Apple Mac Studio M4 Max 14C CPU/32C GPU, 36GB RAM, 512GB SSD $3149.10 + $8.95 Delivery @ digiDirect (Price Beat $3000.15 @ OW)

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Pretty niche deal, but I was in the market.

digiDirect have the pretty standard 10% off a number of Macs, including the new Mac Studio. Officeworks haven't changed their online pricing so it was relatively easy to price beat in-store this morning down to the listed price above.

$3000 is cheaper than Apple Education and really close to refurb pricing on the old M2 Mac Studio before the M4's release only a few weeks ago now and will probably be close to any future refurb pricing.

Can probably even buy some discounted Officeworks / Ultimate gift cards to save more money to be the real OzBargainer.

A few other prices on digiDirect are not too bad which are better with price beat at Officeworks, but many of the models that aren't brand spanking new will then be close to the refurb pricing on Apple's site. (I've bought several refurb items and never had an issue.)

Another machine that isn't currently on the Apple refurb site is:
Mac Studio M3 Ultra - $6299 (RRP $6999) https://www.digidirect.com.au/apple-mac-studio-with-m3-ultra…

digiDirect payment surcharges: 0% bank deposit, 0.95% on payment card, PayPal, WeChatPay, AliPay & UnionPay payments.

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  • netsurfer on 22/03/2025 - 11:56
    +10

    Apple AOC EPP is $3,071.20, so you really need to price beat digiDirect at OW to make it worthwhile.

    • HeXa on 22/03/2025 - 12:20
      +1

      and A$6,143.50 for the M3 Ultra… and less with CR/SB/etc cashback

    • chumpychops on 22/03/2025 - 12:29
      +1

      Yeah… I was sort of getting at that, but I can't list the OW price beat as its own deal can I ?

    • Agret on 22/03/2025 - 12:55
      +1

      +$518 to go from 32gb to 64gb RAM, Apple tax still strong

      • chumpychops on 22/03/2025 - 13:12
        +1

        no arguments here

      • SirDale on 22/03/2025 - 14:16

        For the Mac Studio the base model is 36gb, but to go higher you have to pay for the better processor (+$450) which gives you 48gb. To get to 64gb you then have to pay an extra $300. <sigh>

  • blaque on 22/03/2025 - 12:12

    Any ultimate gift card deals?

    • WookieMonster on 22/03/2025 - 13:01

      There is one starting Wednesday at Coles, but it's not great and I am not sure whether you could realistically wait until Wednesday.

      Otherwise, there are the deals that are available everyday at a few gift card portals, but those aren't great either…

      • Kai4039 on 22/03/2025 - 17:17

        can you use ultimate gc him at officework ? i tried using them through google pay but doesnt work. do you need the physical card ? thanks

  • gitl on 22/03/2025 - 12:15
    +2

    Asking this question just proves I'm not in the market for it, but I AM genuinely curious as to what people's use case for this kind of machine would be? I don't mean a theoretical use case (which I can easily read on Apple's web site or wildly invent) - I mean for those that actually have this (or similar), what are you currently using it for?

    • asmith84 on 22/03/2025 - 12:23
      +2

      Some use cases are could be 4k video editing. Or tech guys using for development, running few virtual machines, serving llms locally.

      • Salmando on 22/03/2025 - 15:33

        Sure.. but why this device specifically? That could all be done cheaper with far superior hardware using a traditional linux or windows setup.

        Power efficiency perhaps, though that would need to factor in the life of device and power cost over time vs the premium of buying these devices.

        I understand some people just want macOS, but these M chips seem a very odd choice outside of portable devices - where they are king.

        Edit: actually, form factor alone might be enough justification. No way in hell can i get something this tidy and convenient elsewhere. If MacOS wasn't genuinely unusable in my workplace I wouldn't mind passing 6 for something like this.

        • solidice on 22/03/2025 - 15:39
          +5

          Can you show me a name brand PC does has similar or better hardware than this for a cheaper price?

        • Eeples on 22/03/2025 - 17:57
          +1

          Far superior hardware???

        • asmith84 on 22/03/2025 - 17:57

          As a developer, if i have to use a device solely for work purpose, i am fine with linux based OS. But if i have to choose a device both for work and personal use, MacOS all the way, even if a similarly specced windows device was for 1/4 price, i would still pay a premium for mac.

    • Munki on 22/03/2025 - 12:27
      +1

      So you can YouTubes faster.

    • XanderYuan on 22/03/2025 - 12:38
      +1

      Running local LLMs

    • chumpychops on 22/03/2025 - 12:47
      +4

      It's probably overkill for what I need (no LLM's) but here is my reasoning:
      I do moderate amounts of photo (60mp Full frame SLR) and video editing as a hobby, and some basic 3d modelling. Then a child who plays some minor to moderate GPU intensive games. Certainly nothing my M2 MBP can't handle. Thus I was shopping the M4 Mini or the Mini Pro to replace another really old desktop, so keyboard, monitor are already in place.

      However, by the time I priced the Mini Pro and a little extra ram I was getting pretty close to what I paid for the Studio. Then I've got better cooling, a few extra ports and a slightly better chip as well.

      • gitl on 22/03/2025 - 14:07

        Thank you, this is a really good point - to get what you need vs what this offers isn't really a huge leap is it …

        • jace88 on 22/03/2025 - 16:39
          +1

          One factor to consider though is whether you value the size of the Mac Mini vs Mac Studio. Now that they've made the Mini actually mini, the size difference is more substantial. Obviously both are still relatively small on the desk but there are going to be a few people out there who do care.

    • skittlebrau on 22/03/2025 - 12:51
      +3

      For my use case it would be graphic design, 3D rendering (Blender with Eevee rendering) for motion graphics, and video compositing.

      My main tool day-to-day is Adobe InDesign and it runs like absolute crap on Windows due to lacking GPU acceleration.

      I’m still on a M1 Max, but will probably upgrade to a 64GB M5 Max in future.

    • DavoW on 22/03/2025 - 12:58
      +1

      I have one as a video edit machine for broadcast production, beats my $14k mac pro in some areas. Great machine for the money if you have the need for it.

    • eman84 on 22/03/2025 - 13:02
      +2

      I'm a videographer and photographer and use a Mac Studio with M2 Ultra.

      The main reason being is once you start getting multiple layers on a 4k video editing timeline, with motion tracking, graphics, colour correction layers etc, playback and render times can start lagging. With the M2 Ultra, you have 2 video decode engines and 4 video encode engines, so it means less time waiting around for rendering and exporting of files.

    • Subere on 22/03/2025 - 13:11
      +3

      It's essentially in the product's name.
      Studio. It's for pro production (video, photography, music, special FX etc)

      You would only get one if it was purchased against a business. There's no way an individual would pay for a Mac Studio as a hobbyist you'd think.

      • FujinShu on 22/03/2025 - 13:37
        -1

        Unless you get the 512GB RAM version for LLMs such as R1.
        At least it’s cheaper than getting 256GB VRAM.

      • shabaka on 22/03/2025 - 14:16
        +1

        but not for basic photography and video work, regular M Pro chip would be plenty. only people who know they absolutely need more than one video encoder or need the 3d render power will really need more than M pro chip.

        • OzViper on 22/03/2025 - 15:45

          Even 'basic' photography really needs good GPU for reducing time spent with AI masks, noise reduction etc.

    • bcYield on 22/03/2025 - 18:18

      I think macOS users don't have many choices?

  • Splatcat on 22/03/2025 - 13:04

    I’ve got the m1 studio… + a fleet of other Mbps, mini’s etc. These Studios totally rock 🤘

  • fantacular on 22/03/2025 - 13:25
    -7

    What advantages does this Mac have over, say, a train? Which I could also afford

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