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How should one reconcile bloomberg saying "Redesigned MacBook Pros are expected to debut as soon as early this summer" and everyone else saying that they're being pushed back until next year?
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A Mac Pro is likely to be dedicated to those workloads which ARE easy to thread - video editing and processing - or simply have multiple applications running simultaneously. Someone who doesn't need more performance cores is unlikely to invest in a Mac Pro.
I'm confused at this response. My thought is that instead of 32 high performance cores and 8 efficiency cores it might be better to have 8 high performance cores and ~100 efficiency ones which ought to be about the same area and power but provide a lot more throughput if software can utilize that level of parallelism. There's a lot of software that won't scale to 108 cores, of course, but again I expect the amount of…
In a world where power and heat budgets don't matter at all you'd not have any efficiency cores, after all.
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USB-C would have been a great replacement... for DisplayPort/Thunderbolt ports. It's finally, years later, getting merely not infuriating to be stuck with only USB-C ports. Single port for display + charging is very nice, when it works. That iPhones and most iPads still don't use it is annoying. Having two kinds of charging cable around, years after Apple went all-in on USB-C for laptops, sucks. [EDIT] two kinds of c…
I agree about iPhone and non-pro iPads. They should 100% be on USB-C at this point.
The most recent non-pro iPad does have USB-C and I expect whenever they get around to redesigning the lowest cost iPads they’ll also move to USB-C.
As someone who planned to buy the new MacPro since the first rumors and only skipped it when I learned how much the prices had risen compared to its predecessor - and the entry level 8core Xeon wasn't that impressive either - I am so ready to finally upgrade my aged iMac. The 4+4 core M1 already gets glowing reviews, it will be very impressive with 16+4 or even 32+8 cores. I like those rumors very much!
I bought a 10-core iMac Pro, and it's a screamer - super-fast and super-reliable even after 16+ hours of use a day. So I don't regret that choice, even if it was the most expensive computer I've ever bought. A 32+8 core M1 for a less insane price sounds like an easy upgrade choice. The lingering question is memory. 16GB won't be enough.
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I've had MacBooks since 2005, and I'm an amateur photographer. I really don't miss the ports or MagSafe at all. I actually like the USB charging better, as it allows you to connect the cord to either side, and it doesn't get accidentally knocked out if I use it on my lap. I've found that the cord being on other side is nearly as good as magsafe anyway, as it will be better positioned to pull out if it gets yanked. Ye…
> and it doesn't get accidentally knocked out if I use it on my lap Man, my 2017 MacBook Pro's USB-C charging cable (the official one, not third party, and in pristine condition) constantly disconnects itself to the point where I'm basically traumatized from the annoyance of it now. It only provides power if it's ALL the way in, and the damned thing just pushes itself out half a millimeter and cuts power repeatedly.…
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> I actually like the USB charging better, as it allows you to connect the cord to either side, and it doesn't get accidentally knocked out if I use it on my lap. I felt the same until my cat pulled my laptop off my desk by the cord. It landed on the corner with the USB plugged in, destroying the port on the laptop itself. Probably knocked a few hundred off the resale value. The little shit.
Apple’s goal is to have every portable computer work like an iPhone: you charge it overnight, then unplug it and use it unwired for a full day. This is why the charging port on the mouse is on the bottom, for instance. They never quite got their Intel laptops there, though. (Especially running MS Teams, Slack, and Chrome!) It’s kind of funny that, now that they can make a laptop that really does last all day on one c…
Man is that an understatement. My work MBP - a 16" i9 - may as well be a desktop.
> Apple plans to launch the redesigned MacBook Pros in 14-inch and 16-inch screen sizes. They’ll have a redesigned chassis, magnetic MagSafe charger and more ports for connecting external drives and devices. Apple is also bringing back the HDMI port and SD card slot, which it nixed in previous versions, sparking criticism from photographers and the like. Even if they continue to force the anti-feature that is the Tou…
I've had MacBooks since 2005, and I'm an amateur photographer. I really don't miss the ports or MagSafe at all. I actually like the USB charging better, as it allows you to connect the cord to either side, and it doesn't get accidentally knocked out if I use it on my lap. I've found that the cord being on other side is nearly as good as magsafe anyway, as it will be better positioned to pull out if it gets yanked. Ye…
Whats up with photo/video people gatekeeping “serious” vs functional
Your point might have some merit but SD will hold out for the next 5-8 years that purchasers of this machine will expect
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Are there any rumors about that? That's the only change that my next laptop isn't a ThinkPad
You hate the Touch Bar so much that if Apple's next round of laptops includes one you'll stop using macOS and start using Linux (or Windows) on your laptop instead?
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So why put efficiency cores in the desktop processor at all?
A desktop runs a lot of low priority processes. The efficiency cores can be given all those processes. This means some low priority thread will get scheduled on a performance core and bust the cache. There's also plenty of time where the system has low intensity use or is idle. The efficiency cores let things like receiving notifications or checking e-mail happen for very little power draw. Fans only need to run duri…
This is a bigger deal than it might seem. Fans running means that dust is accumulating in the machine at an accelerated rate, even if you have filters in place. The less the fans have to run, the less dust accumulates, and the longer cooling functions near-peak. A tower that sees sporadic heavy usage especially stand to benefit from fan minimization.
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Apple’s goal is to have every portable computer work like an iPhone: you charge it overnight, then unplug it and use it unwired for a full day. This is why the charging port on the mouse is on the bottom, for instance. They never quite got their Intel laptops there, though. (Especially running MS Teams, Slack, and Chrome!) It’s kind of funny that, now that they can make a laptop that really does last all day on one c…
Unfortunately that doesn't work for those of us that need to run compute intensive tasks, like browsing the web, or compiling stuff, or running docker. There's this stupid dream that the computer needs to be light and fanless and thin and sexy. It doesn't need to do that. I'm happy if it doesn't melt while trying to run some software I need to do my job.