Mac Studio or MacBook Pro? Ask Yourself These 5 Questions!

How NOT to make an expensive buying mistake

Thanks to the M1 chip, we’re finally living in a world where no Mac user has to suffer because of their budget.

Every Mac, from the base-level M1 to the hold-onto-your-trousers maxed-out M1 Ultra will deliver, big time, for its intended use. The only way you can screw this up is if you’re a true power user who doesn’t reach for the spec you know you need.

I see this all of the time in the comments section of my YouTube videos. “I’m unsure about whether or not to go with the 16GB M1 chip,” they’ll say. “I undertake lots of video editing work and use Photoshop regularly. I’m worried that the 8GB version won’t be enough.”

My response is always the same: spend as much as you can afford to avoid any form of buyer’s remorse. Then, enjoy the machine that arrives — because it’ll exceed your expectations, regardless.

But what if you’re saddled with the choice of a MacBook Pro or the new Mac Studio? Let me help you make that decision with five super-simple questions.

This might be where your conundrum started, because the base-level 14-inch MacBook Pro and the base level Mac Studio share the same price — $1,999 (unless you’re in the UK, where the former starts at £1,899, for some unfathomable reason).

If you spec either of these Macs up, you can spend well beyond $6,000.

On that basis, you’d be forgiven for thinking that we really are playing in the same ballpark with these machines. But there’s one crucial difference: the MacBook Pro comes complete with a display, keyboard, and trackpad. The Mac Studio comes with… a power cable.

This immediately changes the outlook somewhat and makes question 4 absolutely unavoidable.

But, first, set yourself a budget that you’re comfortable with. Write it down…

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