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You aren't restricted at a hardware level.
Apple has hardware level DRM in some of their products.
Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs
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So you're just replying to the headline, not the actual article. Useful.
Apple, just like Microsoft, has a driver signing process because drivers have basically system-wide access to a system. There is no evidence that nvidia has tried to get eGPU drivers signed for years, but now someone did and Apple signed it. So?
And you could always, precisely as the article states in the very first paragraph, disable System Integrity Protection if you want to run drivers that aren't signed.
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You only own the hardware if you can use it as advertised even after breaking all ties with the vendor. Otherwise you bought a service not a product.
Re: Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
Google deployed custom code to actively block the clients so it went beyond just a disagreement
That's normal behavior when your server is being reverse-engineered or abused. Video bandwidth is not free. Apple's decision is not constrained by server logic or ballooning costs, it is entirely a client-based policy to not sign CUDA drivers.
There hasn't been any abuse in this story as far as I know, it's not like mass downloads of videos happened with their client.
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
It depends how you define the market. In the 2001 microsoft case [0], the courts ruled Microsoft had a monopoly over the "Intel-based personal computer market". Apple has a monopoly over the "M-chip" personal computer market. They have a monopoly over the iOS market with the app store. They have a monopoly over the driver market on macOS. Like, Microsoft was found guilty of exploiting its monopoly for installing IE b…
I wouldn’t say it is obvious. Apple does not have the monopoly of ARM based PCs. Labeling it as a monopoly of M chips is not fair or accurate when comparing to MS on Intel. It’s also probably relevant that MS was not selling PCs or their own hardware. They had a monopoly on a market where you effectively had to use their software to use the hardware you bought from a different company. Because Apple is selling their…
Well “had to use” is a strong phrase here. Linux was already around and you could have used it too with your hardware. I think you can always bend an argument to fit your point.
Re: Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs
#116I'm writing scientific software that has components (molecular dynamics) that are much faster on GPU. I'm using CUDA only, as it's the eaisiest to code for. I'd assumed this meant no-go on ARM Macs. Does this news make that false?
This driver doesn't support CUDA.
Isnt mlx a cuda translation later?
Re: Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
You just described Apple.
Apple has not, to my knowledge, required OEMs to bundle Safari with macOS alongside threats to withhold macOS if they don’t comply expressly to put Firefox out of business. But hey, maybe some weird shit happened during the clone years that I’m not privy to.
Apple requires Developers to use AppStore with their App alongside threats to withhold their App if they don’t comply.
Just an example… and yes, I know the EU ruling but it’s still fitting.
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So you're just replying to the headline, not the actual article. Useful. Apple, just like Microsoft , has a driver signing process because drivers have basically system-wide access to a system. There is no evidence that nvidia has tried to get eGPU drivers signed for years, but now someone did and Apple signed it. So? And you could always, precisely as the article states in the very first paragraph , disable System I…
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Fortune favors the bold my friend. I own one of these, the cage is just a piece of plastic. Anyway, I don't think 80$ is that big of a difference here. I can't really afford a 4k Nvidia GPU. Intel is my only hope.
Almost twice the price and simply more accurate info regarding price and features. Brand is TH3P4G3. Egpu.io has decent eGPU comparisons. I wouldn't want all that dust in my GPU fans, prefer that near my case fans. I also don't like it given I got cats and want to store/box hw. I do use the eGPU in the fuse box. If I had a larger house, I'd use a server rack. I was recently in the market for an eGPU but for a differe…
I've been using a Sonnet eGPU box with Nvidia GPUs (1070/3070) on an Intel NUC for about 5 years, and it works great.
One nice thing about the Sonnet eGPU boxes is that they use standard SFX PSUs that are inexpensive to replace if they fail.
For LTO, I'm cheap, and iSCSI over a dedicated 2.5 Gbps Ethernet link is fast enough for my aging FC LTO-5 drives and spinning rust backup disks.
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