An Update on Apple M1/M2 GPU Drivers

Re:An Update on Apple M1/M2 GPU Drivers by opan on Friday November 01, 2024 @09:27AM (#42016733)

With soldered RAM and storage it seems quite risky to get the lowest spec version of any new Mac, so I don't see much point in discussing the entry-level price point. Do they still start at 8GB? I recall hearing that negatively impacted the SSD's performance significantly and people were recommending 16GB minimum for M1 stuff.

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Re:An Update on Apple M1/M2 GPU Drivers by dadbod80 on Friday November 01, 2024 @09:38AM (#42016808)

https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/30/apple-8gb-16gb-ram-mac/

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Re:An Update on Apple M1/M2 GPU Drivers by BolexNOLA on Friday November 01, 2024 @09:53AM (#42016928)

Base model is 16gb as of the M4 release.

You also don’t have to get the base model. You can stay under $1000 while increasing to 24gb of ram.

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Re:An Update on Apple M1/M2 GPU Drivers by cdelsolar on Friday November 01, 2024 @09:35AM (#42016795)

I have an 8GB M1 MacBook Pro and it’s the perfect computer. I always have lots of tabs and Docker open etc. It works great. I want to upgrade at some point but probably don’t need to anytime soon.

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Re:An Update on Apple M1/M2 GPU Drivers by hylaride on Friday November 01, 2024 @09:54AM (#42016940)

8GB is fine (on macos anyways) for what you're doing, but like it or not more and more AI is being (unnecessarily) shoved into applications and it needs memory for the GPU.

Memory (both system and GPU) is usually best thing to future proof a computer at buy time, especially as it's not user-replaceable anymore.

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Re:An Update on Apple M1/M2 GPU Drivers by BolexNOLA on Friday November 01, 2024 @10:04AM (#42016997)

You can get a 512g/24gb for $1104.00 USD. Still seems pretty great to me. If you’re disciplined with your internal/external storage you could also stay at a 256gb SSD and get 32gb of ram.

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