Apple unveiled the second-generation Mac Studio at its WWDC 2023 keynote. The pro-tier workstation runs on the new M2 Max or M2 Ultra chips and starts at $1,999.
The new Mac Studio is still akin to a “Mac mini Pro,” positioned as a larger and significantly more powerful version of Apple’s budget desktop. But the updated version now has the M2 Max’s or M2 Ultra’s extra horsepower to excel even more at demanding tasks like 8K video-editing, 3D modeling or music production.
Apple says the M2 Ultra version of the upgraded machine is 20 percent faster — with a 30 percent speedier GPU — compared to the M1 Ultra variant of the first-gen Mac Studio. In addition, its 32-core Neural Engine is 40 percent zippier. Finally, the second-gen Mac Studio supports up to 192GB of RAM.
Apple will open preorders for the new Mac Studio today. The machine is scheduled to ship next week.
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