Re:KDE runs on the Apple M2 (with full GPU acceleration)
by tambourine_man on Friday November 25, 2022 @09:30PM
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You’re correct! How could I forget. Thanks. Shows I haven’t been shopping for Macs in a long time.
Re:KDE runs on the Apple M2 (with full GPU acceleration)
by rsynnott on Friday November 25, 2022 @05:38PM
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> Such a shame that they never sold it separately.
Well, they sold the controversial LG 5K, which was the same panel, but certainly not the same build quality. They now (nearly a decade later) finally sell a fully first-party one, which is very similar.
Re:KDE runs on the Apple M2 (with full GPU acceleration)
by musicale on Friday November 25, 2022 @06:03PM
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The 2016 LG 5K is still my preferred monitor. In retrospect it was a surprisingly good investment at its $974 introductory price (~$1100 in 2022.)
The Apple Studio Display certainly improves on it, but at ~$1600 it costs more than a midrange 24" iMac.
It's too bad that the iMac 5K didn't support Target Display Mode. Maybe Apple will bring it back someday along with a new 27" iMac.
Re:KDE runs on the Apple M2 (with full GPU acceleration)
by rsynnott on Friday November 25, 2022 @06:07PM
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I was really hoping this would come back once it was feasible (at the time it came out, the only vaguely well-supported way to do it would have been two DP cables, but later versions of DP and Thunderbolt 3 and better can handle 5k without trouble), but, given that the 5K iMac is now gone, I wouldn't hold out too much hope...
The iMac 5k for me, almost a decade later, is still better than anything other vendors have to offer. It’s my childhood dream monitor. Such a shame that they never sold it separately.
The M series laptops seem like an inflection point as well. A fanless powerhouse with more than a day's work of battery life and best in class monitor and trackpad.