The maxed out Mac Studio now costs $29,799

If you want the best Mac Studio money can buy, you’ll need a lot of money.

Earlier today, Apple revealed an updated Mac Studio with 512GB of RAM. The powerful desktop, like other Apple products, can be tweaked to have different specs that fit the user’s needs. If you endeavored to max out the specs of your Mac Studio, including the storage, it would cost you $29,799.

The $29,799 number comes from maxing out the new M5-powered Mac Studio. Here are a list of the specs, if you’d like to try it yourself:

• M5 Ultra chip
• 36-core CPU
• 80-core GPU
• 512 GB Memory
• 16 TB Storage

The base model of the new Mac Studio starts at $2499. Here’s how the specs compare:

• M5 Max chip
• 18-core CPU
• 32-core GPU
• 36 GB Memory
• 512 GB Storage

The staggering price tag can be mostly attributed to the massive amounts of storage and RAM, which has become increasingly expensive amidst the AI boom.

The new MacBook Pro, which features a touchscreen display, costs more than $14,000 if you max out all of its specs. Apple has been showing off a slew of new products recently, stay here on Shacknews to read up on them.

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