Bloomberg: No New Mac Studios Until At Least October — Local LLM Community Frustrated

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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that new Mac Studio hardware won't arrive until at least October 2026, frustrating the local LLM community that relies on unified memory for running large models. The r/LocalLLaMA post (52 upvotes, 63 comments — 1.21 comment-to-score ratio, highest observed today) generated intense discussion about whether DeepSeek v4 or the hardware to run it will arrive first. For builders planning local AI infrastructure, this extends the wait for next-gen Apple Silicon with potentially larger unified memory pools.