Mac Studio M5 Max presentation on Zoom 7 October- let me know what you'd like to know about!

26 Sep 2026 22:36:05

Stuart Affleck

I recently invested/treated myself to a new M5 Max Mac Studio, the base model- the lottery numbers didn't come up so not the Ultra!- it was delivered Wednesday. As I'm sure many people are at least curious about what a new Mac is capable of, if not actually looking to make a purchase, I'll be doing a Zoom presentation about the state of the PC hardware market (it's bad...), the current Mac range, and why I bought what I did. Zoom link is in the bulletin. I don't want to just reel off benchmarks & other things that people have little or no interest in- Cyberpunk 2077 runs very well on the Studio, but if you don't play games and can't put the performance into context, why bother showing you?

Instead, I'd like to know: what are the demanding tasks you do with your Mac? What are those jobs you'd like to do faster, that would make an upgrade worthwhile to you? It might be, for example, importing hundreds of photos, or processing them more quickly. I want to make my presentation interesting and relevant to you, so do please let me know what you'd like to see and hear about. If you'd like to send me sample files for me to demonstrate with, please do. It'll be more interesting and more fun for everyone if you get involved and learn something useful to you.

Thanks everyone.