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How is it going to have decent resale when you bought it for $15,000 over MSRP because of a time-limited LLM mass-psychosis? https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_n

How is it going to have decent resale when you bought it for $15,000 over MSRP because of a time-limited LLM mass-psychosis? https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=apple+mac+studio+m3+ultra+512gb&_sacat=0&_from=R40&LH_Sold=1&_sop=16 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=apple+mac+studio+m3+ult... I think you'd need to tinker quickly, realize anything with CUDA (other than the awful DGX Spark) is better for learning, the prefill is killing your ability to actually run models large enough to justify that RAM, and then cure yourself before the rest of the crowd.

xienze 5mo ago
Well obviously I'm not talking about buying over MSRP.
- BoorishBears 5mo ago
  And I am. Given those models aren't sold at MSRP anymore and are primarily being sought for inference, it's apropos of an article on the costs of inference on Apple Silicon.
  - Danox 5mo ago
    https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio/m3-ultra-chip-32-core-cpu-80-core-gpu-96gb-memory-2tb-storage https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio/m3-ultra-chip-... https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch-space-black-standard-display-apple-m5-max-chip-18-core-cpu-40-core-gpu-128gb-memory-2tb-storage https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch-space...
    - BoorishBears 5mo ago
      Maybe before double posting these links, you should have considered why the eBay sold listings are for thousands over MSRP. You can't order the Mac Studio with RAM upgrades anymore, and the demand propping up prices is for AI inference
      - reverius42 5mo ago
        Not sure what you mean by "can't order", both of those links show purchasable, orderable computers with RAM upgrades. You can get the Mac Studio in 12 weeks or the MBP in just a few weeks, with RAM upgrades, by ordering right now on Apple's website.
        ndiddy 5mo ago
        I don't know why he's being so obtuse, but Apple did discontinue the model with 512 GB of RAM, which is what's being scalped on ebay.
        reverius42 5mo ago
        You, uh, can't get the RAM upgrades anymore now. But you? (I) could, when I last clicked the link.
Danox 5mo ago
https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio/m3-ultra-chip-32-core-cpu-80-core-gpu-96gb-memory-2tb-storage https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio/m3-ultra-chip-... https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch-space-black-standard-display-apple-m5-max-chip-18-core-cpu-40-core-gpu-128gb-memory-2tb-storage https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch-space...

xienze 5mo ago

Well obviously I'm not talking about buying over MSRP.

BoorishBears 5mo ago
And I am. Given those models aren't sold at MSRP anymore and are primarily being sought for inference, it's apropos of an article on the costs of inference on Apple Silicon.
- Danox 5mo ago
  https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio/m3-ultra-chip-32-core-cpu-80-core-gpu-96gb-memory-2tb-storage https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio/m3-ultra-chip-... https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch-space-black-standard-display-apple-m5-max-chip-18-core-cpu-40-core-gpu-128gb-memory-2tb-storage https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch-space...
  - BoorishBears 5mo ago
    Maybe before double posting these links, you should have considered why the eBay sold listings are for thousands over MSRP. You can't order the Mac Studio with RAM upgrades anymore, and the demand propping up prices is for AI inference
    - reverius42 5mo ago
      Not sure what you mean by "can't order", both of those links show purchasable, orderable computers with RAM upgrades. You can get the Mac Studio in 12 weeks or the MBP in just a few weeks, with RAM upgrades, by ordering right now on Apple's website.
      - ndiddy 5mo ago
        I don't know why he's being so obtuse, but Apple did discontinue the model with 512 GB of RAM, which is what's being scalped on ebay.
        reverius42 5mo ago
        You, uh, can't get the RAM upgrades anymore now. But you? (I) could, when I last clicked the link.

Danox 5mo ago

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