Just bought an M3 Ultra

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I am currently on an m3 mbp with 24gb ram. For regular python and django work the machine is perfect and i have no need to upgrade for speed. but

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Just had a look at un-binned 256gb M5 Ultras and the wait is now ~18 weeks. Since you don't pay until it ships, surely there decent chance prices

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I wanted to get some opinions because I’m a bit confused about the current market.</p> <p>I recently picked up a MacBook (M5, 128GB RAM / 2TB)

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>-Faster memory<br /> -M5 Ultra, have floating-point (FP) hardware built directly into the silicon at multiple levels.<br /> -more cores </p>

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>TLDR Although technically Qwen 3.5 397B Q8_0 fits on my server, and can process a one-off prompt, so far I’ve not found it to be practical for

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Planning to get M5 Ultra 512GB to run GLM-5.3-mlx-mxfp4. </p> <p>However, I think the Apple SSD is a rip off. I would like to buy external SSD to