Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore
by trapperkeeper79 on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:43AM
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I'm surprised why more devs are not getting upset at the lack of an Nvidia GPU option.
Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore
by jbmorgado on Friday October 28, 2016 @04:46PM
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About devs I'm not sure, but I use it a lot at work for simulations (optimised for CUDA) and some Deep Learning and the Nvidia card is a must.
I have a 2013 15" MacBook Pro, the diference with the top of the line that came out yesterday comes down a slight bump in the dedicated Graphics Card (which I don't appreciate since I use CUDA a lot and as such I actually prefer the GTX 750M to a only slightly better AMD card in the new model), and a 0.1 GHz bump in the processor (back from the 2.3 GHz i7 my MacBook Pro has).
I do understand that taking out the Esc and F* keys and replace it for a smart bar can be seen as a valid design option, but I can't see how shipping a Laptop 3 years later with, lets face it, basically the same specs and ask for the same price can be something positive.