Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs
by dexterdog on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:46AM
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It's plenty professional, just not portable. The problem is that just like with the iPhone, the pro line has just become the high class line so people buy it for the bling factor. They need to make a dev or nerd line or whatever marketing decides to call it. This would be more configurable and not thin and light just for the sake of being thinner and light that last year's model.
Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs
by NovemberWhiskey on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:32AM
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But this product segmentation is not at all new. Apple has never had a "pro" workstation-style laptop like the Thinkpad P. The MacBook Pro line has always been relatively-thin, relatively-light, not-very-upgradable: going back almost fifteen years.
I agree that Apple isn't trying to serve the market for "portable workstation", but they never really have, so why do you say they have lost their way?
It's also worth saying you can still buy a 16" MacBook Pro with an 8-core i9 processor, 64GB of RAM, a Radeon Pro 5600M with 8GB of RAM, 8TB of SSD storage - a specification that's hardly "casual".
Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs
by gumby on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @03:19PM
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> Apple has never had a "pro" workstation-style laptop like the Thinkpad P. The MacBook Pro line has always been relatively-thin, relatively-light, not-very-upgradable: going back almost fifteen years.
The 17" lunch trays were that product, and were bought by people who wanted to edit photos in the field or get a lot of spreadsheet cells on the display. They had the highest performance as well.
Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs
by robertoandred on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:59PM
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They were just as thin and upgradable as the other PowerBooks/MacBook Pros.
Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs
by hyperdimension on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @09:06AM
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> just not portable
That's because the base model doesn't come with Apple Wheel. They're only 700$.
Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs
by capableweb on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:21AM
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This is the third time I read this comment and lightly smiled. Wasn't until now that it occurred to me that "Apple Wheel" might actually be a real product. Lo and behold, it's 4 cart wheels that retails for $699, I'm not even joking. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-w...
Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs
by hyperdimension on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @02:25PM
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Yeah, I'm mostly picking on Apple and their ardent refusal to use articles ('on [an] iPhone...', 'We've made [the] iPad xxx times faster') which drives me crazy for some reason, and also nodding to The Onion's aardvark 'Macbook Wheel' spoof. It could go either way.
Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs
by gumby on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @03:21PM
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the pretentiousness of it bugs me too, and I use an iPhone, an iPad, and Mac.
Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs
by jusujusu on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @05:59PM
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In euros they sell it for €849, or about $1k.
Re:Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs
by Schiendelman on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @09:03AM
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What PC are you thinking about that is both powerful and portable?
Was the new Mac Pro not 'professional' enough for you? Up to 28 core CPU, 1.5 TB of RAM, capable of driving six 6K monitors and so on? Even the iMac Pro is absurdly overpowered for 'casual' usage.