Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Mac Studio 2025 M4 Max is a powerhouse of a desktop, delivering exceptional single-core CPU performance, impressive AI processing capabilities, and strong efficiency for creative workflows. While it may not match dedicated NVIDIA GPUs for gaming or CUDA workloads, it excels in optimized Apple software and AI-driven applications. The seamless setup, high-speed storage, and robust build quality make it a compelling choice for professionals seeking a reliable and compact desktop solution. However, its pricing, lack of bundled peripherals, and the necessity for additional accessories could be drawbacks for some users. Overall, it is an outstanding machine for those who prioritize macOS, Apple’s ecosystem, and performance efficiency over raw GPU power. I really enjoy using mine and it seems like a very capable machine.

Stopped by Best Buy to check on the Mac Studio M4 Max 512GB, and the gentleman confirmed it was in stock. While running some errands, I checked the Best Buy app—and boom, I found an insane deal on it! Even the associate told me later on he was surprised by how low the price was. I bought it online, and 20 minutes later, it was ready for pickup. The whole process was smooth and lightning fast, and the Mac Studio is seriously a game-changer for my video editing. Can’t recommend Best Buy enough!

Excellent computer in a small box! Fast and reliable

Hands down, great for music production, video editing plus fast as lightning! Love the performance and design. Unit can fit anywhere in your office, very quiet. Number one in my book!!!!

The buying experience was fantastic. The Denton best buy staff was very knowledgeable about the product and helped me pick a product that meets my current and future needs. The Mac studio is fast, user friendly and can handle everything I need it to do and more.

Greatest piece of hardware you’ll ever need for anything from professional editing to professional mixing and mastering vocals for music. This thing is a beast with my thunderbolt 5 and 3 compatibility. you can pay some CS go to to unwind and don’t get me started on the tons of options you could add to your MacBook studio that are Apple accessories, supportive exclusively for Mac. The keyboards are great and so are the mouses you will not be disappointed and realize you would’ve been wasting your whole time with the Intel computer instead of chasing your dreams and doing something productive for once I know I feel it the genius vibe, check out the setup rough wrangler

Beast of a machine. I use it for video editing and work and I don’t even hear it.

After working with a Mac Mini M1 for some time, upgrading to the Mac Studio M4 has been one of the best investments I’ve made in a long time. The performance leap is incredible, and it has completely transformed my workflow. Highly recommended for anyone looking to take their setup to the next level.

This thing is a tank. It is able to handle everything I throw at it with ease from photo editing to video editing!

Had the mac studio for about a month now and its working well. Its confusing that the front two ports are weaker than the others. That is my only negative and its a small one. It works mostly well with my protools edits which are pretty hefty. I'm satisfied.

I am very happy with this shopping. I can buy what I like.

Apple’s best work yet. I run a full recording studio on the base m4 as an audio engineer and I haven’t even scratched the surface…

Dear Apple, I bought this model and size because Best Buy sold out of the original size and model I planned on purchasing, which was $600 less and smaller. Even though it is larger than I expected it to be, I am very happy with my purchase! Being that this is my very first Mac, there were some initial challenges with how to use it, as I’ve been a Windows user for decades. Once I spent some time with it, I was able to find out much about it. The Mac itself is very cool and I can't wait to get fully into doing what I plan to use it for. It was also a bit heavier than I expected and it came in super protected packaging. Felt like I was carrying a 30 pound packed suitcase. I would say that it would be nice if the Mac OS would have the login larger than it appears. Maybe there is a setting to do it in Accessibility without blowing everything else up on my desktop after logging in? I attempted to use a passcode rather than password, as with my mobile Apple devices and my iWatch Ultra 2, but it seems like that isn’t something offered for now. I can unlock it, sometimes as well as approve some actions using my iWatch rather than typing in the password everytime I am trying to do something that requires elevation (consent). Also, the fact that I cannot install my favorite old Microsoft games on it is a bummer. I have a free Windows VM that I downloaded to use for that, however, it doesn’t seem to run the games. I will figure it out. The pictures that I want to use as a background from my photo library are upside down or facing the wrong way and there seems to be no way to flip them so that they display correctly. A software update can cure that, unless there is a setting I use to correct that. Lastly, it would be grand if the Mac was sold in other colors like the Macbook, iPads, iPhones, iPods. I would’ve love being able to get it in black. I’m guessing that it will be a sales ploy for future sales. Very smart! That is my 2 hour evaluation feedback of it. Would’ve gave 5 stars, but figure Apple can do a few things to improve the product. Thank you! A Customer

I would have gone with a base Mac Mini M4 but for my use case I needed multiple monitor support for trading stocks. The most I appreciate about this machine coming from a desktop AMD AM4 platform is how power efficient and quiet it is. Another huge plus is that even under load it doesn't heat up the room. I priced out building a custom small form factor PC using AMD/Intel parts and the costs would have been almost the same as just buying the Mac Studio M4 Max for the same amount of (single core) performance (my stock trading programs are heavily single threaded) and monitor support that I wanted. The old argument getting more bang for your buck with x86 architecture machines isn't as clear cut as before. Also, with raising graphics card prices new and in the secondary market the value proposition isn't there for me (I don't game much anymore). So far my experience with the Mac Studio M4 Max has been wonderful. The machine never stutters and my trading applications are a lot more snappy then when I used them on my Windows 11 machine (it mostly has to do with the applications simply running better on Apple Silicon). I view this machine as an appliance and it just simply works is well worth the investment. It's a hassle free experience as compared to my AMD desktop where things would randomly fail or error. I had an opportunity to use Crossover 25 for Mac to help play Windows based games on Mac. The latest iteration provides a lot of performance improvements and more titles such as Red Dead Redemption II. Since this Mac Studio M4 Max has 32-GPU cores it gets very playable framerates across multiple titles. As long as you are not trying to play AAA newly launched titles or games that are online and require anti-cheat mechanisms it should be supported. Playing Windows games on a Mac is very feasible in 2025 and support for it is only going to get better moving forward. If the upfront costs of this machine is still pretty high to dissuade you then consider that the resell value of this machine a few years from now will still be very high as compared to reselling PC parts. Also, if you are using this machine to make money then it will pay for itself eventually with the time you save in either not having to wait for projects to render or not having to troubleshoot random component failures that costs you time. I only see myself upgrading from this machine maybe 2-3 years from now at minimum and will probably last me 4-5 years or something else comes out from Apple that is very compelling.

Having used windows since v1, I decided to move to a Mac platform, starting with a MacBook Pro about 5 months ago. I was impressed with how Apple has such a tight integration with the iPhone, watch, other Mac’s, etc., that I decided to replace my ryzen9 windows pc (which I built) with the Mac Studio. These days I focus on photography (Lightroom and photoshop), video editing, music recording, etc and the Mac Studio excels at these tasks. In addition, little things like Airdrop is so nice and much faster than any cloud service -iCloud, OneDrive, google drive etc. Previously when moving files between my MacBook Pro and windows, this caused delays and periodically issues when trying to use cloud services. Obviously using a flash drive or shares via networking would work but who wants to do that? Airdrop just works. This one feature- as simple as it is- really sold me. Especially between the iphone and any other mac offering. Stability- recently with windows little things such as pauses or delays with file manager were driving me nuts. In short when creating a folder it would take 4-5 seconds. Having troubleshooted this issue for weeks, I read it had to do with a redesign of file manager. This issue has come and gone over the years. This all occurred after an update. Registry changes and/or disconnecting external drives, etc seemed not to really help. I tried every fix with the exception of a reload of windows. So tired of the delays, moving to a new OS seemed like the right choice. To some this is minor issue, but when working with new photos, system delays just stifles my creativity. Storage- As you know, ssd upgrades are costly on a Mac. The work around is external drives. I bought the 512gb studio model and have added about 38TB of external drives and the speed transfer is great. I discovered that Mac OS and ntfs formatted drives do not work spectacular together. All drives have been formatted to Mac OS file system now. Navigating the new OS- Mac OS is very different from windows and I’m still adjusting. I need to read the manual. Overall the multitasking capabilities is robust and really haven’t caused me any issues with several apps open. Form factor- the size is fantastic. Previously my windows pc was a tower with 3 venting fans. The room heated up quickly when the pc was being used. The Mac Studio small design is very welcomed. It’s not noisy either. Transfer of apps- most all of the apps I used on my windows box, work on the Mac. The exception for me was an app that replicated/backed up files automatically. This was solved by finding the Mac equivalent that essentially does the same thing. The cost was nominal. If considering moving from windows to Mac, take an inventory of your key applications and make sure the same app functionally exists on the Mac. In some cases, you may need to buy new software. I look forward to creating things on the Mac Studio.

I’ve been buying Macs for about 16 years, and this little Mac Studio with the M4 Max might be the most impressive one yet. It’s a compact powerhouse — insanely fast, super responsive, and handles everything I throw at it without breaking a sweat. Apple has really come a long way with these machines. If you’re on the fence about upgrading, this thing makes it an easy “yes.”

Apple has this habit of abandoning longtime users by upgrading their gear and leaving their old products behind. I have a 2018 iMac which works well. I am a photographer who depends on staying current with third party software. During a recent update I learned my machine was obsolete and could not contain the latest. and greatest. So far this Studio is a great machine even though it does not have a monitor, keyboard and mouse included in the purchase price. The smallish internal hard drive and inability to upgrade RAM is disappointing but that is solved by spending more money and depending on an external SSD to hold all the production software I need. Still the Studio is fast and is part of the Mac universe and was not a problem to setup and use. I've been using Macintosh computers since 1995 and I continue to have a love/hate relationship with Apple gear. I just wish they didn't obsolete their machines before they die of natural causes.

good quality/price. mac studio is fast and reliable

I purchased the Mac Studio M4 Max (36GB RAM, 512GB SSD) primarily for 4K video editing and coding, and all I can say is—this machine is incredible! Performance Coming from a MacBook Pro M2 Max (38-core GPU, 12-core CPU), I immediately noticed a huge leap in performance. The M4 Max makes editing high-bitrate 4K footage feel effortless, handling multiple layers, effects, and rendering without breaking a sweat. The responsiveness in video editing software like Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and Adobe Premiere Pro is unmatched compared to my MacBook. Similarly, for coding, compiling large projects and running intensive workloads is noticeably faster. Whether it’s Xcode, Docker, or AI/ML workloads, the M4 Max powers through without any slowdowns. Storage – Don’t Overpay Apple! If you’re considering upgrading storage from Apple—don’t. The base 512GB SSD is fast, but internal storage upgrades are ridiculously overpriced. Instead, I opted for four 4TB Samsung SSDs, giving me a total of 16.5TB of ultra-fast external storage at a fraction of the cost. This setup works flawlessly for video editing, keeping large project files accessible without filling up internal space. Thermal Performance – Zero Overheating One of my biggest concerns with high-performance machines is thermal management, but the Mac Studio M4 Max stays impressively cool. Unlike some laptops that throttle under heavy loads, this desktop maintains consistent peak performance without overheating. Even during long video renders or complex AI model training, the system remains quiet and efficient. Verdict If you’re a video editor, developer, or power user, the Mac Studio M4 Max is an absolute beast. It’s significantly faster than my M2 Max MacBook Pro and provides desktop-level performance without compromise. Skip Apple’s storage upgrade and invest in high-speed external SSDs instead. Highly recommended!

This thing is an incredible powerhouse! I have it connected to a 49” unltrawide monitor and a 32” monitor. It performs flawlessly under medium workloads. I haven’t tested it with a demanding program yet but I have a feeling it would do just fine for video editing or any other task that requires high performance.