The Hot Five

Apple Mac Studio

A little computer so powerful it can make its own packed lunch

Omega x Swatch Speedmaster

A watch so desirable it can make Swiss people behave badly

Polk Magnifi Mini AX

An aquatic insect so powerful you can hear its genitals

Segway GT2

A scooter so fast you probably shouldn’t get one, to be honest

Lego Back To The Future

A time machine so nerdy you have to build it yourself

When people reach for a stick to beat Apple with, it’s usually the one marked ‘form over function’. How else do you explain the decision to ditch the headphone socket from the iphone or lose almost all the ports from the Macbook Air? With the Mac Studio, though, Apple has prioritised function so much that it looks more like a fancy server than a computer.

For starters, it’s absolutely riddled with ports, slots and sockets. There are 13 in total, including two USB-C and an SD card reader on the front plus four Thunderbolt 4, two USB-A, Gigabit Ethernet and HDMI on the back. And you’ll need them, because this is the most powerful machine Apple has ever built.

There are two chip configurations: the M1 Max, which comes with a 10-core CPU, 24-core GPU and 32GB of RAM, or the M1 Ultra, which doubles everything (including the price). Opt for the latter and you’re getting a machine that’s 50% faster than the Mac Pro, but both can be upgraded. Throw in up to 8TB of storage and Wi-fi 6, and this little silver box is pretty much the ultimate marriage of form and function. As hot as… your old PC trying to keep up from £1999 / apple.com