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But now they are locking down their software hard. So there is really no free lunch.
In what respect is Apple “locking down their software hard” with respect to these new Macs?
Locked bootloader only booting stuff signed by Apple.
So these CPUs can only be used to run MacOS, no Linux or other alternate open platforms.
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It's not just outperforming the MacBook Pro. It's also blowing away the current 2020 top-end iMac, which has a 10-core Intel i9. And it's doing this while using more than an order of magnitude less power (10W vs. a TDP of 125W for that Intel part). That's stunning.
TSMC’s 5nm node is exceeding everyone’s expectations.
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Not exactly. You can check the clock speeds: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/4620493.gb5 Up to 5050MHz is stock behavior for the 5950X and it's using standard DDR4 3200 memory.
Even if the Ryzen wins out, that would still be comparing a desktop CPU to a mobile one, using 105W vs 10W. It is incredible that we are making these comparisons. Apple outdid themselves.
Desktop CPUs differ from the mobile CPUs mainly in how much can they boost more/all cores.
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very treatable form of cancer Nope, he pretty much died right on time in terms of median life expectancy for his form of cancer: https://pancreas.imedpub.com/prognostic-factors-in-patients-...
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Sure, call it what you want. This is the beta product. It’ll be buggy. It won’t be full throttle. I’m excited for whatever is next.
This is the beta product. It’ll be buggy. Doubtful. You know they've been using ARM-based Macs with the requisite version of macOS for at least a year inside of Apple. They've done a processor transition two other times; unlike the last two times, this time Apple controls the entire stack, which wasn't the case going from 68K to PowerPC or from PowerPC to Intel. Apple has been designing their own processors for a dec…
"Don't upgrade MacOS to x.0 version" is already a common idea. Why would it be any different for their hardware?
> The M1 chip, which belongs to a MacBook Air with 8GB RAM, features a single-core score of 1687 and a multi-core score of 7433. According to the benchmark, the M1 has a 3.2GHz base frequency. > The Mac mini with M1 chip that was benchmarked earned a single-core score of 1682 and a multi-core score of 7067. > Update: There's also a benchmark for the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1 chip and 16GB RAM that has a single-core…
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Laptop Macs of late are known for heavy throttling due to inadequate cooling, which cannot have been unnoticed in simulations
I have the 16” MacBook Pro. It doesn’t throttle and will happily run at max boost for tens of minutes.
They are going to sell these things like cup cakes ... why buy a pc laptop when these are around?