Shortcuts on Mac got better; still won't replace a shell script for me.

M5 Ultra Studio makes sense for colorists and 3D people, not family video editors. Marketing will blur that. If you aren't saturating the GPU for hours, a base Mac Mini still punches stupidly hard for the money.

There goes my wallet.

Hope the 140W update kills random disconnects people reported.

External display arrangement bugs still haunt me after every major macOS.

Yep.

Golden Gate's Intelligence pitch only lands if on-device models stay private and understand local files. Indexing is better, but I still jump to ChatGPT for nuanced stuff. If Siri-style recaps hit Mac notifications, that might change daily use more than flashy image toys.

Pro Display tax remains ridiculous. Third-party USB-C monitors it is.

Apple Intelligence on Mac is uneven. Some workflows magic, others slideware.

Desktop Macs still win when you want ports, thermals, and upgradeable storage via enclosure workflows. Laptops win when you actually leave the house. Most YouTube comparisons pretend everyone has the same life.

M6 'weird' usually means packaging or cache changes that don't show in Geekbench headlines. Real story is thermals in thin chassis and sustained performance after twenty minutes. Synthetic peaks don't pay rent.

If Studio ships more TB ports without a hub tax I'll consider it.

Intel holdouts delay for battery. Silicon tax already paid off for me.

M5 Ultra Studio numbers look absurd for video. Price will match.

Hands-on never show real multi-monitor messes. That's where it stumbles.

Top 10 lists bury Time Machine reliability, which is what I care about.

M6 rumor weirdness tracks — odd die configs when yields force it.

Finally.

Wait what

Called it months ago.