Mac Studio M5 Ultra 512GB RAM upgrade costs $15,500 on its own
Months after Apple launched the latest Mac Studio , it is finally taking orders for one more configuration, the 512GB RAM M5 Ultra. It's extremely costly. Apple is finally taking pre-orders for the 512GB Mac Studio Apple launched the M5 Ultra and M5 Max editions of the Mac Studio in August 2026 , but revealed in barely a footnote that there was one configuration coming later. Even as Apple was saying that the Mac Studio could be configured to have 512GB RAM, it actually couldn't. Until now. As of now, pre-orders are open for what could be the best Mac ever made. It's the M5 Ultra Mac Studio, and it can now come with 96GB RAM and all the way up to 512GB. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Months after Apple launched the latest Mac Studio , it is finally taking orders for one more configuration, the 512GB RAM M5 Ultra. It's extremely costly. Apple is finally taking pre-orders for the 512GB Mac Studio Apple launched the M5 Ultra and M5 Max editions of the Mac Studio in August 2026 , but revealed in barely a footnote that there was one configuration coming later. Even as Apple was saying that the Mac Studio could be configured to have 512GB RAM, it actually couldn't. Until now. As of now, pre-orders are open for what could be the best Mac ever made. It's the M5 Ultra Mac Studio, and it can now come with 96GB RAM and all the way up to 512GB. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Months after Apple launched the latest Mac Studio , it is finally taking orders for one more configuration, the 512GB RAM M5 Ultra.
Apple is finally taking pre-orders for the 512GB Mac Studio Apple launched the M5 Ultra and M5 Max editions of the Mac Studio in August 2026 , but revealed in barely a footnote that there was one configuration coming later.
Even as Apple was saying that the Mac Studio could be configured to have 512GB RAM, it actually couldn't.
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