[PHr15]

Even a two-year-old Mac Studio outperforms this kit. A used unit with sufficient memory currently seems to offer the best price-to-performance ratio

"The Apple Silicon Mac Studios outperform the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 machines"

[LabsLucas]

Comically, the 512 GB M3 Ultra Mac Studio that we tested isn't even available for purchase any more. The highest you can purchase from Apple is 96 GB.

[Grombobulous]

I imagine there may be users who can’t use macOS, or maybe they want the ability to upgrade storage.

The framework desktop even has a usable PCIe 4x slot available if you put the board in a different case. They sell the 128GB board on its own for $3150.

[bronson]

And how much can you buy a 128GB Mac Studio for now? Go look. I think you'll be shocked.

[jeffbee]

A 2-year-old Mac Studio 128GB also sells for more.