Re:Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production fo...
by Tagbert on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @04:07PM
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You would probably need to wait for the 3rd level of M SOCs predicted for the Mac Pro.
The M1 is for the lowest performance tier machines like the Air, the low end iMac, the low end MacBook Pro.
This next chip M2/M1X is for the middle tier like the 16” MacBook Pro and the 27”/30” iMac.
It will probably take a third tier to handle the large RAM and GPU needs to the Mac Pro.
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Re:Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production fo...
by aldanor on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @04:18PM
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Yep, that's exactly what I've heard as well, and it makes perfect sense. I'm actually silently hoping 128gb would fall into the 'mid tier' - like it currently does with the old Intel iMac 27''. You don't always need a $15k cheese grater when all you're looking for is just a bit more memory on a Mac platform...