Apple has announced a new powerful Mac the Mac Studio powered by the new Apple M1 Ultra. Apple says it is designed for those working in studios. Apple has also announced a new Mac Studio display.

The new Mac Studio is extruded from aluminum offering a new innovative thermal system to draw air through the machine. Noise levels are minimal according to Apple.

Apple Studio Features

The new Apple Mac Studio features;

• 4 thunderbolt 4

• 10 gb ethernet port

• 2 USB A ports

• HDMI

• Pro audio jack

• WIFI 6

• Bluetooth 5

• The front panel includes USB-C (M1 Max) or Thunderbolt 4 (M1 Ultra) and an SD card slot.

• Support 4 Pro Display XDRs

Mac Studio Specifications for both M1 Max and M1 Ultra

Apple M1 Max chip powered Mac Studio

• 10-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores

• 24-core GPU

• 16-core Neural Engine

• 400GB/s memory bandwidth

Media engine

• Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW

• Video decode engine

• Two video encode engines

• Two ProRes encode and decode engines

Configurable to:

M1 Max with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine

Apple M1 Ultra chip powered Mac Studio

• 20-core CPU with 16 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores

• 48-core GPU

• 32-core Neural Engine

• 800GB/s memory bandwidth

Media engine

• Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW

• Two video decode engines

• Four video encode engines

• Four ProRes encode and decode engines

Configurable to:

M1 Ultra with 20-core CPU, 64-core GPU, and 32-core Neural Engine

Apple Mac Studio Connectivity

Four Thunderbolt 4 ports with support for:

• Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

• DisplayPort

• USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

• USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)

• Two USB-A ports (up to 5Gb/s)

• HDMI port

• 10Gb Ethernet

• 3.5 mm headphone jack

On front (M1 Max):

• Two USB-C ports (up to 10Gb/s)

• SDXC card slot (UHS-II)

On front (M1 Ultra):

• Two Thunderbolt 4 ports (up to 40Gb/s)

• SDXC card slot (UHS-II)

Mac Studio Configure to Order Options

• M1 Max with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine

• M1 Ultra with 20-core CPU, 48-core GPU, and 32-core Neural Engine

• M1 Ultra with 20-core CPU, 64-core GPU, and 32-core Neural Engine

• 64GB unified memory (M1 Max)

• 128GB unified memory (M1 Ultra)

• 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, or 8TB SSD

Mac Studio Pricing

• 64GB unified memory (M1 Max) starting at $1999

• 128GB unified memory (M1 Ultra) starting $3999

• 8TB SSD possible

A fully loaded Mac Studio Ultra with the following spec is $7999.

• Apple M1 Ultra with 20-core CPU, 64-core GPU, 32-core Neural Engine

• 128GB unified memory

• 8TB SSD storage

• Front: Two Thunderbolt 4 ports, one SDXC card slot

• Back: Four Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports, one HDMI port, one 10Gb Ethernet port, one 3.5 mm headphone jack

• Accessory Kit

New Studio Display With Spatial Audio

The new Apple Studio display features a 27” active area with TrueTone to deliver great colour. The display features an advanced audio and video system. A 12MP Ultra Wide camera, it includes a three mic system and six speaker sound system, 4 four woofers and 2 tweeters, the speakers on this monitor support Spatial Audio, powered by Dolby Atmos.

• 3 USB-C ports

• Thunderbolt port

• Offers 96w of power to help charge your Mac

• 3 displays can be connected to one Mac for multi-monitor support.

Two stands offer different options for mounting as well as a VESA wall mounting option.

Specifications

• 5K Retina display

• 27-inch (diagonal) 5K Retina display

• 5120-by-2880 resolution at 218 pixels per inch

• 600 nits brightness

• Support for 1 billion colors

• Wide color (P3)

• True Tone technology

Studio Display Compatibility

Studio Display is compatible with the following Mac models running macOS Monterey 12.3 or later:

• Mac Studio (2022)

• 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019 or later)

• 14-inch MacBook Pro (2021)

• 13-inch MacBook Pro (2016 or later)

• 15-inch MacBook Pro (2016 or later)

• MacBook Air (2018 or later)

• Mac mini (2018 or later)

• Mac Pro (2019 or later)

• 24-inch iMac (2021)

• 27-inch iMac (2017 or later)

• 21.5-inch iMac (2017 or later)

• iMac Pro (2017)

Studio Display is compatible with the following iPad models running iPadOS 15.4 or later:2

• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation or later)

• iPad Pro 11-inch

• iPad Air (5th generation)

Studio Display Pricing

Pricing for the new display starts at $1599. Various options are available for glass and stands. Standard glass is engineered for extremely low reflectivity. Nano-texture glass scatters light to further minimize glare while delivering outstanding image quality in workspaces with bright light sources.