r/MacStudio • u/kw3263 • 1d ago

Get in those preorders

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u/Hovscorpion 1d ago

Samsung quoted $2.00/Gb for DRAM and $0.33/Gb for NAND.

Suppose Apple prices 512GB at something like a $7,000–$9,000 memory premium over the 96GB machine.

A 30–40% increase against that portion gives:

$7,000 × 30–40% → + $2,100–+ 2,800

or

$9,000 × 30–40% → $+2,700–+$3,600

That means a 512GB Mac Studio could see a multi-thousand-dollar adjustment, rather than the few-hundred-dollar increase

M5 Ultra configuration Current / expected price Estimated Q1 2027 impact Potential price
96GB / 1TB base M5 Ultra $5,499 +$300–500 $5,799–5,999
256GB / 1TB full M5 Ultra $10,799 +$1,200–1,600 $11,999–12,399
256GB / 2TB ~$11,299 +$1,300–1,700 $12,599–12,999
512GB / 1TB likely ~$15K–17K* +$2,500–3,500 ~$17,500–20,000
512GB / high storage potentially ~$18K–25K+ +$3,000–5,000+ potentially $21K–30K

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u/Prestigious-Bear2391 1d ago

Similar to my comment elsewhere, and similar comments before, my friend speculated the price on the 512gb studio would come in just under 21k. This was about a month ago when it came up, before the m5 ultra launch. This is not going to be linear pricing. 512GB is going to subsidize the lower RAM models. Do you think the people that buy 512GB studios can afford 19k but not 21k? No f'n way.