We are deciding on what workstation machines to get for our offices next and the Mac Studio has caught our eye. We would like to know if anyone has any experience using Unreal Engine on it and if it is a good fit for stuff like virtual production / animation.
I have a Mac Studio but am waiting for Apple Silicon native support before I transition to UE5. I've looked into this topic fairly extensively, and the consensus appears to be that it's absolutely workable for most things currently (and JetBrains supports UE5 /w native Mac silicon support, which imo is a big deal), but that support is not yet competitive with 3.x RTX windows machines.
Basically the question is based upon what your personal needs are, how much you favor the Apple ecosystem for your office, and how patience you have for full native support. No members of the public currently have the perfect answer for anyone, as far as I can tell.
Follow this thread for updates: https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue5-for-m1-apple-silicon/259580/69
The truh is: you fall in love with Mac Studio shape, look, its style and fasion. Me too. I love how it looks.
BUT. The reality is: Unreal Engine is best supported on Windows/PC. It will be also cheaper to buy strong PC which will run Unreal Engine full setup. Macs are good computers, but it's support is always late to the party. Too late. With Apple this is always like this: they changed something (os, hardware, compatibility), you must wait months, years, and they again change something. You are NEVER satisfied. If you need computer for your professional work, Mac is NOT the way to go.
It would all depend on whether Unreal Engine is fully optimized for the M1 Apple Silicon architecture. A little checking seems unclear. You might check with the developer.
Would you reccomend the Mac Studio for Unreal Engine
