Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max

Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by gjsman-1000 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @10:37PM (#30095891)

Apple (if they were willing to expose a more wild side) should make an "M1 Pro Max Unlocked" board (or something like that) and just sell it as a bare, microATX board. It could cost exactly the same as the Mac mini for all I care, but if PC builders could use it in crazy cases and with liquid (or even liquid nitrogen) cooling, that would be so cool.

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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by devin on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @10:55PM (#30096003)

This will never happen.

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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by qbasic_forever on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @11:12PM (#30096106)

It would not surprise me to see some future Mac pro use the M1 in a desktop form with exotic high wattage but near silent cooling (liquid, air or otherwise). These chips are fantastic for video and media work and really need to get put into more workstation-like form factors.

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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by gjsman-1000 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @10:57PM (#30096016)

Nope, it won't, Apple will never be willing to show a more wild side. I'm just dreaming.

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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by imwillofficial on Thursday January 27, 2022 @12:02AM (#30096416)

I remember hell freezing over with iTunes for Windows.

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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by copperx on Friday January 28, 2022 @12:17AM (#30110926)

iTunes for Windows was not unimaginable. Now, iMessage for Android ...

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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by barkingcat on Thursday January 27, 2022 @12:55AM (#30096716)

I bet Woz would totally do it, and he has the clout to do it too - as a retro-mod calling back to the Apple I or II

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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by vbezhenar on Thursday January 27, 2022 @12:39AM (#30096627)

Just rip the board from Mac Mini?

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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by asdff on Thursday January 27, 2022 @01:30AM (#30096947)

Would love a liquid cooled mac.

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Re:Alder Lake Core i9 processor is faster than the M1 Max by ipython on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:08AM (#30100733)

They have already done it, almost twenty years ago now: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2565453/new-power-mac-...

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