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Re:OS X-KVM: Run macOS on QEMU/KVM by edude03 on Friday December 03, 2021 @08:01AM (#29429492)
> Besides, in the long term, Apple is likely to drop support for AMD or Intel GPU in their OS

Off topic but I’m curious about this. On one hand I think it’s a very Apple like thing to do but on the other hand it would practically kill Mac for pro use cases, which is barely hanging on by a thread right now. Could you imagine buying a $10,000+ workstation and Apple telling you 1 8k display is enough?

I think it really hinges on what the next Mac Pro looks like. If it’s arm based and allows expansion then it’ll likely support AMD and intel gpus and support for those will stick around for years. If not , then the current intel macs and their egpu support will be the end of the line.

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Re:OS X-KVM: Run macOS on QEMU/KVM by philistine on Friday December 03, 2021 @10:32AM (#29431127)
You correlate an Apple GPU with a hard limit on the amount of displays you can use, but honestly I don't see the point. Apple has bittersweet limits on the amount of displays one can connect right now, but it is no guarantee that this will continue in the future.

With what they unveiled in terms of GPU performance with the Macbook Pro, the writing's on the wall; Apple is not going to support third-party GPUs going forward. The Mac Pro will only offer Apple CPUs and GPUs, I'm sure of it.

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