
I love that the Studio has a ton of ports - which I need for X-Plane. It's a matter of space in my office and juggling some stuff around. And if possible using it for both X-Plane and LR. One thing I'm noodling is also using that for X-Plane 12 which should be coming out in the next few months. I'm considering a similar move also having a 2017 5K iMac that I use for Lightroom and general computing. You also may want to evaluate the 24" iMac, which has a larger screen than any laptop, though the CPU is older and the memory is limited to 16GB. I tend to doubt it, but it may be worth waiting until WWDC next month. There's been some chatter about Apple yet releasing an M-series 27" iMac. Unfortunately, there are only two Mac-compatible 5K monitors I'm aware of - the ASD and LG's 5K display, both of which are expensive. If you're OK with a smaller screen, you'll be OK, but I find the larger size indispensable. My Studio Ultra is connected to a 27" 4K monitor while I wait for my Apple Studio Display, and the comparison with my iMac is immediately noticeable. One aspect that hasn't been discussed in this thread is the display.

Admittedly, this is different from what you're looking at, but if I were you I'd go with the M1 Max if you get a laptop. The difference has been remarkable - everything is much faster, and I just keep all the apps I need open.

I use it for a variety of things, including photography in Lightroom and Photoshop, video editing in Final Cut Pro, and a lot of remote access to multiple work apps.

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I recently went from a 2017 iMac to a Mac Studio Ultra.
