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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs by ericmay on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:22AM (#25058123)
Overreaction much? Last I checked the vast majority of their devices are sold with Intel chipsets. So if having multiple displays while running your MacBook Air for "professional work" is a deal-breaker then you can just get a different Mac. M2 chips and later will obviously support multiple external displays. Not everyone needs to be an early adopter. Sheesh.

As a "professional", getting a PC is a deal breaker. It's not a Mac. It doesn't run macOS. That's the whole point.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs by capableweb on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:27AM (#25058158)
No overreaction, just sharing what I'm seeing in the European film industry already. Film professionals couldn't care less if it's Mac or PC, as long as it runs the software they want to run, that it won't make them lose their mind with performance issues and won't cost similarly to a semi-fancy car.

Apple currently is making it clear that they are not actively targeting those people anymore (max 16GB of memory, really?) and professionals are finally noticing, which is why in the last few years you see more and more professionals moving back to PC after being on macOS for many years.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs by ericmay on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:29AM (#25058187)
> (max 16GB of memory, really?)

Again, this is the first iteration of the M1 chip. Again, you can buy a different Mac and spec it out to 32GB if you have that requirement.

I'm a professional. I'm "noticing". I'm still buying a Mac.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs by dev_tty01 on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:54AM (#25059350)
Apple hasn't made anything clear. These are entry level devices. They don't have anything to do with the customers you describe. Some other variants of Apple Silicon will address those customers. No data available yet to draw any conclusions.
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