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Apple's New Mac Studio With M5 Chips Draws Local AI Enthusiast Interest

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Apple's new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra offers up to 512GB unified memory, with the Ultra model featuring 1.2TB/s bandwidth. Community discussions weigh the $10k cost against cloud token allowances from Qwen and DeepSeek.

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Timeline · 3 reports

  1. 2026-08-26 00:43 · r/LocalLLM
    About to drop 10k on Mac Studio m5 ultra should I
  2. 2026-08-25 15:49 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Mac Studio M5 Max Cost Analysis
  3. 2026-08-25 13:11 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Apple introduces new Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra - up to 512GB of unified memory

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