The 2025 Mac Studio is the most capable Mac desktop yet, offering excellent CPU performance and Thunderbolt 5 support while remaining cool and quiet under presure. However, the upgraded M3 Ultra ...

Never mind the weirdness of that combo and any marketing confusion it might create. The new Mac Studio is the perfect desktop machine, and it’s not just “almost” magical this time around.

Launched in 2005 as the first sub-$500 Mac — a key in attracting "switchers" from Windows PCs — the Mac mini (now $799 and up from the Apple Store) was most recently redesigned in late 2018.