Mac Studio FULL Teardown - M1 Ultra chip REVEALED!
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2022
- Apple LIED about the Mac Studio not being upgradeable! We completely tore it down and revealed all of the little components, as well as an EXCLUSIVE look at the M1 Ultra!
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The SSD was nice
Beautifully done sir. You are the sole reason why I just bought one. I just wanted to know if I could open it.
If you’re giving one away. Can you pick me? I need one so I can start my music production company. Please! 😂
Pro Tip -- the lid of the iFixIt kit can be used to hold your screw sets so you don't mix them all up putting it back together! Also I want to see footage of that thing working once reassembled! ;-)
now that speaks up for the term Modularity Apple had on their Mac Studio Keynote
Just one small correction: The battery is most likely there to keep the real-time clock running, not to save unsaved work.
Correct.
u re right
yes, the battery cannot power the ram, if you didn't save, you lost it anyway
And motherboard settings.
It could even be that the battery is there to prevent the loss off unsaved work. Macs are designed to mark data as "written to SSD" even though it is only stored in RAM.
This is not a problem with Apple laptops, because of the non-removable battery. But without an additional power supply, the data is gone as soon as the power is gone.
Couldn't imagine the thousands of hours of engineering and the money spent on R&D to have everything communicate and work properly. Kudos to Apple for pushing the limits of personal computing.
That's part of the price tag but Apple haters keep complaining about it.
If they find it too expensive, they should get a PC and move on.
That’s probably hundreds of man years given everyone that was involved.
Hope you have the same respect for the underpaid (somewhat) child Asian labor that actually build these systems for your first world privilege apple fanboia
I think Steve Jobs would be proud
@@atwajesper9434 to be real though, 6000$ dollar just because it is compact and have *relatively high performance is still pretty ridiculous considering they have already developed this tech since the max chip. I’m impressed by their architecture and how simplified it is but the price range they have is definitely not for 90% of their consumers.
*performance of the M1 ultra is still under that of most high-end gpu and cpu. Understandable as it’s ARM-based and perform better when optimized to do so, but lack the variety of programs(unless Apple funds companies to make apps specifically for MacOS).
Important Note; it’s NOT actually upgradable.
It's not upgradable the ssd controller is on the main board not on the ssd itself
well... That still makes it *technically* upgradable.
Technically, you can add more NAND on a M.2 card and tell the controller to also register it.
You could even add a regular off-the-shelf SSD and tell the controller to pass through.
That's basically nothing new. Most ARM-SOC devices work that way, because most ARM-SOCs have builtin memory controllers. Technically it's not a bad solution.
It's probably just unecessarily locked behind some apple tool so the manufacturer can do this, while the user can't, making the whole thing technically upgradeable, just not user upgradable.
It's a feature that is there, so apple can sell different variants without actually having to hardwire them. It's there, so apple can sell an overpriced storage upgrade in the future.
@@Anaeijon It's so you have to pay them to run their proprietary software to flash the controller to register more storage.
Same typical Apple greed that we've been seeing since 2013 and beyond. Indefensible.
@@Anaeijon no it doesnt you cannot because its not a m.2 card and the controller will only register the original storage solution size only and only the official apple storage only or the machine goes into panic mode and just blinks a power led light
@@johnDingoFoxVelocity
Yes.
But you see: it is upgradeable.
It's just not user upgradeable.
You shouldn't confuse that.
You said, it's not upgradeable, which technically is wrong.
It's a money making scheme by Apple. Because it is only upgradeable by Apple.
It's like a Tesla battery capacity is not user upgradeable. It technically is upgradeable though and Tesla will do it for you - for a high price.
Or like a iPhone screen with fingerprint reader is replaceable and repairable. It's just the Problem, that Apple designed the fingerprint reader in a way, that only apple can replaceable it, because it's married to the processor.
Or like the Mac Mini storage has a hardware encryption, so you can't replace the SSD and you can't read out the data from a broken device. You could say, it's for security, but there are dozens of better solutions that would result in recoverable, encrypted but readable and decryptable data. But these solutions wouldn't prevent you from swapping the SSD or installing another OS on the Mac Mini.
@@Anaeijon well I mean by that standard the m1 MacBook Air is upgradeable as long as you have the skills to flow bigger memory chips onto the board without damaging the components next to it. does that make it upgradeable? because only a technician can do this work not some regular old Joe with a heat gun and a magnifying glass.
Kudos for the warning surrounding the power supply section. The caps can hold mains voltage for days after being switched off. Would give you a nice jolt
Highly unlikely - Apple likely has bleeder resisters on the caps. Might be some residual immediately after disconnection but I doubt the charge stays for long.
Not days. When i was repairing macs. It was about 30 minutes for older gen and then i think it was a couple of minutes for the new iMacs based on their guidance before you could open the device. Though it’s best practice to never touch the caps regardless. Apple has special shields for technicians to place over the power supply
@@DocNo27 uhm wrong, expensive devices uses the highest quality components and can still shock you if touched
@@carholic-sz3qv Yes..but to be honest...not if you take it right out of the box and disassemble it ^^
I’ve been shocked before I liked it
Amazing! It would be interesting a timelapse of how you guys reassembled the Mac, thanks for this videos is very impressive all the hard work you make.
Watch the video backwards 😉
@@Mooooooof hahahaha
Was thinking the samething with a lil timer
Thank you! It was definitely hard lol! And we didn’t even show all of the disassembly there were way to much screws and cables y’all would have been so bored if the 4 hours of shooting was a 45min video instead of 19 lol 😂
@@MaxTechOfficial lmao
Putting it back together can actually be fun sometimes
One thing I’d recommend for future teardowns (of any system) is use some type of screw and parts organizer so they don’t get lost or out of sequence. I typically use a magnetic plate for the screws. But I’ve also used ice cube trays, plastic Jello pudding cups, prescription bottles, anything that can safeguard those tiny screws.
Not upgradable, not even an SSD technically. Might want to make sure you check and verify before you assume and tell your followers potentially false information before you perform tests to verify your assumptions. Nice to see a complete tear down though. Very brave of you 😂
Everybody complains about the lack of upgradeability, but that's what contributes to the performance - everything on the chip is how you get the exceptional performance whether it's an M1 or the Ultra.
@@misterstratocasteryes and no. A similarly priced desktop performs much better. The limited upgradability is more due to size. Non upgradable ssd is just malicious tho. Did on purpose to prevent upgrades.
@@jacobamador7989 Not even similarly priced. You can get comparable performance for 1/2 the cost.
@@misterstratocaster Your comment is a perfect example how apple brainwashed its fanbase. Do research before arriving at a conclusion. that will help you in your whole life.
@@clanpsi yeah
That, was awesome! Thanks for risking damage to your system, to show us what’s inside. That is a beautifully engineered machine!
I was thinking how can Max top everyones reviews now they've all had them for a week..... I stand corrected!!! amazing stuff
We really care and try out best!
All the other reviewer were using units borrowed from Apple. They couldn’t go in-depth like this.
He is biased towards Apple and his other reviews are VERY VERY biased
@@dinkarfowkar999 you’re just here to say that or you like watching his content too lol?
@@HuyTran-sb2ql I like his genuine unbiased content like this teardown
I appreciate the breakdown, great work guys!!
Oo
Correction. The storage is not upgradeable. It was tested and the storage units are custom and do not contain ssd controllers. They also seem to be serial number locked to eachother and other storage units from other mac studios do not function in the other port.
Man, I'd love to know .. a) does it boot with the SSD in the wrong slot. b) if you transplant an SSD from one of the other machines, does it see both. I think between the two would answer a whole lot of questions about upgrade potential.
I hope that's the next video.
Another question comes up, Since you have shown us that this SSD has yet another Apple 'special ssd connector' which is just as uncommon as the SSDs in Retina Macbook Pros (the first A1398s before 2013) is it going to be only installed by Apple, not even sold as parts (or until OWC gets to back-engineer that later)???
I wonder if it has a proprietary connector for SSD's just in order to let Apple stab you with their stuff prices...
no even with different one from a different system
Props for having balls to disassembly this. Let us know how long it took to put it back together.
Max had it reassembled and fully running before this video even went live! Less than an hour and a half after we finished filming lol.
@@MaxTechOfficial I take it it turned on alright :) Nice
I had serious anxiety thinking about that! But I'm super impressed!
3 questions: how many hours did it take to assemble and how many screws are left?
And does it still run?
half left probably
Unscrew or Disconnect? "Unconnect it is!" hahah. Great work guys, only channel on UA-cam with a thorough teardown. Fascinating for sure.
What an awesome teardown! You guys rock. Good luck putting it back together… 😀
You could make a Glowing logo while you are at it.
Bravo Max and Vadim! This is, without a doubt, the most dramatic, exciting, suspenseful Mac video I’ve ever seen on UA-cam.
Max, your steady nerve in undertaking the teardown while being recorded - even if there was some editing, though I didn’t notice any - is admirable, and your spontaneous reactions to what you found as you went deeper really added to the excitement.
Please imagine me giving you both a standing ovation!
The SSD isn't actually upgradeable since it's married to your T2 chip via a identifier, and you have to DFU-restore it via another mac which doesn't work right now. You also can't plug in a nvme drive with an adapter to get it to work-as the controller is built in.
Indeed. Apple cryptographically hard-locked the SSD strictly into the Mac Studio it was wedded into.
This is a piece of art.
Amazing engineering efforts done on parts that 99% of the owners won't ever get to see and appreciate.
Lol……
@@carholic-sz3qv you hate apple cos it's cOoL don't you? Sad
@@RK-lq2ud I hate Apple!? Can you prove it!!!? I’m writing this on an iPhone 📱 8 plus you clown 🤡!!!!
Only problem I have is that you did tear down before benchmarks. I've always known that to be a big no no since something as little as the replacement thermal paste could have an effect especially in something as integrated as this
Couldn’t agree more!
They have several other Mac Studios so they’ll know if there’s a major disparity that their tampering messed it up. But in that case they could probably just fix it with new thermal paste on the SOC or something.
Looking forward to seeing if the SSD is upgradeable and if that means it's also possible for the M1 Max Studio.
It’s not an SSD and is not upgradable. If you swap it with anything else, even a larger storage chip from another Mac Studio it will not turn on and gives you a flashing error light on the front. Even with the empty slot, Apples firmware would not allow you to upgrade. Other channels have opened multiple Mac Studios and did all kinds of swapping and nothing worked 😕
guys, want to ask your opinion, if you buy a Mac Studio and use it for five years, do you disassemble it to clean the fans and the fins?
second question is, can end user do a fresh install of the OS if it is corrupted?
Man, the only UA-camr who has balls to do it! Huge respect!
I think it has to due with the units many received being review units. You don't want to break the unit they sent you and might have to send back. I understand them not wanting to take it apart especially considering how many screws there are
Waiting for Linus video
Great video, but for future reference, please (un)screw the tensioning brackets in a cross pattern. Doing them one screw at a time puts un-even pressure on the SOC and while it's probably fine, you do run the risk of having it not seat correctly (affecting thermals) or even possibly damaging it.
Yes, I was grimacing as this guy was unscrewing it wrong. Happily ignorant, blase and uncaring. I don't see the point of this dis-assembly when we have no idea if it can be re-assembled properly, or if it even was. Having more money than sense to uncaringly show a daft dis-assembly sans anti-static tools and bad techie practices just makes him look arrogant and show-offish.
@@mauricegold9377 I was wincing at 10:39-10:44 when an undersized driver bit was being used to crack a factory torqued screw. Might have been a bad camera angle, but I could have sworn that undersized bit was showing torsion shear.
@@timsexton I was wincing at the fact he hadn’t grounded himself at any point in the disassembly! My father taught me to do that back when I was a preteen in the early ’90s, when hardware was far less complex and sensitive than it is today.
@@wisdomyaw03 While it seems that what you say about the re-assembly did work out well, I just cringed to watch the bad practices of not worrying about ESD (electrostatic discharge), and not taking care about opening the device screws gradually, using opposite groups to avoid distorting the case and damaging threads. This comes from many years of working with computer innards in the past. That is all. And when others copy this practice, and if something went wrong. What then?
that surgery WAS MASSIVE, i could never even dare to put it back together!! literally just more a piece of motivation for my day, i really hope to take away more from you guys! new subscriber on the way✨
"apple cares" ??? this is wastefully complex parts, and packaging. Imagine the toll on the enviornment for the nuanced and bespoke parts manufacturing. As well as all the byproduct waste for this manufacturing that gets dumped into the enviorment. The apple fanboys who applaud this complexity all tout for all you folks to use less electricity and produce less trash, but will by apple products that have an expoentially large footprint in waste and chemicals byproducts of manufacturing into the enviornment so they can have their apple products.
Looks like you found the raw memory module slot, let's hope this makes them easier to repair in the future, but doubt upgrading is going to be a thing anytime soon.
If it ever is, people seem to have forgotten that Apple is _the_ strongest opponent of right to repair, and that their notorious for having their devices practically brick themselves if you try changing anything without Apple technician codes and software.
I was so waiting for a disassembly. Thank you! Need to do an M1 Max disassembly to see if there is any difference between the two. I'm hoping the Max has extra internal ports as well.
Your thorough reviews are what convienced me to return to Apple eco system, starting with Macbook Air M1 when it first came out. Your enthusiasm is infectious.
You're going to regret that. Apple is a terrible company
@@Evan-xs8ts it’s not lol i have been using apple for years and i don’t regret it
@@furnandorex you're missing out on being able to use your phone the right way
@@furnandorex you don't know what you're missing out on
@@Evan-xs8ts ... since we lost STEVE JOBS, who also controlled the sensible PRICING!!
Very informative. But it's disappointing that effort and engineering still clearly emphasizes non-user upgradability. Apple puts so much care into something as basic as packaging, yet their unwillingness to change their direction with easy upgradability, repairability, and now with their new 5K monitor which everyone here can agree is a blatant move by Apple pushing their 'Pro' users just to see how far they are willing to jump.... In 2022 where everyone is turning to re-usable, sustainable, and more ecologically and economically conscious decisions... Apple is classing themselves as a more 'evil' company.... Many others don't fall too far behind... but I guess for the price you're paying, and the products you would expect, you would expect more from Apple.
They need to milk their customers. That's their tactic. Apple should really be listed as an environmentally unfriendly company, becuse they are. They are also consumer unfriendly. But people just stick their head in the sand and believes everything they do is amazing. This video is a perfect example, only good criticism, zero negative. Fanboying the whole 19 minutes.
@@konsultarvode6527 I agree. They’ve been coasting on the back of some truly great innovation in the past decade & pushing the user base this far will result in some truly awful clunkers finding their way to market ultimately.
If they’ve managed to derive tangible benefits from their “silicon innovation and fusion” then why are these dividends passed onto customers.
If they become casual and take their customers for granted they’ll find themselves in real trouble in the longer term.
It is one of the great frustrations of being an Apple customer that they are so good at so many things, a great case in point being the M1 series of chips... but then so stubbornly dedicated to some of the worst business practices and bad habits. If they fixed just a few of those key issues, like upgradability, or price gouging, then they could be like the perfect computer company. If the M1 series had upgradeable RAM, they could be like the perfect chips. I hate when things are ALMOST perfect, if not for some big caveat that is a deliberate choice, usually motivated purely by capitalism. Apple wants you to need to buy a whole new computer instead of upgrade the one you have. Greed destroying how good Apple could easily otherwise be.
@@AWSVids Regarding price gouging... I wonder how many fractions of a cent their Polishing Cloth costs to make? Which they sell for AU$29 Sheesh! That's not greed... that's financial assault!
why would they do that when they make more money doing the exact opposite? look at their earnings reports, they have good products despite the awful greediness. as Unmaned Aerial Surveying said, they have the milk customer equation solved to a T
Question: Please tell us when using the Photoshop Magic Brush, is there any difference in performance between the Mac Studio Max Vs Ultra? The Magic brush uses GPU power so it should be much better on the Ultra. Thanks
What if you take apart another Mac Studio, and put that SSD drive in this Mac Studio?
Edit: Luke maini did it and it did not work, he’s trying to use apple configurator 2 to see if that will help
This is absolutely by far the best Mac Studio video on the internet so far! Been waiting to see this since the announcement.
just wondering does after taking apart already, does the performance and cooling will be effected. because the thermal paste already been disturb and remove
Do you think there's something special about the original layer of Apple Thermal Paste?
24 hours after you posted this video, and you are still the ONLY ONE to teardown the Mac Studio.
Great reveals of the upgradability. Well deserved scoop.
I hope Jerry rig would find some humor tearing this one down, scratching the chassy with his picks and test etc.
You guys are insane! This channel must be more than 3 million subscribers! Can't wait to see the full reviews off those bad boys!
The efforts exerted creating this and all other videos is highly appreciated. Keep it up!🙌❤
It would be interesting to see how they mounted the bottom side of the chip by unscrewing the bottom heat shield.
To cool the bottom side, all the pins from the chip must be soldered to the side of the chip and not from the bottom like most of other CPUs.
Really loves this video! Thank you for showing us what's inside the Mac Studio. It looks really amazing! Every parts looks so solid and well made. Awesome! But... It is overkill for me....LOL
now it somehow justified the price point of the M1 Ultra. Great efforts Max! as always.
Let us know if you're able to boot up with other placement of SSD slot?
Can you test installing an SSD? Would love to see if that works!
I was going to ask the same thing. In fact, it looked like they put the drive in the empty slot, wonder if it still boots from that controller.
By which ssd
I think it might be reserved for the 8tb model where they put two 4tb ssds in
Maybe its a 2230 m.2 slot. I hope it is
@@crestofhonor2349 I think it's an apple proprietary ssd like the old macbook pro ones. someone will definitely try making an adapter but I doubt apple silicon will try to support it.
Pretty sure it’s an Apple only ssd. They will for sure sell them or let you bring it in later to upgrade storage. I think in a year or two Amazon will have adapters that let you put the small m.2
Couple things I would suggest is to procure and place a nice black rubberized mat (anti-static?) on your table top work area and a compartmentalized magnetic screw tray. Test it with your video camera to ensure your work contrasts properly. Otherwise, great job !! Keep up the great work.
Good to see especially the opportunities this offers for dust removal which always becomes an issue after using a computer intensively for a year or so. Seems to become apart more easily than the last generations of Macbooks with all their sticky parts.
What an amazing video. And what a huge package. Beautiful. Blown away. You guys are crushing it. Huge fan.
First one I see doing this, thank you so much. There are a ton of benchmarks out there for the rest to see.
Damnnnn that’s some serious engineering and ya no windows looks this elegant from inside 😆
I would be curious if the internals of the M1 Max studio are also durable aluminum or if it’d be plastic and if that’s also a component of the 2 LB difference between the machines.
Aren't you going to disassemble the other Studio and use that SSD on this one to see if BOTH SSD slots work together? That would really confirm if the SSD can be upgraded. Also, from the teardown, do you suppose the power supply needn't be unscrewed from the shielding? That means you can remove the power supply and shielding as a layer on it's own. Do you think you can replace the Apple logo on the top of the case and make that glow?
Yeaaaaah... bad idea. These are just NAND chips on a PCB, the controller is in the SoC. So there is no way to backup that data without special equipment and technical knowledge how to use it. So you stick in 2 and the system then got 2 OS-installations, no way to know what it will do. Maybe it just doesn't start, maybe it ignores the 2nd SSD cuz it's not formatted how it expects it to be formatted or the 2nd slot wasn't unlocked in firmware. Or maybe it just erases the 2nd NAND-PCB and then your other Mac Studio is basically bricked and you will have some expensive fun with Apple support. No way to know.
There are 2 NAND-PCB slots. They work together, or the 2nd one wouldn't be there. Apple wouldn't spend the money for something that can't be used. The question is just, can it somehow be used by consumers or did Apple lock that shit? That is something that needs to be figured out by people with actual technical expertise, not some dude who sees a CMOS battery and talks about how it's there so "just so your stuff is saved when it's turned off"🤦♂. Either OWC (+ maybe other companies) will announce "SSD"-Upgrades for that thing in the next, hrm, I'd guess 2-4 weeks... or it isn't possible without some hacking.
@@Xirtamani apple definely didnt put it there to be user upgradable. Just like on the tower Mac Pro.
There seems to be tape over the logo like it is on the older iPhone models with aluminium casing, so I think it’s s part separated from the casing like on the older iPhones.
So yeah, it should be possible to make this glow.
@@JxcksonSF Did you want to answer to the original comment or really to me? Because it seems like you didn't read my comment. Unless you somehow understand "can be used" (intended to be used by Apple itself, when configuring the system) as "user upgradable" and ignored the following sentence. And that it isn't there for user upgradability is extremely obvious with how hard it is to get there. So, thanks Captain Obvious.
@@Xirtamani what? no, user upgradable, is the user itself doing it 🙃
Why you even pissed?
I can’t believe you aren’t well above a million subscribers yet. Your content it awesome! 👍
Incredible job - props to you - I can’t imagine how painful the rest of your day would be - liked and subscribed!
Is there enough space to make a 90 degrees apple proprietary connector to standard m.2 adapter and add a standard length m.2 drive in there? Sandwiched between the MB and the PSU...
1:06 That nervous laugh. I felt that. My wallet felt that. We feel for your wallet brother 😮💨😮💨😮💨
Amazing teardown! Thank you Max for doing this. The design is insane. And imagine all those screws, I'm happy that I wouldn't have the pleasure of putting them back together lol
Amazing work. Definitely loved the full disassembly.
I love how nice the insides of macs look and especially with this massive chip. The black pcb looks great.
I am so happy that apple finally made an upgradeable ssd!
Would really like to see how ultra compares to iMac Pro 18 core, M1, M1 Max for Logic Pro audio production and xcode compiles.
Just watched Luke Miani's video attempting to swap the SSD's in the Mac Studio. Any plans to take a swing at it? Would love to see someone successfully swap out the SSD's in these things....
Less plastic stuff, no glue, no heating required to disassemble, ports are easily replacable, great performance in small package...so a thumbs up from me. Nice work from Apple and Max 😍
First time ever M1 Ultra physically revealed under the hood. Nice! Even had the thermal grease cleaned up 😀
Wow! Thankfully they have not lost Steve Jobs' obsession with internal symmetry and meticulous quality of engineering.
Apple products may appear to be expensive but you certainly get what you pay for.
Excellent video, guys. Incredibly informative to any new purchaser.
You get overpriced shit people that don't have a clue about computers.
So the silver thing in the middle has cpu gpu and rams? What are the black things surrounding the silver thing?
I’ve been waiting for a teardown. I am certainly not disappointed, to say the least. Incredible bit of kit. 😎🤘
I can see the invisible "Don't Try This At Home" warning though out the whole video.
Wow, what a video👏 Pumped to see the comparison in size between the ultra and the max. Great work keep it up👍
The SD slot was like so wonderful on my 2013 iMac even if was awkwardly on the back. Today though the absolutely minimum that a pro photographer needs is a CFExpess type B slot. Anything else might occasionally be used, like maybe once in a blue moon!
Thank you for the unexpectedly entertaining video! It was helpful that you tested the noise and the fan activity of the Ultra model. I see that “Art is right“ is claiming that the base Max model is noisy. Could you please run the same tests on the base Max model once you have it? That would be most helpful and interesting to know if the aluminum heat sink is comparatively less efficient and requires greater fan idling.
Wow! Great video! Did you end up adding extra storage using the extra storage slot? Looking forward to watching the video of you putting this madness back together 😂
We can see the real excitement from you. Mine is on order and I'm trying to not freak out before it gets here. I haven't been this excited about new Apple hardware in a long time. Great Vid!
Mine shipped out today but won’t get it till Tuesday
I think that you need to try benchmarking it with stock paste and with a full-size pattern that will cover the memory too. I'm curious if it can help with the thermals.
Did it boot up with the SSD in the other slot?
Awesome teardown! Thanks!
So... Is it reassembled yet? How long did that take? Did it boot? Did it run without overheating?
I am expecting to see how you re-assemble this beast. Btw, have you tested it yet if that extra port works with any ssd?
Can it beet Intel atom with MX 550 in gaming?
My man took apart a whole computer to promote a T-Shirt. 😂😂. Jokes apart, great job guys. Loving your content.
Man props to you Max for this teardown…… I was on pins and needles just watching as if it was MY 4000+ dollars!
Haha... for me it's like a day in the office! I do this to literally every device I own once I buy them.
it's neat that each connector has its own little board; that makes it so much more repairable. cool that you can upgrade the ssd also. Downside is it's not easy at all to open and access basic component; let alone the fans.
Who cares! When you’re dropping several grand on a professional machine, no matter how hard or time consuming it may be, you sure as heck want to be able to replace… holy shit, ports in pairs and even individually?? Removable SSDs? This thing is both better than an iMac *AND* a PC motherboard. I’ve already ordered one and feel especially validated (and relieved!), but these things man? These will sell like hotcakes. Especially if you can buy parts for it through Apple’s new at-home repair program at some point.
Sure, they may be telling you now that this or that is not user-replaceable, but they already laid the groundwork for that, in case the European Commission/Parliament or the US Congress ever pass stringent right-to-repair laws. This thing *IS* user-repairable. I’m waiting for Louis Rossmann *and* Linus freaking Sebastian’s reaction to this with bated breath.
yeah, this is shockingly upgradable/repairable imo
It’s also a super tiny SSD so not that worth, a m.2 2280 would have been excellent. The m1 Mac mini is also almost empty with no upgrade possible.
@@Mainyehc bullshit!!! How is it better than the Mac Pro, PC and iMac!? The Mac pro can be absolutely upgraded with terabytes of storage from high capacity HDD to super fast pcie SSD……..
@@carholic-sz3qv Most desktop computers don't allow you to replace a physically damaged USB port without replacing the whole motherboard. In fact, I've never seen a desktop PC before that allowed this. I think it's exciting to be able to replace individual ports one by one, and especially when you consider that TB can deliver quite a bit of power and data and can heat up, it's nice to know that a burnt out TB port can be replaced. I do think the person you're responding to was a bit over-zealous, but on this one thing, I think it's quite nice to be able to replace individual ports.
Do ya know which ram mac studio use?? DDR5 or DDR4???
What abotu compare size Threadripper 5k that is used for studio machines, instead of comparing Ryzen for small personal machines?
I got cold sweats watching you disassemble them
Apple didn’t lie - they did say it was modular lol
I like that you don't even try to hide the dread of having to put that thing together haha
I was really surprised at how easy it was to access the internals. The taped/glued on rubber was clearly intended to dissuade users from upgrading it themselves, but once you take that off, most things come off with screws.
You call THAT easy access?
@@kayakMike1000 yeah if you're older than 12
This Mac is INSANE! OMG! So much thought crammed into a chassis that small. Really really impressive!
Wow it’s so small, who cares. It’s not really a laptop which is meant to be portable.
Brand new out of the box tear down of the M1 Ultra!? Absolutely fantastic, ballsy, and entertaining work!
Thank you for doing what I used to do with every new computer. Much less stressful, and I gotta know!!
I would really have enjoyed the raw video of putting this back together
My question is that battery you uncovered. How long should that last and does it justify AppleCare so I don’t have to take mine apart?
Insane teardown..hats off for the courage to spend so much to provide the best content for your audience!
This is so appreciated! Thankyou so much. Yes as someone else mentioned a timelapse of you putting it back together would be amazing. Just incredible work. THANKYOU! I bought 2 tshirts.
I was thinking that the extra ports are the emergency HD ports to recover the HD in the event of a board failure.
was the big square the chip, or the small rectangle inside the square the chip??
Huh, interesting! 8:45 I wonder if shortest nvme will fit though.. well there is a chance that socket is different than usual m.2 connector
Great tear down, can’t wait to see the other SSD slot used
knowing apple, they've probably disabled it for third party use and/or uses some proprietary pinout
@@possamei most likely
If they haven't done already, they will in next software update.
@@possamei OWC and others will come up with an SSD that works with it. Would be cool if someone comes up with an NVMe adapter and makes it work with those short SSDs
@@possamei oh they won’t if they do they would got sue for sure
if they really want to make it not possible to upgrade they would just have to not put it there
Maybe it’s a slot which design for apple part if there’s a third party part that fit it might work
The chips under the stickers that you lifted up are the power phases for the motherboard to deliver power to the processor -> VRM
Will this kind of chip(all in one) be intersting for gaming in the future?
Mad respect guys! I couldnt do it, my hands would shake too much :))
This machine is a truly beautiful piece of engineering. Wow. Thanks for doing this tear down, guys. Great job.
Wow! Incredible that you've opened it!! Phenomenal design, now that one can see it 😃 How much storage does this one have? I have a reason for asking, thanks for your reply 😊