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Mac Studio with M5 Max starts at $2,499 (U.S.) and $2,299 (U.S.) for education. Additional configure-to-order options are available at apple.com/mac-studio. Mac
by meerita 2mo ago
Mac Studio with M5 Max starts at $2,499 (U.S.) and $2,299 (U.S.) for education. Additional configure-to-order options are available at apple.com/mac-studio. Mac Studio with M5 Ultra starts at $5,499 (U.S.) and $5,099 (U.S.).
I am in Europe, and the Mac Studio M5 Ultra GPU 64 cores with 96GB RAM is up to 6.649,00 €. Ouch.
- alfanick 2mo agoDon't forget that US prices usually do not include the VAT, while EU prices usually do include respective VAT.
- ilikehurdles 2mo agoA lot of us in America have no sales tax (if that’s what you mean by VAT) and those that do have it at a fraction of EU VAT rates.
- coldpie 2mo ago> A lot of us in America have no sales tax Not that many of us, actually. Only Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, and some parts of Delaware and Alaska have no sales tax. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sales_tax_by_county.webp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sales_tax_by_county....
- mrkstu 2mo agoI'm sure plenty of Idahoans and Washingtonians, for instance, take advantage of their neighbor status for high ticket items like this...
- diffeomorphism 2mo agoExcept that you then have to pay a "use tax" of 6%: https://tax.idaho.gov/taxes/sales-use/use-tax/online-guide/ https://tax.idaho.gov/taxes/sales-use/use-tax/online-guide/ This is difficult to enforce, but it seems that "taking advantage" is strictly speaking just tax fraud.
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- nine_k 2mo agoTo put this into a perspective, Google helpfully reminds: > A fully configured IBM Personal Computer AT (Model 5170) with expanded memory and storage cost around $5,795 to $6,000 at its launch in August 1984, which equals roughly $18,600 to $19,300 in 2026 USD.
- mrala 2mo agoIt would be interesting to compare the costs of a top of the line machine every decade or so. Costs were steadily decreasing until recently.
- jacobr1 2mo agoThey still are, if what you want is roughly the same as the prior generations capability with some uplift (making then number up, but say 20% faster or more ram or whatever). What is changing is that there genuine demand for more capabilities disproportionate to the cost decrease curve. Fab demand and supply constraints have slowed or even reversed some cost decreases - but that is still getting absorbed by the overall systems costs when you are looking at things like laptops. If you all you want is the last decades demand to browse the web and use office - things are cheaper than ever.
- mikestew 2mo agoJohn Dvorak said many, many decades ago (80s/90s) that the computer you want will always cost $3000. That statement has been more/less true for some time periods than others, but with some wiggle room I’ve found it to be accurate enough. Care to guess the approximate price of the MBP I bought earlier this year?
- seanmcdirmid 2mo agoI bought my refurbished M3 Max MBP with 64 GB for $3k a couple of years ago. Before Ethan I never spent more than $2k for a computer.
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- willtemperley 2mo ago> I am in Europe, and the Mac Studio M5 Ultra GPU 64 cores with 96GB RAM is up to 6.649,00 €. Ouch. It would be significantly cheaper to fly to a tariff-free country and buy there.