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points by nsagent 1 day ago | 0 comments

Bought it without looking too closely to make sure I got in before the rush (comes Nov 25-Dec 3 before my M5 Ultra 256GB which is supposedly shipping end of January).

After taking a look the $11.5k premium over the 256GB might not be worth it. Gonna have to mull over the decision and possibly buy two 256GB machines instead (which might be the smarter option).

[–] reasonableklout 3 hours ago

What are you planning to run on it?

[–] Creamsicle47 1 day ago

As someone also considering getting one, what would make it worth it in your opinion?

[–] nsagent 1 day ago

The fact that I can get this in my hands up to two months earlier than the 256GB version (Nov 25-Dec 3 vs Jan 15-29) is a major factor.

[–] pseudony 1 day ago

Wish I had your economy for sure.

[–] nsagent 1 day ago

It's for my startup. I wouldn't have bought it otherwise.

[–] Uncle_Brumpus 1 day ago

I saw "512GB" and knew deep down it means RAM, but SURELY nobody needs the same amount of RAM as I have total SSD space on my desktop, right?

...Right?

[–] ForceBru 1 day ago

This is crazy to me as well: half a terabyte (!) of RAM?! How is that even possible lol (I know this is possible, but seems totally overkill, even though I know LLMs eat RAM for breakfast)

[–] bombcar 1 day ago

The last Intel Mac Pro could take 1.5 TB of RAM iirc.

[–] nostromo 1 day ago

These are very well-suited for running local AI models, which must be held in memory, and are very large.

Nobody is buying these to write Word docs and play MP3s.

[–] Uncle_Brumpus 1 day ago

sorry, I guess I forgot my /s.