By: Adrian (a.delete@this.acm.org), August 19, 2022 9:43 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Heikki Kultala (heikki.kul.tala.delete@this.gmail.com) on August 19, 2022 9:01 am wrote:
> Heikki Kultala (heikki.kulta.la.delete@this.gmail.com) on August 19, 2022 8:59 am wrote:
> > So you have not seen mac studio. Please re-read the message yo replied to
>
> Sorry, it was an earlier message where the number of ports was mentioned.
>
> Mac studio has four thunderbol ports.
OK, I have looked now at Mac Studio and I agree that having 4 Thunderbolt ports is much more than twice more valuable than having only 2 ports, because with 2 ports it is very frequent to need more ports than there are available, while 4 ports should cover many use cases.
Compared to an Intel NUC or an ASRock NUC Box, the M1 Max Mac Studio has 2 extra Thunderbolt ports and one 10 Gb/s Ethernet instead of one or two 2.5 Gb/s Ethernet ports, but the NUCs are more than 2 times cheaper and also small enough to be easily carried in a backpack or briefcase, which, together with the much greater control of the owner over the computer, makes them a better choice, in my opinion.
> Heikki Kultala (heikki.kulta.la.delete@this.gmail.com) on August 19, 2022 8:59 am wrote:
> > So you have not seen mac studio. Please re-read the message yo replied to
>
> Sorry, it was an earlier message where the number of ports was mentioned.
>
> Mac studio has four thunderbol ports.
OK, I have looked now at Mac Studio and I agree that having 4 Thunderbolt ports is much more than twice more valuable than having only 2 ports, because with 2 ports it is very frequent to need more ports than there are available, while 4 ports should cover many use cases.
Compared to an Intel NUC or an ASRock NUC Box, the M1 Max Mac Studio has 2 extra Thunderbolt ports and one 10 Gb/s Ethernet instead of one or two 2.5 Gb/s Ethernet ports, but the NUCs are more than 2 times cheaper and also small enough to be easily carried in a backpack or briefcase, which, together with the much greater control of the owner over the computer, makes them a better choice, in my opinion.
