❔ What computer is your Mac Studio replacing? ❔

[Bones13]

2013 trashcan MacPro, which has been great for 9 years. Its now a music server for my audio system.

 

[DrMickeyLauer]

6,1

 

[Kahalu'u Bob]

2015 27" Retina 5K iMac. Still a good machine!

 

[TTYS0]

Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015 / 4GHz i7 / 48GB RAM (self updated) / Radeon R9 M395X 4GB

 

[CaptRB]

TRS80 Model 1 with 4K and a cassette drive. I had planned on adding a disc drive and bumping to 8K, but my green screen died and enough was enough.

I was close to upgrading to an Atari 800 when the Mac Studio caught my eye.


R.

 

[Psychicbob]

My base level Mac Studio replaced my M1 Mac Mini with 16GB. Aside from my other uses and needs from Apple architecture, I wanted the cheapest Apple PC that could run World of Warcraft at 1440p 144 refresh without breaking sweat. My M1 Mac Mini did a fantastic job but Blizzard had coded some graphical effects that they had not bothered tying to the settings, so the net result was that on some bosses, the fps went down to below 20 and became unplayable until that effect had passed. I needed something that could brute-force its way through, and the 24 core GPU does that without even trying.

 

[michaelm_photo]

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) Long overdue

 

[stanmac]

My base level Mac Studio replaced my M1 Mac Mini with 16GB. Aside from my other uses and needs from Apple architecture, I wanted the cheapest Apple PC that could run World of Warcraft at 1440p 144 refresh without breaking sweat. My M1 Mac Mini did a fantastic job but Blizzard had coded some graphical effects that they had not bothered tying to the settings, so the net result was that on some bosses, the fps went down to below 20 and became unplayable until that effect had passed. I needed something that could brute-force its way through, and the 24 core GPU does that without even trying.

Same situation! Totally overkill for daily use but it does the job well and future proof for future casual gaming as well!

 

[Lioness~]

Late 2013 27" iMac
32 gb ram
1 tb fusion drive

Did at least do mail and safari at the end. Not much more.
But served me well a long time. Was a beast when I bought it 😄

 

[Psychicbob]

Same situation! Totally overkill for daily use but it does the job well and future proof for future casual gaming as well!

FYI there’s a bug with WoW and latest Mac OS. Screen freezes but game continues in background. Only unplugging and re plugging monitor gets it back. Easy solution is to keep Vsync on. I’m sure they’ll fix it at some point

 

[Pilou77]

iMac mid 2017 5K.
i5 7600k 24Go 512 SSD

 

[madjujujuju]

7.1

 

[edubfromktown]

Mini M1 16 GB.

 

[Maryarena]

2009 iMac! I erased it and installed the OS again and will give it to my daughter for web use. It really was a great purchase.

 

[R3k]

2019 Mac Pro 12 core.

Getting an Ultra. Breaking even with a system that is more powerful, portable and future proof.
Only downs is it may not be as robust performance wise (we see as the 2019 Mac Pro is amazing at multitasking and grinding away for hours) external storage not as fast as PCI-e SSD’s, noise profile not as good from what I’ve read.

 

[OaktownBdon]

Replacing my late 2014 retina iMac 27" (4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, 32GB, AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4GB)

I didn't see a benchmark thread so will share this here... I ran a few tests to compare the 2014 iMac to the new Mac Studio (8-core M1 Max, 64GB) and was pretty pumped by the results. The last test blew my mind. Times to run are listed as minutes:seconds.

	iMac Late 2014	Mac Studio 2022	X times as fast
Lightroom Export of 100 Canon R5C photos (45MP)	03:56	01:13	3.2x
Lightroom Stitch of 28 photos (30MP each)	04:28	01:22	3.3x
Final Cut Pro Export 2-minute 4k clip without compression	04:04	00:20	12.2x
Final Cut Pro Export 1-minute 8k clip as 4k HEVC 10-bit compressed clip	44:20	00:45	59.1x

 

[pastrychef]

My Mac Studio replaced a hackintosh (Z370, i9-9900K, RX 6600 XT) which replaced a MacPro5,1.

 

[jerryk]

M1 Base Mini. Great machine, but short on memory and storage.

 

[cgscotto]

6,1 6 core, which will go to my son.

 

[XavierScott]

Replacing my Mac Pro (Late 2013 model). It works fine outside of some random shutdowns but I think that's a Photos bug.

 

[Shamgar]

I got a Mac Studio Ultra to replace an i9 9900k / RX 5700 XT Hackintosh. The extra CPU grunt and all the extra specialized silicon really seem to be to working out, though the storage is less flexible.

 

[johngordon]

Have just ordered mine. Its to replace a late 2015 iMac. I could never justify a MacPro, and even the Studio is probably more than I need. But for me it should be pretty future proof. I've had two iMacs since 2008, so hoping I might get 10 years out of it.

 

[fblades]

iMac 27" mid-2010

 

[richpjr]

It is sort of replacing a Windows gaming PC. I say sort of because I am replacing it in my home office, but the gaming PC will be moved into another room.

 

[Argoduck]

Replaces a Mac Pro (2013), 8 core, 64GB, 1TB which has handled my scientific/computational workloads well. For this type of work the cooling had no problem coping with 6-12 hour runs. But, now more capability needed.