Here's how to integrate Mac Studio into Apple's lineup of desktop Macs

How Mac Studio fits into the lineup

Mac Studio can be used as a "pro Mac mini" or a "mini Mac Pro." The machine is being developed and tested in two different configurations. One of those configurations is the M1 Max chip - which we've seen before in the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros. However, another configuration is being tested using an Apple Silicon chip that is "more powerful than the current M1 Max."

Apple is developing a "smaller Mac Pro" equipped with an Apple Silicon chip equipped with 40 CPU cores and 128 GPU cores. Our sources indicate that this smaller Mac Pro is indeed a "Mac Studio," designed to replace the high-end Intel-powered Mac mini that Apple still sells.

So how will Mac Studio fit into this lineup? The new iMac Pro and Mac Pro likely won't be released until 2023. Without Mac Studio, this would leave a sizable hole at the top of Apple's Silicon lineup.

With Mac Studio, Apple's desktop Mac lineup this year looks like this:

• M1 Mac mini (updated to M2 chip at some point)
• M1 iMac (updated to M2 chip at some point)
• Mac Studio with M1 Max/more powerful chip
• Some type of big screen iMac, details here are fuzzy
• Mac Pro with Intel built in, eventually transitioning to Apple Silicon

As you can see, there are still some unknowns here - especially regarding the big-screen iMac. Will we get a larger version of the 24-inch iMac this year? this is possible.

The point of all this is that you can definitely see how the Mac Studio will fit into the desktop Mac lineup - especially paired with the more affordable alternative to the Pro Display XDR hour.

There has always been a big gap between Mac mini and Mac Pro in terms of pricing and performance. While the 27-inch iMac has filled that gap for years, not everyone wants a 27-inch all-in-one. One obvious benefit of the modular nature of the Mac mini (and Mac Studio) is that you can bring your own display - whether it's an Apple display or another company's display.

And if the Mac Pro’s Apple Silicon upgrade is indeed delayed until 2023, Mac Studio will give Apple more time to complete the transition without neglecting the higher-end desktop market.

Finally, there are financial benefits to buying a Mac mini or Mac Studio because you can upgrade the computer itself without upgrading the monitor. You don't have to replace your entire setup, just your computer.

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