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Looks like it doesn't worth buying the Max if you don't need a powerful GPU.

kabes 5y ago
I don't need a powerful GPU, but I do need the additional RAM the max supports..
sudhirj 5y ago
Yeah, the Max has exactly the same CPU as the Pro. Only reason I picked it is because I wanted the 32GB RAM, and only the Max has that by default — customised orders take a long time deliver in India.
- glhaynes 5y ago
  Believe the Max also has twice the memory bandwidth as the Pro. EDIT, upon reading the bottom part of the first page of the linked article: And double the cache, more cores on the Neural Engine, and maybe doubled media processing, assuming I'm reading all of that correctly.
sylens 5y ago
or if you want to have 3-4 monitors
- joshstrange 5y ago
  Yep, this is what pushed me to the Max. I think the GPU is going to be overkill for my other needs (though I'm looking forward to trying some gaming) but first and foremost I needed support for my monitors (the only thing that kept me from the first M1s).
  - dmix 5y ago
    Im curious, what kind of monitor set up needs that kind of power?
    - joshstrange 5y ago
      3x2K (2560x1440) and 1x1080p. I have my 3 2K monitors in a "tie-fighter" formation which really just means 1 2K in landscape and the other 2 2Ks are portrait mode on either side of the middle 2K. Then I have my 1080p monitor just on top of my middle 2K. The 1080 is really just used for my Home Assistant (home automation software) dashboard and occasionally reference material (Adobe XD/Figma-type stuff). I spit my 2 portrait monitors into 3rds and have hotkeys to resize windows to snap them to one of the 3 "positions" (also hot keys to expand them to 2/3rd for things like my code editor). This setup works really for me personally and at some point I'll update to 4K+ but I just couldn't afford it when I first set this all up. My normal usage is (`+` separates 3rds, `/` represents 1 of these apps in in this "slot"): Left 2K: Discord + DataGrip/Android Studio/Drafts + Slack Middle 2K: Chrome w/ dev tools right-docked Right 2K: iMessage/Spotify + IDEA (2/3rds) Top 1080p: Home Assistant/Adobe XD/Figma Here is a (rough) ascii art of my setup: +----------------+ | | +------------+ | | +------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +----------------+ | | | | +-+----------------+-+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------+ +------------+ EDIT: Just to note, I know I'm not going to be scratching the surface of what's possible with the M1 Max monitor-wise since it can do 3x6K (Pro Display XDR) + 1x4K
      - gigatexal 5y ago
        Pics?! I would love to see this setup. I am so jelly. I've just got a single 32inch 4k dell and a U2719DC on the right.
        joshstrange 5y ago
sliken 5y ago
Or 64GB of ram.
- hajile 5y ago
  Docker uses almost 6gb on my M1 Air. Even with 16GB, I have to be careful to avoid swapping (which trashes your SSD). I'm looking at buying a machine for higher RAM. 64GB is a pretty good deal (look at desktop DDR5 prices). If I spend 4k on a machine, I plan on using it for at least 3-4 years before I upgrade. 64GB seems to make a lot of sense if you can stomach the price of the M1 Max.
  - fomine3 5y ago
    > 64GB is a pretty good deal (look at desktop DDR5 prices). Looking DDR5 price isn't valid because no CPU is released now, and DDR5 vs DDR4 performance difference will be negligible at the beginning of DDR5 unless you use iGPU. Apple always takes huge for upgrading RAM/SSD.

I don't need a powerful GPU, but I do need the additional RAM the max supports..

Yeah, the Max has exactly the same CPU as the Pro. Only reason I picked it is because I wanted the 32GB RAM, and only the Max has that by default — customised orders take a long time deliver in India.

glhaynes 5y ago
Believe the Max also has twice the memory bandwidth as the Pro. EDIT, upon reading the bottom part of the first page of the linked article: And double the cache, more cores on the Neural Engine, and maybe doubled media processing, assuming I'm reading all of that correctly.

sylens 5y ago

or if you want to have 3-4 monitors

joshstrange 5y ago
Yep, this is what pushed me to the Max. I think the GPU is going to be overkill for my other needs (though I'm looking forward to trying some gaming) but first and foremost I needed support for my monitors (the only thing that kept me from the first M1s).
- dmix 5y ago
  Im curious, what kind of monitor set up needs that kind of power?
  - joshstrange 5y ago
    3x2K (2560x1440) and 1x1080p. I have my 3 2K monitors in a "tie-fighter" formation which really just means 1 2K in landscape and the other 2 2Ks are portrait mode on either side of the middle 2K. Then I have my 1080p monitor just on top of my middle 2K. The 1080 is really just used for my Home Assistant (home automation software) dashboard and occasionally reference material (Adobe XD/Figma-type stuff). I spit my 2 portrait monitors into 3rds and have hotkeys to resize windows to snap them to one of the 3 "positions" (also hot keys to expand them to 2/3rd for things like my code editor). This setup works really for me personally and at some point I'll update to 4K+ but I just couldn't afford it when I first set this all up. My normal usage is (`+` separates 3rds, `/` represents 1 of these apps in in this "slot"): Left 2K: Discord + DataGrip/Android Studio/Drafts + Slack Middle 2K: Chrome w/ dev tools right-docked Right 2K: iMessage/Spotify + IDEA (2/3rds) Top 1080p: Home Assistant/Adobe XD/Figma Here is a (rough) ascii art of my setup: +----------------+ | | +------------+ | | +------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +----------------+ | | | | +-+----------------+-+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------+ +------------+ EDIT: Just to note, I know I'm not going to be scratching the surface of what's possible with the M1 Max monitor-wise since it can do 3x6K (Pro Display XDR) + 1x4K
    - gigatexal 5y ago
      Pics?! I would love to see this setup. I am so jelly. I've just got a single 32inch 4k dell and a U2719DC on the right.
      - joshstrange 5y ago

sliken 5y ago

Or 64GB of ram.

hajile 5y ago
Docker uses almost 6gb on my M1 Air. Even with 16GB, I have to be careful to avoid swapping (which trashes your SSD). I'm looking at buying a machine for higher RAM. 64GB is a pretty good deal (look at desktop DDR5 prices). If I spend 4k on a machine, I plan on using it for at least 3-4 years before I upgrade. 64GB seems to make a lot of sense if you can stomach the price of the M1 Max.
- fomine3 5y ago
  > 64GB is a pretty good deal (look at desktop DDR5 prices). Looking DDR5 price isn't valid because no CPU is released now, and DDR5 vs DDR4 performance difference will be negligible at the beginning of DDR5 unless you use iGPU. Apple always takes huge for upgrading RAM/SSD.