github issues. Free. (once you buy the macs that is)
I'm not sure who 'home users' are, but i doubt they're buying two $9,499 computers.
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I wonder what the actual lifetime amortized cost will be.
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Heh. I'm jealous. I'm still running a first gen Mac Studio (M1 Max, 64 gigs RAM.) It seemed like a beast only 3 years ago.
Interesting. Answering them? Solving them? Looking for ones to solve?
That product can still steal fab slots from cheaper, more prosumer products.
I did. Admittedly it was for video processing at 8k which uses more than 128gb of ram, but I am NOT a YouTuber.
Of course they're not. Everybody is waiting for next generation that will run LLMs faster to start buying.
Every generation runs LLMs faster than the previous one.
it's not like regular people can afford this kind of Apple machine anyway.
It’s just depressing that the “PC in every home” era is being rapidly pulled out from under our feet by all these supply shocks.
You can get a Mac Mini for $600 with 16GB of RAM and it will be more powerful than the "PC in every home" people would need for any common software.
The personal computing situation is great right now. RAM is temporarily more expensive, but it's definitely not ending any eras.
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Huh?
Home PCs are as cheap as they’ve ever been. Adjusted for inflation the same can be said about “home use” Macs. The list price of an entry level MacBook Air has been pretty much the same for more than a decade. Adjust for inflation, and you get a MacBook air for less than half the real cost of the launch model that is massively better in every way.
A blip in high end RAM prices has no bearing on affordable home computing. Look at the last year or two and the proliferation of cheap, moderately to highly speced mini desktops.
I can get a Ryzen 7 system with 32gb of ddr5, and a 1tb drive delivered to my house before dinner tomorrow for $500 + tax.
That’s not depressing, that’s amazing!
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