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I don't see a 16 core M2 or any Studio's with an M2. I was drawn to the latest chip Apple has produced. They put that chip in a small headless form factor. I shopped for a Macintosh computer and judged whether I wanted the motherboard bandwidth of the Mac Studio or the latest chip with the Mac mini. I'm sorry I disappointed you. I have retroactively looked over everything you have said and doubt I would do it differently. If this machine turns out to be such a dog I can get another one to pair it with as you have suggested I do with 8-core. Finally are you speaking from first hand experience or benchmarks?

I think the disconnect is that you are trying to get as much processing power as possible and I'm trying to understand how much processing power currently exists.