Apple Mac Studio (2025) M4 Max (14 Core CPU/32 Core GPU) 36GB/512GB

It arrived beautifully packaged, without any plastic or Styrofoam! Just plug it in, turn it on, and before I knew it, I was on my way. I did have to wait another week for Apple to give me a login, though, because I used to have an iPad. On a Tuesday, at 11:17 and 45 seconds, I was supposed to receive a text message. And I did. But even after that, the device kept asking for my iPad password. Anyway, it works now. I use Apple Mac Studio for photo editing, and it's a revelation compared to the Windows machine that ran the same photo program. It has 500GB of SSD storage, and you can't change that later. You don't need to, because with an external hard drive connected, it works perfectly. I haven't encountered anything that disappoints me yet. It has plenty of connections, so it can handle anything.

My Mac mini was already fast enough, but I wanted more connections for displays and storage. The speed is especially noticeable when processing photos with Lightroom. For example, Denoise went from about 35 seconds to 5 seconds. Exporting photos is also much faster.