I love this line "Just ‘cause it’s fast, if you’re bad at editing and you get this machine, you’ll still be bad at editing but just faster" 😂😂

Looks like that robot arm came in handy for some INSANE shots! This looks incredible!

The first thing I noticed was how seamlessly it fit underneath the desk but seeing you push it in there was so aesthetic and spot on man.

It's possible the Studio gets hot under load and throttles down on heavy computing tasks like exporting the video due to the small inclosure compared to the Mac Pro. And Yeah, Apples packaging is insane. Just go the new iMac 24 and still blown away by the box of all things. Excellent review. I always enjoy watching your channel.

Apple can give us some of the fastest computers with amazing designs but can’t let me use final cut on my iPad Pro.

The shots in this video + the thumbnail are insane 🔥

I love the choise of music for the intros. Love your intros!

I’ll give apple props for sustainability when they let us upgrade the damn machines. Still an incredible tool, the energy specs are also great but come on… without the ability to upgrade the device over time there’s a ton of eventual e-waste there.

"If you're bad at editing and you get this machine, you'll still be bad at editing but just faster." So should I buy it then?

The fact that this $4000 computer is even being COMPARED AT ALL or MATCHING the $25000 Mac Pro of a few years ago is just insanity I don't think people are really taking that in enough

Your review of this was brilliant. Easy to understand the pros and cons. Thanks. I subscribed.

Love the major shoutout to Malaysia in the edit renders! Hope you have had the chance to really enjoy the country! Great content as always!

I wanna point out that although MKBHD says that the RTX3090 is meant for games, although it is marketed to be a gaming graphics card, it’s actual intended capability is for both 3D rendering and gaming. I know many people who deal with 3D art or 3D modeling use RTX3090s or 3080s to do their work and at the same time run the games that they’re working on.

The fact it fits under that shelf so perfectly 🥵

The way it slid perfectly under the monitor desk stand thing is soooo satisfying

I absolutely love how you edit your videos, gives such a sophisticated aura

3090 is not exclusively for gaming, it is a quadro replacement. That means that it is for Rendering, by being the best for gaming at the same time. That's the reason that it has 24 GB of VRAM

MaxTech did a teardown, and the screws to access the internals are underneath the rubber ring on the bottom. There are of course a lot more screws and connectors to really get into it. But the SSD isn't soldered, and there are actually two SSD slots. I assume that the larger storage options (4 TB and 8 TB) use both, but the 1 TB machine he disassembled only uses one of the SSD slots. They're not standard NVMe slots, but OWC will probably offer upgrades at some point.

incredible video, good review! Also, loved the sustainability segment, super interesting!

Thanks. Was thinking of upgrading to this as I do a lot of Dev work. And my Max Mini struggles to run all my dev tools.

the amount of leaps Apple has been able to make within a single "generation" of chip is REALLY impressive. I'm very excited to see how their chips improve in the future, and maybe one day in the future I'll make the full switch to MacOS.

Great review (as always) although I think it’s wrong to dismiss the 3090 as purely being for gaming. There’s a reason Apple made that comparison and had people from Redshift, Maxon and Adobe at the event. The 3090 is the best GPU for motion design and 3D GPU rendering.

I love watching ads for your vids cause of the work you put into your work. You are another Guru in the video space

Side note, the 3090 is not really meant for gaming, as it's a "replacement" of the Titan. It's a studio card, for 3D modeling or animation, that can also be used for gaming!

The editing skill is increasing a bit by bit every single video. MKHBD is seriously killing it with the video quality.

I was waiting on them to release news about a new IMAC PRO. But I’m not going to lie, I am really leaning towards getting the Mac Studio with M1 Ultra chip instead . Tired of waiting & this seems like everything I need for years to come.

I'm actually getting this because I will return to work in a hybrid capacity. (4 days home - 1 day at work) - I could get the macbook pro but feel this packs more punch and fits in a backpack. I will just have to plug 4 cables when I want to move it around.

Excellent, well rounded review. Thanks.

I’m not even gonna lie I’m not even interested in this Mac and have no intention of buying it but it’s just so satisfying to watch MKBHD videos, the production quality, the editing and the aesthetics make me stay

I saw a picture on twitter where someone opened the studio. It was really insane. The specs for this machine is really dope

Haven’t seen a video of yours for quite some time, forgot how beautiful they are. Kudos 👏

Thanks for explaining so well!

The efficiency thing is no joke. Switching to an M1 Mac Mini from my Windows desktop not only made a noticeable impact on my power bill alone, the heat generation is making another positive impact because I have to air condition my office less.

Peak MKBHD review. Great work! So clean, so smooth, so clear, utterly professional yet accessible. This is exactly what I subbed for years ago and the team still consistently overdelivers. ❤️

7:17 Thanks a lot for this clarification. To quote a comment on a video I saw about this: "It's like saying your Prius at 100% charge is faster than a Lamborghini in 2nd gear". It's technically true, but it is also absurd.

Your content is getting better and better. Incredible 👍

Definitely seems impressive! But not having HDMI 2.1 seems strange.

I come from an era of computers where power users like me had an Athlon 1.1MHz with 256Mb RAM and a 20Gb 7200 HDD. The Graphic card of choice was a Savage 3D 32Mb or Riva TNT2. This entire generation of machines is impressive to me, even my humble 3.0Gz octacore Android with 6Gb RAM and 126Gb storage seems like 10 generations newer. I can only imagine the heat the X64 line up is feeling now, and when the apps become 'native' rather than Rosetta 2.0 based, its gonna be a headshot.

Very good and informative review as always, thank you

Great video. Your words are so concise and to the point. Excellent reviewer.

@12:54 "If you're bad at editing and you get this machine, you'll still be bad at editing, but just faster" aww shucks,there's always a catch

3090 build referred to in the presentation walks the M1 Ultra in many real world tests. I recommend those reviews for anyone more curious about the benchmarks Apple chose to market.

One thing I would be very interested to see is how much better the Mac studio handles AI upscale via Topaz. Since they are adding to the neural engine I wonder how much of a performance boost that actually translates to.

@mkbhd Love your videos, authentic, not nerdy, really liked the smooth transition at the start of video, Q content

0:38 marques editing a clip showing the Malaysian skyline because the Mac Studio is made in Malaysia nice

“You buy a 3090 for gaming” every tech reviewer forgets that 3D modelers and engineers exist.

I really like the conclusion, thanks man.

Apple silicon is very interesting and obviously becoming serious competition for the x86 platform, but until the compatibility issues with many workflows are resolved, especially like some specific engineering workflows designed for x86 Linux or x86 Windows only, these impressive machines will not be compelling enough to make the transition. I hope Apple addresses these issues soon.

The way Apple made their presentation made me wonder “are they claiming Mac studio outperforms every other computer?”. Thanks for painting the full picture Marques.

I’m always so hyped for your intros 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 and double M1 Max chips is WILD 🤯🤯

Most people believe that getting better equipment raises your skills. Love that he points this out. Very few people would benefit using this.

It’s always nice to see your reviews anytime of the day…..

I enjoyed where you discussed “TOOLS”. Yes these machines are tools and knowing how to use them well is where we’ll see our greatest gains. Thank you sir.

Pump for the full review. Beautiful intro as always.

Mate, you're amazing. After years and years of product reviews, I keep watching your videos. They make me happy, informed and love all the narrative you build around them. Keep at it! Love from Scotland :)

great video...certainly helps me decide that this product is not for a casual user. ....will wait for a new compact Mac mini!

This is incredible! Thank you for making great quality content.

Since this is so unique, I'd love to see someone go to each of these different 'studios' and test it out for their workflows. You don't see a lot of reviews talking about how well this works for architects/engineers using archicad/revit for example. That's probably too much to expect though! I'm looking at getting my own professional setup at home since more places are accepting wfh and I feel like this could be a new aspect to the 'consumer' market.

Great review, I appreciate your insight.

This really reminds me of SGI back in the day. Silicon Graphics were these beatiful computers, great design and powerful too - but most people had zero use for it. Back then, I was thinking about getting into 3D graphics - just to work with something this beatiful and outlandish. I'm too old to start a video editing studio now to have a nice aluminum box :-) My Ryzen with Nvidia GPU is pretty much equal to this and when I'm done with my workstation, kids gonna get it for games or it's gonna be my new home server.

Impressive as the videography was, I was disappointed with the video content: - RTX3090 exclusive for gaming? What??!! - "Intel could never" when talking about raw performance in Cinenebench R23, when Intel has already more powerful consumer CPUs in both single and multi-core for this (and many) benchmark and real world use (and lose in others) - Lack of comparison with PC in regards to performance and value - Talking about saving in electricity bills and environmentally friendlynes but you have to replace the whole computer if something, anything, goes wrong, while a PC you easily just upgrade certain components and even when you upgrade motherboard and CPU, you can still re use PSU, case, NMVEs, etc. Not to mention at equal performance you are saving a lot by building a pc in most cases (unless your specific workflows really take advantage of M1 silicon) - Almost lack of anything other than video editing was touched in the video in regards to performance. I get it, you have a video production studio like you mentioned, but was still disappointed, I guess there are other channels for that and I shouldn't be, but I somehow expected a little more/wide context It's an excellent and impressive machine, performs equally to the best consumer hardware (no prosumer) while being so much more efficient, all in a tiny box. But there is a huge price to pay for having that efficiency and that performance packed in a tiny box, like double the price, and in lack of modularity (repairability and upgradability). Worth it for sure for many people, but still necessary to point out.

12:54 „If you’re bad at editing and you get this machine, you‘ll still be bad at editing but just faster!“ My new favorite Quote of all time!

Great review thanks so much.

Loved the video. I’m shifting to a new company and have ordered the M1 Ultra as my machine. Excited to put my hands on it. Thanks for the informative video as always bro.

Oh my gosh, this is probably the best MKBHD video I've ever seen. So well edited, such great shots, and a great review overall. Great job, keep it up!

Max jus5 did a tear down. Looks like you can upgrade or add extra capacity in the SSD department

top notch video work during the intro

To everyone that reads this there was a youtuber that tore down the Mac Studio and there are 2 SSD spots on there and all the ports are modulus that can be unscrewed and replaced. To open the Studio the screws are under the black ring that is at the bottom.

Dude, you're such a great storyteller, your reviews can't stop getting better. Nice work!

We’re really gonna need a “best of intro” series, and how they were made, or what inspired you. They’re becoming a larger feature of your videos IMO.

Excellent review. Thank you very much👌🏻

I just got the M2 MAX Mac Studio and it's a beast! The M1 Ultra is more than enough as the Mac Studio is overkill for most users. It's a godsend for video editors though! You can also watch 8K KZfaq videos with no issues. My laptop with an RTX 3070 struggled with 8K vids. Made a tech review of it as well but someday I hope to reach your level. Keep up the awesome videos Marques!

*EDIT* Anyone talking about the *Mac Pro* PLEASE work on your reading comprehension, this comment was to highlight the *MAC STUDIO* (As this is a video about a Mac Studio) *NOT* the Mac Pro which is blatantly poor value for the money... indicating Apple is moving towards actually providing value in its products which they historically haven’t been (pre-M1). I think the take away here is it nearly performs as good as an intel Mac Pro fully spec’d for tens of thousands of dollars less. A fully spec’d Mac Pro is exceeding $60kCAD, SIXTY THOUSAND… So people saying this is over priced haven’t seen that an equivalent Intel CPU *alone* costs as much if not more than the entire Mac Studio. Very cool to see what Arm can do when really optimized, X86 has some work cut out for it at this rate.

I wouldn't call a computer you can't upgrade at all sustainable, recycled once means nothing if it won't get reused or recycled again.

I like his honest and down to earth review. I love his style. Subscribed.

The way the M1 Ultra is setup is still insane to me. Even with high end GPUs in the past you couldn't really just use 2 to effectively make 1 super GPU (as far as I know). I wonder if this approach could be used in future processors by different companies. Although the M1 chips is much more integrated including the GPU, ram, etc. while Intel/AMD CPU's are more individual parts. Props to Apple on this achievement.

Always appreciate the content on the macs over the years, thanks!

I have Mac mini and I am very happy with it. But as you mentioned it is 100% true that skills is what matters the most. Tools is tool at the end of the day.

Good luck on the new season of your season

One of the most comprehensive reviews of ANY Mac ever seen! Nice one

Regarding the sustainability element, what is the expected useful lifespan of one of these machines, and how does the fact that it cannot be upgraded or modified (in a way that other products can that extend their lifespan) impact the sustainability element?

Whew that intro!!

The entro involving the camera robot was just breathtaking! great videos man.

My favorite intro yet 🙌🏽

I genuinely thought the bad editing part was a segway to a sponsor spot like "skillshare" Crazy how that just happened!

Hey this was an incredibly well put together review!

Fantastic review! Thank you!

Modularity isn't the same as upgradability or part replacement, what I got from it is that they meant "daisy-chainable" for the use-case of server rooms or render farms

I can't even imagine what a full fledged Mac pro tower with no power limitations will be like. Remember, these new mac products are mostly mobile and pulling less than 250 watts. The old mac pros fully specd used to pull 1000+ watts power. If performance per watts is to be taken into consideration as we've already seen from the MAX and the Ultras, then 500watts+ M1 mac pro would be insane😤😤

"do you really need that much power?" The craziest thing about technology is that in 10 years we'll be laughing at its poor performance

Really appreciate the info!

Honestly I underestimated the Mac Mini M1. It's been able to run all my programs and handle all my Adobe programs without a problem. I would recommend that instead, I think KZfaqrs get tunnel vision in focusing on video editing and graphics design. Most of us students don't deal with that. Plus it's like $600. Why spend a couple of grand on a computer if you won't be able to take full advantage of its capacity?

that intro🔥🔥🔥

I have the baseline 14" M1 MacBook Pro w/ no upgrades to anything except 2GB of storage. And the more I use it, the more I wonder who possibly would need more power... like I feel like it would be overkill for 98% of people lol. I'm editing 4K video regularly on Premiere and have had zero issues so far.

Awesome video dude. As always. You are really talented.

Thanks Marques for what I can only say is an honest, non-fanboy-based, straight talk review. It's great that you showed the benchmarks but also concisely pointed out that hey, if this isn't the machine for you or you push your machine, then that's fine. You're right - for most people this machine will probably be overkill but that is still fine. For others there are the larger Macs or PCs. You still can't deny Apple's moving of the industry forward with these little machines so it will be neat to see how other chip makers work to compete and in the end we all win.

When my iMac’s GPU died I was left with best screen I have ever owned, dead because of failed GPU. I thought I would never own a Mac desktop again, but this will definitely be on my list when the time to upgrade comes… in about 8 to 10 years

Would really kill for one KZfaq tech reviewer to talk to a developer or two (not just iOS/Mac app developers but regular world devs). It’s probably the most common workflow that would actually benefit from a machine like this (and I mean biiig benefits), but the entire community pretends people with powerful computers are just content creators or scientists.

When you love what you do, you learn more to be better at it. I really love the in depth lessons you give for free. Wow. You should start lecturing too.

I always come back to this video just for the intro 😮😮