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Saving you the time go warrant it?
I feel a bit underwhelmed by all computer upgrades. Obviously I'm doing more intensive things than I used to and it's happening faster but it never feels completely 'live' unless I've got footage playback set to a lower res than native. Which can't help but seem like a shame/an upgrade path.
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Mac studio update:
so there is lots of online angst about noise. there is a background fan noise and a very feint power supply whine but only when saving a big file. the computer is about 18in from my head, if it bothered me that much i would move it but compared to iMac’s, MacBooks under load and old G5 towers it’s quiet. very cool to touch and the air out the back is cold, i don’t think i have managed to get the fans up to speed despite processing a lot of files and doing some heavy lifting processor wise.
issues: some filters in photoshop like smart sharpen are not fast, it’s something to do with open CL which is evidently redundant now but still used for a few things. this is not a computer issue but software.
sometimes a brush lag with very long strokes in PS where it has to catch up, not bad enough to annoy as for most of what i do it’s not noticeable but be nice if it was snappy/real time.
there is an issue with using external USB dacs. i have Tidal/audio quest dragonfly red and it has background clicking unless you use one of the thunderbolt ports on the rear (with a USB adapter)
i wonder if this has any impact on music/audio people who use USB interfaces?
no idea if thats hardware or software causing that.
apart from that it’s all good and smart sharpen aside it’s fast, still get a beachball but thats for a second or 2 when doing saves or transforms or zooming in/out on big files (12000x10000 pixels 16bit 5-10GB)