{"id":9174,"date":"2022-03-24T22:54:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T21:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=9174"},"modified":"2022-03-24T22:54:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T21:54:34","slug":"mac-studio-4x-more-efficient-but-4x-more-costly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2022\/03\/24\/mac-studio-4x-more-efficient-but-4x-more-costly\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Studio: 4x more efficient but 4x more costly"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Mac Studio is 4x more efficient than my new AMD PC” wrote Jeff Geerling<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ok, but the Mac Studio “is only slightly more expensive”.<\/p>\n

“Only” more than four times the cost. <\/strong><\/p>\n

With the money I save I could run the “hot and inefficient” AMD machine for more than four years at full steam.<\/p>\n

The cheapest MAC pro is 2349\u20ac<\/a>. He’s comparing it to a AMD Ryzen 5 5600x PC build. I can find one for 549\u20ac on Next<\/a>. Ok, it has only 8Gb, the Mac 32. But switching the Pc to 16gb costs only 39\u20ac.<\/p>\n

So nice hardware dear Apple, I will stick to AMD for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Mac Studio is 4x more efficient than my new AMD PC” wrote Jeff Geerling Ok, but the Mac Studio “is only slightly more expensive”. “Only” more than four times the cost. With the money I save I could run the “hot and inefficient” AMD machine for more than four years at full steam. The cheapest…<\/p>\n

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