The Apple Way: M2 Max Mac Studio and Studio Display

[Music] thank you [Music] all right guys we got a new desk set up behind us the Apple Studio display with a Mac Studio starting with the Mac Studio I was previously working on a 2020 M1 MacBook Air and it surprisingly held its own for a really long time with the footage out of the Sony a74 that I shoot on the MacBook Air started to bog down to the point where I actually ran out of system memory and internal SSD space oddly enough so let's get into what spec of Mac Studio I picked what's back of Mac Studio did I pick so I ended up going with the M2 Max Max studio with the Baseline 32 gigabytes of memory and the only upgrade I did was a one terabyte internal SSD I watched a few videos on YouTube and read a lot about the Mac Studio online with a lot of recommendations to upgrade the memory so you're future proofed get the better processor get the M2 Ultra it's great it'll be future proofed the reality of my situation is future proof isn't really a thing I bought the spec of a computer that was the most affordable and had the right amount of horsepower to handle what I need to do which is editing photos and videos and then of course all the other light duty work email web browsing YouTube Etc I don't need 64. I don't need 96 gigabytes of RAM I definitely don't need to be having multiple streams of 8K video running I don't have anything to shoot on 8K so we're talking you know normal h.264 or h.265 4K video files for the most part and shoot a variety of 24 to 60 frames per second like I said before so I don't need the top of the line Max studio I bought what was reasonable for me and so far it's been a powerhouse it's a huge upgrade even over the M1 MacBook Air I don't have to do optimize media and Final Cut anymore I can edit the normal 4K video files straight out of the camera there's no stuttering there's no lag exporting videos seems faster I haven't timed it but it seems like it breezes through exports whereas with a longer video on the MacBook Air you know I know I could click the export button kind of get up and walk away do something else come back and it would be ready for me Mac Studio seems to be eating these video files for breakfast and enjoys every second of it it runs quiet it doesn't run hot and it's matching in aesthetic to the Apple Studio display so Bill why did you pick an Apple Studio display there's a bunch of different cheaper options out there you could have gone Ultra wide you could have gone with any number of different options and I pondered this for a while I had a 32 inch 4K LG panel it was a pretty budget 4k monitor colors weren't very great and the specs of the monitor also weren't very great and I had that monitor on an arm that I realized I never really used I used monitor arms in the past to set the height I am six foot tall so when I sit at a desk a typical monitor stand is too low for me and I need to raise it up to get the monitor at the proper height for me so I got the studio display on discount from a friend who works at Apple and I bought the height adjustable stand version so price wasn't my biggest Factor here in decision points I did look at 5K by 2K Ultra wide panels from companies like LG I looked at the Alienware 34 inch Ultra wide gaming Monitor and I ended up settling on the studio display partly because of the 5K resolution and that 5K resolution scales properly in Mac OS I'm not having any issues so far with the size of the monitor I did come from a 32 inch like I said it's a 27 inch screen I thought that might be a little bit too small for a single monitor setup but it turns out you get used to what you have and there's still plenty of space in Final Cut Pro for me I do minimize some of the sidebars now for things like color grading to get a little more space viewing the footage but overall this thing is amazing the unboxing experience was out of this world I'd almost pay the money again for the monitor just to do the unboxing over the build quality is great it's all metal the speakers sound awesome as well I had previously two homepod minis set up in the office and I have not actually set them back up yet because the speakers in the display sound so good and I opted for the standard glass not the Nano texture at first I was a little bit skeptical but the glossy finish makes the viewing experience great yes Reflections are worse than a typical matte anti-reflective coating or the Nano texture glass but it's totally man July I have Windows off to my left here and I have a big light in the room off to my right and only certain angles do those things bother me and the picture on this monitor is absolutely incredible so in 2023 if you're in the market for a new Mac computer and maybe a new display to go with it I can't say enough good things about these two paired together obviously they both have studio in the name they were meant to go together and they go together great they look great on the desk they function great together single Thunderbolt cable between the two of them the Mac Studio has plenty of i o on the front and the back of it and my favorite thing about the Mac Studio might be the built-in SD card reader my dongle life is almost over I still have my SD card reader dongle that's USBC from Apple to plug in I do have you know cameras with multiple cards and I take multiple cameras different places or if I have a drone out it's nice to be able to sync everything up you have more than one card you can throw more than one card at this thing copy everything to whatever Drive you're going to be editing on and it's just a seamless experience and that's kind of the Crux of the Apple Way at this point is a seamless experience everything you get you know what you're getting out of the box it just works there's no and Zips or buts about it and it works well so just be mindful as you watch reviewers who were maybe sent these computers by Apple in a certain spec you'll notice a lot of them out there with significant amounts of RAM and significantly expensive upgrades so be mindful of what you actually need and I would caution you to not buy more than you need we saw this huge leap from Intel Max which were very good performers and we saw a huge leap up to Apple silicon and now we get to sit here and watch The Continuous Improvement that Apple does so well year over year M1 M1 Pro M1 Max M1 Ultra M2 the same thing and looking forward to M3 and M4 and Beyond so buy what you need now don't over buy there will be a point in the future where your machine will be Obsolete and you'll want something different anyways so save the money enjoy your Tech with that we'll catch you next time thanks for watching

Channel: Bill McLean

Views: 22,647

Keywords: apple studio, apple studio display review, m2 max, mac studio m2, mac studio m2 max

Id: sRmZrkLYVLw

Length: 8min 56sec (536 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 29 2023