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Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by DavidSJ »

qz2 wrote: post #85
geoffeg wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm guessing that since the RAM is now on the SOC instead of on separate chips creating models with more RAM becomes more difficult not only from a space constraint on the die but a cost to manufacture more variants?

I imagine they all are made with 16Gb on and the ones that are broken get sold as 8Gb. What worries me is my desktop has 64Gb of RAM which cost 1/3 of Apple’s usual upgrade mugging. I think I’ll walk away from this. Edit: just seen £200 to upgrade from a 8Gb unit to 16Gb. 8GB of RAM for £200 is “get fucked” territory. I paid £240 for the 64Gb in my desktop.

Sorry to interject this and I don’t mean to distract from your point, but please don’t say bits when you mean bytes.

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by ava1ar »

dawnerd wrote: post #267
samjmck wrote: post #191

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That would be weird. Thunderbolt 3 supports 2x 4K60, so this should as well.

I keep seeing comments about lack of MST support but they're ignoring that you can currently already like you say drive dual 4k60. I'm doing it right now.

You probably has monitors with native thunderbolt input? They are not that many such monitor exists. Without MST you are out of luck to do thing with Display Port (via DP, mDP or USB-C), and this is what majority of monitors on market has.

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by mrweasel »

blux wrote: post #194

Lots of comments from people complaining about the lack of 32GB of RAM. Can someone explain to me the need for 32GB of RAM as a developer? Is it the IDE or your particular application area? As for me, I do all my professional development (C++17/Linux, Vim, EDA industry) on a five year old T450s with 12GB of RAM. For me the limiting factor is CPU power for sure. I only run out of RAM running some of the larger custome…

I can see people needing more RAM, but I think people are forgetting that these are just the first few models Apple are bring to the market. If Apple truly believe that no one needs more, they could have dropped more of the Intel models.

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by skrtskrt »

jedberg wrote: post #190
plorkyeran wrote: post #129

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All of them? I use the function keys regularly and it's much harder to hit the correct one without looking at the keyboard with the touch bar.

What do you use function keys for? I was thinking about this, and I don't think I've used a function key in years.

Jetbrains IDEs and VSCcode have a ton of default shortcuts using the fn keys.

I'm happily tapping away with them on a 2020 MBA

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by qz2 »

DavidSJ wrote: post #301
qz2 wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I imagine they all are made with 16Gb on and the ones that are broken get sold as 8Gb. What worries me is my desktop has 64Gb of RAM which cost 1/3 of Apple’s usual upgrade mugging. I think I’ll walk away from this. Edit: just seen £200 to upgrade from a 8Gb unit to 16Gb. 8GB of RAM for £200 is “get fucked” territory. I paid £240 for the 64Gb in my desktop.

Sorry to interject this and I don’t mean to distract from your point, but please don’t say bits when you mean bytes.

My bad. I should know better! GiB next time :)

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by rjsw »

cactus2093 wrote: post #227

Have they said anything about hyperkit on the new platform? And being able to run stuff like Docker for Mac? I've seen lots said about the lack of Bootcamp support but I've actually never even used Bootcamp, Linux VMS are much more relevant for me and I imagine many other developers.

Do you want to run a Linux/x86_64 VM or a Linux/aarch64 one ?

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by cromka »

saagarjha wrote: post #114
cromka wrote: post #36

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It's a translation, to be precise, not emulation.

It's both.

No, no it's not. Rosetta Stone 2 does not virtualize and virtualization from x86 to Silicon (arm) will not be supported by Apple themselves.
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