The heatsink Apple is using for the Studio’s cooling apparatus is made of aluminum in the M1 Max version of the Studio and copper in the M1 Ultra version-the copper heatsink adds two pounds to the weight of the computer, and you can instantly tell the difference when you pick them up.īut in both cases, the size of the cooler and the power efficiency of Apple’s chips keep the Studio nearly dead silent no matter what you’re doing with it. It’s not quite the mythical midrange “ xMac” workstation of yore, but it’s as close as we’ve ever gotten. It’s both a glimpse at what is possible now that Apple is leaving the Intel era behind, and yet another recommitment to the Mac as a powerful and flexible platform for getting work done. It borrows elements of the Mac Pro and the Mac mini, but it replaces neither. The Studio reminds me of a few Macs we’ve seen before-it’s sort of a trashcan Mac Pro by way of the PowerMac G4 Cube. And now we've gotten to the Mac Studio, the first totally new Apple Silicon Mac. The 24-inch iMac and 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros were throwbacks to the colorful G3 iMacs and titanium PowerBooks from two decades ago. The MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini all looked and felt exactly like the Macs they replaced, just with better performance and much better battery life. Update: Our chart calculating processor power efficiency has been updated to be more readable and accurate.Īpple Silicon Macs have gotten more interesting the deeper into the transition we've gotten.
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