How does a Mac Studio with 32GB or 96GB edit pictures or videos?

He'll have to provide more information before he can get meaningful assistance. Depending on what sort of photo and (especially) video editing he plans to do and what his input and output needs are, anything from a Mac mini to a Mac Studio might be the right recommendation, or even an iMac.

I would steer him away from any 32GB model if he is thinking in the Studio range. If it is enough today, it probably won't be in a couple of years.

markwmsn wrote: … I would steer him away from any 32GB model if he is thinking in the Studio range. If it is enough today, it probably won't be in a couple of years.

I can't agree more. I don't really do video, but if I did much with long movies I would get as much memory and internal disk storage as possible. No one has ever been known to moan, "Oh, I wish I'd gotten less memory."

A Mac Studio with 32 gigs of Ram is overkill for any still photography outside a professional setting. A Mac mini would be up to that job. As for video, again, what are we talking about? A Pro or amateur setting? Someone snipping videos shot on a phone? Or someone who is a serious hobbyist? Using what apps?