u/Magnum3k

M3 Ultra | 32-Core CPU | 256 GB RAM | 1TB SSD

Managed to score this beauty a week or so ago. I’d almost given up on getting hold of one, as everything on the Apple Refurb store was getting swiped within seconds and I refuse point blank to pay scalper prices (screw you guys). Even reached out to some industry contacts (I’m in music for film and TV) but no leads there either.

Someone had mentioned getting hold of a 256GB RAM model from Microcenter on here, so I added it to the list of websites I was manually checking. One of my cats woke me up around 4am, I happened to check the Microcenter store nearest to me (based in LA so nearest store was Tustin, CA) and low and behold, they had one (1) single unit in stock. Bought it right there, picked it up about six hours later.

It’s been a crazy busy week getting it set up (I’m migrating from a gigantic old PC that handled Cubase/Vienna Ensemble Pro and an M2 Pro Mac Mini that ran Pro Tools to having everything on one system), but this machine is WILD. I have over 160GB of sampled instruments loaded into RAM, three heavy DAWs all at once (Cubase for writing and programming, Vienna Ensemble Pro for sample host and Pro Tools for picture playback and monitoring) - all that, and it barely breaks a sweat. Without doubt the single most powerful computer I’ve ever worked on, and in such a ludicrously small/quiet form factor.

Fingers crossed for everyone else out there fighting the good fight against the bots and scalpers, hopefully at some point this nonsense dies down.

Not even factoring in stats from it anymore

Picked up a non-subscription Micro OLED super at the Denver Micr Center.

Give me Frank Cushman!