2026-09-25 05:37 UTC
As a long time member of the More is Moar Better team I wish I could justify the M5 Ultra. But Xcode just never seems to take advantage of the extra cores (for my projects) and with the price increase I really can’t do it this time around. If it was still $4k sure I’d have pre-ordered the base model.
That being said my M1 Ultra did age a lot more gracefully than what I’m assuming a M1 Max would feel like today. I think around the upper teens of cores you hit an Xcode scaling wall very hard.
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@paul@tapbots.social 2026-09-26 19:27
As is tradition I now enter the What If phase of my Apple purchasing decision. This year its what if I return the upgraded M5 Max and drive to Microcenter to get a base model. Pros: I keep my M4 Max and it costs $400 less. Cons: 36GB and continued storage moving games.