And still starting at 8GB of RAM… Disappointed.
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#242What I really miss in my work issued M1 Pro isn't more power, it's the keyboard in those 2010s models.
I agree. And the longevity of them specifically for me. My M1 (MBP and MBA) keyboards shine after a few weeks' of activity whereas no shining on older MBPs with a decade of use – it reeks of a quality degradation.
100% this. My work-M2 MBP is barely a few month old, but the keyboard already looks very worn out :(
OT: I love my M1 MBA and really hate the new style which seems to cut into my wrists and arms :(
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#243Earlier quoted context omitted.
Mac Mini with the M2 Pro can drive 3 monitors, Macbook Pro with the M2 Pro only 2.
M2 Pro can always drive 3. The MBP just has one display built-in, so can drive 2 more.
Unfortunately tho, iirc, clamshell mode does not get you the use of an additional external display.
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#244Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm personally always near a wall socket. My laptop is mostly a desktop. When I'm out and need to use the battery, it's only for a few hours. Do people really need >8h battery life?
I’ve never taken my charger to work with me. It was an odd experience the first week. I’ll never go back to plugs.
I never either but that's cause I have USB-C docks at work.
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#245Am i the only one who is frustrated with the mac monitor options these days? I don't know anyone who uses a 27" desktop monitor, much less a 24". What year is it? And $5k for a 32" is insulting.
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#246"the most advanced chips for a personal computer", says Apple. This is not an objective statement.
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#247How did Apple become so successful making high-end CPU chips on their own so quickly?
The iPhone chip was seriously competitive with laptops 2-3 years before the M1, it's just that due to the software environment few people noticed what was going on.
The real question is why Apple left it so long. They clearly wanted the first generation to be a clear success, but they could have probably pulled this off faster had they wanted to.
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#248One thing that left me a bit confused was the comparison against Intel Macs. Although I am still using an Intel 16-inch MacBook, I really wanted to see how the M3 fared against the M2, not Intel and M1. I think it's no surprise the M3 exceeds the Intel Core i7-9750H in basically all of Apple's own benchmarking. My real question, which will probably be answered next week, is how it compares to the generation right bef…
Not just that, but if you're not running ARM images then it's running a VM for your docker images to boot. It's just mind-blowing how many containers I have running and my laptop is cool to the touch, and at full battery.
You’re running a VM either way on a Mac. Docker without a VM is only available on Linux.
EDIT I get your intent though because it runs better when the images match the host.
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#249I don't understand why they don't update the entire lineup whenever a new chip comes out, especially if really only swapping the chip in the macbook pro and imac here. On a separate note does anyone have any insight on how unified memory compares to vram in the context of machine learning performance? Considering an H100 with 80GB costs like $30k a maxed out macbook pro with 128gb unified memory for $5k is interestin…
Regarding updating the lineup, I would guess that it is completely intentional to keep the carrot just out of reach across the lineup. Each new chip release rotates the product categories in just the right way to keep the consumers consuming.
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#250One thing that left me a bit confused was the comparison against Intel Macs. Although I am still using an Intel 16-inch MacBook, I really wanted to see how the M3 fared against the M2, not Intel and M1. I think it's no surprise the M3 exceeds the Intel Core i7-9750H in basically all of Apple's own benchmarking. My real question, which will probably be answered next week, is how it compares to the generation right bef…
I still know a number of my colleagues who haven't jumped onto the Apple Silicon machines despite our 2019 Intel machines being out of warranty (and thus eligible for replacement) for two years now
I'm still using a 2015 macbook for my personal daily driver. I have to plug it in regularly, but otherwise it works just fine for everything except video editing.