Apple's put new chips in the Mac Studio, and the box itself hasn't changed. On Tuesday, 25 August 2026, Apple announced the Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra. MacRumors' Hartley Charlton reported it at 6:13 a.m. PDT that day. Pre-orders opened that morning, and the machines ship on 22 September. The version with 512 GB of unified memory follows in late October.

Original illustration, The Gold Standard art desk (Pablo Picasso).