So an M1 max is not... max anymore (>_<)
Technically "Ultra" means "Beyond", so putting it above "Max" means it's "beyond the maximum" :P
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#32Looks like all the people saying "just start fusing those M1 CPU's into bigger ones" were right, that's basically what they did for the top of the line new M1 CPU (fused two M1 Max'es together). And since the presenter mentioned the Mac Pro would come on another day, I wonder if they'll just do 4x M1 Max for that.
The dialog around unveiling the Ultra had a “one final member of M1” vibe to it. I think that is the end for M1. The next cpu bumps will be M2s.
Also I wonder about fabrication nodes. The iPhone SE is going to take a lot of dies and keep that fan very busy. M1 is on something else, but it isn’t going to free the A15 fab for other customers.
I expect M2 is on a different process.
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#33Can't wait to see a teardown of the cooling solution. Not sure how the air flows between the bottom and the heat sink as there's a board between them.
It looked like it had space in the back and then the blowers were in the front to force the air over. Then it went out the top.
Looks very interesting. I'm curious of benchmarks and if there's throttling.
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#34I was kind of disappointed as I expected this to be the keyboard thing that was leaked to the news a bit ago; seemed to fit just right with their arguments of portability, connectivity, modularity.
yea they kinda glossed over "modularity", I didn't see any modules...
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#35Looks like all the people saying "just start fusing those M1 CPU's into bigger ones" were right, that's basically what they did for the top of the line new M1 CPU (fused two M1 Max'es together). And since the presenter mentioned the Mac Pro would come on another day, I wonder if they'll just do 4x M1 Max for that.
If they do create another chip for the Mac Pro, I wonder what they'll call it. We have the M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra so far.
M1 Ultra Pro, baby
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#36More and more I see the M1 chips and I wish Mac worked seriously well for gaming. Would love too see something like Proton but for Mac (given up hopes for native support). I hate that I have my gaming PC and then my Mac for everything else. I have to wonder though what their plan is for the M2. Are they laying the groundwork for when the M2 comes out all of these variants will be ready at the same time? Or a gradual…
I don't feel the need to play cutting edge games anymore. Playing Windows games in Parallel on my M1 is pretty good. I was shocked to see how well it worked. It's unlikely to run Elden Ring well. However, the vast majority of games are fine.
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#37More and more I see the M1 chips and I wish Mac worked seriously well for gaming. Would love too see something like Proton but for Mac (given up hopes for native support). I hate that I have my gaming PC and then my Mac for everything else. I have to wonder though what their plan is for the M2. Are they laying the groundwork for when the M2 comes out all of these variants will be ready at the same time? Or a gradual…
Mac is going back to their most successful niche - creators.
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#38More and more I see the M1 chips and I wish Mac worked seriously well for gaming. Would love too see something like Proton but for Mac (given up hopes for native support). I hate that I have my gaming PC and then my Mac for everything else. I have to wonder though what their plan is for the M2. Are they laying the groundwork for when the M2 comes out all of these variants will be ready at the same time? Or a gradual…
Same. That chunky PC serves only one purpose now and rest of the time is unused.
The unused part is what bothers me, like I actively make sure I use windows for as little outside of gaming for various reasons.
But for the price to use it, ok not rarely since I game a lot... but considering I also have consoles. I would say I use my Mac more.
I just wonder if this is ever going to be a realistic alternative or am I just always going to have 2 personal computers.
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#39I was kind of disappointed as I expected this to be the keyboard thing that was leaked to the news a bit ago; seemed to fit just right with their arguments of portability, connectivity, modularity.
I just couldn't see it. Specially for the studio.
The thermals would have been insane to deal with
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#40Looks like all the people saying "just start fusing those M1 CPU's into bigger ones" were right, that's basically what they did for the top of the line new M1 CPU (fused two M1 Max'es together). And since the presenter mentioned the Mac Pro would come on another day, I wonder if they'll just do 4x M1 Max for that.
If they do create another chip for the Mac Pro, I wonder what they'll call it. We have the M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra so far.
Maybe it won't be M at all? I still reckon they might do discrete GPUs for the pro model, which could make it quite different to the other M chips.