Geezus $3300 for the new studio display XDR

 

$600 laptop... wow.

Only 8GB RAM though. I wonder if they planned to do 16GB but price increases forced their hand.

8GB on a Mac is a little rough. I'm curious how the reviews will do

 

not even an option to upgrade to 12-16GB of RAM.

Only upgrade is $100 for Touch ID + 512GB of Storage.


This would've been perfect for me to replace my 8GB M1 MBA but noooo

 

First MacBook Neo Benchmarks Are In: Here's How It Compares to the M1 MacBook Air

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/05...benchmarks/The

MacBook Neo earned a single-core score of 3461 and a multi-core score of 8668, along with a Metal score of 31286.
Here's how the Neo's scores compare to iPhone 16 Pro and other devices that make apt comparisons:

• iPhone 16 Pro - 3445 single-core, 8624 multi-core, 32575 Metal
• M1 MacBook Air - 2346 single-core, 8342 multi-core, 33148 Metal
• M4 MacBook Air - 3696 single-core, 14730 multi-core, 54630 Metal
• M3 iPad Air - 3048 single-core, 11678 multi-core, 44395 Metal
• iPad 11 - 2587 single-core, 6036 multi-core, 19395 Metal

 

Fuck it, we ball 14in Silver M5 Max 36GB 2TB MBP.

They're giving me $450 for my M1 Pro which about the same as I'd get after fees if I sold it on eBay

 

@#1 STUNNA

 

 

I don't got exact stats yet (token/sec) but this thing feels almost as fast as my 5070 Ti. Then it gets warm after a couple questions in Ollama gptoss 20B

 

 

I can run macOS, Windows 11 in a VM, and run gptoss 20B locally all at the same time, and do it well. Love this thing

 

Mac Pro



Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware
https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/26/apple...s-the-mac-pro/

 

They got tensor cores (neural accelerators) in their GPU now, no need real need for a dedicated GPU now. The unified architecture is a huge benefit, very hard to beat. The M5 Ultra is going to be a beast.

I love my M5 Max