MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch

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Post by 0xedb » Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 5:51 PM UTC

MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
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Post by purple_ferret » Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 5:26 PM UTC

Disappointed they're not releasing a Max Pro. Guess I'm waiting for the next cycle.

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Post by KarlKemp » Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 5:32 PM UTC

purple_ferret wrote: post #2

Disappointed they're not releasing a Max Pro. Guess I'm waiting for the next cycle.

I believe they were uncharacteristically open about the schedule from the beginning of the CPU transition, with the Mac Pro coming in 2022.

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Post by Tpt » Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 5:37 PM UTC

I'm very curious to see how the 64GB of RAM GPU performs with deep learning models fine-tuning. It might be impressive.

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Post by tmaly » Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 5:38 PM UTC

purple_ferret wrote: post #2

Disappointed they're not releasing a Max Pro. Guess I'm waiting for the next cycle.

IPhone 13 chips are on back order. I would love a Max Pro, but it I think it is going to take some time to reach market.

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Post by tumblewit » Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

So basically apple just went back to the things they tried to fix that weren't broken and then messed up the aesthetics by making it a design from 2010 and added a notch. Why do they do this. Does the design team not understand how to design macbook pros ?

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Post by jjcon » Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 5:42 PM UTC

Tpt wrote: post #4

I'm very curious to see how the 64GB of RAM GPU performs with deep learning models fine-tuning. It might be impressive.

Do any deep learning frameworks even have metal support? I could see inference working well on these laptops but they lack so much of the specialized hardware I'd be surprised if training was even possible for most useable models.

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Post by theshrike79 » Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 5:43 PM UTC

tumblewit wrote: post #6

So basically apple just went back to the things they tried to fix that weren't broken and then messed up the aesthetics by making it a design from 2010 and added a notch. Why do they do this. Does the design team not understand how to design macbook pros ?

Wait, what notch? Do the processors have notches now?

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Post by shantara » Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 5:43 PM UTC

Everything they’ve said about the new MacBook Pros is extremely promising, but they had to add a notch to the screen. Just why? All for the sake of reducing the top screen border by a couple of millimeters.

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Post by cguess » Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 5:44 PM UTC

jjcon wrote: post #7

Tpt wrote: post #4

I'm very curious to see how the 64GB of RAM GPU performs with deep learning models fine-tuning. It might be impressive.

Do any deep learning frameworks even have metal support? I could see inference working well on these laptops but they lack so much of the specialized hardware I'd be surprised if training was even possible for most useable models.

There's been work on PyTorch to move some over, but it's still all CPU (which still, on an M1 isn't HORRIBLE) last time I checked.