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  • New Mac Pro may not support PCI-E GPUs

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    y2an said:
    Considering that so far there’s been zero evidence of a PCIe interface in Apple Silicon, this has seemed obvious for a very long time. Of course, everything being within Apple’s control, they could surprise us with a Pro-specific SoC sporting a PCIe interface. But that really breaks the performance and memory advantages of unified memory, so I’m very doubtful. 
    Saying there's "zero evidence of a PCIe interface" is completely untrue.


    Without PCIe you'd have no ports, no WiFi, and no Bluetooth.  Not adding GPU support is idiotic.
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  • Musk tells Twitter engineers to bring Vine back from the dead

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Just what we need, another looping video social media platform controlled by the Chinese government.
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  • Apple Watch import ban up to Biden administration after ITC order

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Pulse oximetry was invented in 1974.  That patent is long expired  Putting it in a watch is obvious, and should not be patentable.
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  • Apple's Federighi says child protection message was 'jumbled,' 'misunderstood'

    darkvaderdarkvader
    The message is not the problem.

    The spyware is the problem.
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  • Apple will frame iPhone 15 USB-C switch as a consumer win

    darkvaderdarkvader
    It IS a consumer win.

    And it's a win we wouldn't have gotten if the EU hadn't forced Apple to do it.
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  • Apple releases macOS Monterey 12.4 to the public

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Anybody else think 2.2GB for an update that doesn't really add any features seems a bit much?

    I mean, that's only slightly smaller than the entire current Xubuntu OS release, for what is ultimately a minor patch.  I've got clients who still have 12 megabit DSL connections, patches like this are a pain for them.
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  • Apple isn't happy about India's demand to upgrade older iPhones with USB-C

    darkvaderdarkvader
    It's already been shown that USB C will work in the older iPhones. 

    Apple should get their act together.
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  • Steve Jobs wanted Macintosh design to be like the early Beatles

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Weird.

    That article has words in it, but they make absolutely no sense.
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  • Apple presses ahead with aim to replace paper passports and ID with iPhone

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Bad idea.

    If you cross international borders, you should WIPE any device you're carrying first.  Sign out of any "cloud" services, and nuke the storage. 

    Then once you're past border controls you can pull data you need for your trip back in. 

    It's the only reasonably secure way to cross international borders since your privacy rights generally don't apply at customs.  Any border crossing documents you need should be on paper. 

    The only way this would be even remotely safe is if you carry a separate device that you use only for your digital border crossing documents and NOTHING else.
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  • Rumored next-generation Apple Silicon processor expected in fall 2023 at the earliest

    darkvaderdarkvader
    AniMill said:
    Either the Mac Pro is dead, or so delayed that it’s become superfluous in their product lineup. Perhaps it’s become such a niche that any further investment simply is not a viability for Apple anymore. Either way, if Apple does not at least preview a Mac Pro option at WWDC, I think it’s dead Jim. Though $3000 ski goggles are considered the “next” thing - but I believe AR/VR is already past the public interest inflection point. WWDC is going to be a very interesting show.
    Keep in mind how long Apple took to release the current Mac Pro.

    And don't forget what the Mac Pro is.  Apple's M chips as they currently exist are utterly inadequate to power a Mac Pro.  They max out at 128GB RAM, and can't support any GPU option other than what's on-chip.  The Mac Pro can use 1.5TB of RAM, and dual Radeon Pro GPUs.  It's a FAR more powerful platform, and that's going to continue to be the case unless Apple actually develops a chip that can use off-chip RAM and non-Apple GPUs.  Releasing something now and calling it a "Mac Pro" will just make Apple look silly, much like they did when they released that stupid trash can and called it a "Mac Pro" in 2013 - and at least that thing had expandable RAM (to 128GB, which was at least adequate 10 years ago) and dual GPUs that were theoretically upgradeable, and even though it turned out nobody released GPUs in that form factor you could at least add eGPUs.

    Any "Mac Pro" Apple releases now with an Apple chip is going to be WORSE than the trash can.  Their best bet if they have any intention of staying in the professional video market is to update the Intel Mac Pro, and that's going to be the case for the near and intermediate future.
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