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foregoneconclusion said:

Rayz2016 said:

An in-house GPU eh?

This is where the bun fight starts. 

I would imagine that the MacBook would continue to use the SoC style GPU just like the iPad. It will be interesting to see what Apple does for higher end hardware like the MBP or iMac line. Will it still be integrated, or will they do a discrete version of the GPU?

I would suspect that most chips will ship with integrated GPU support.   Having a base GPU across all platforms gives Apple considerable advantages.   The only big question in my mind is how they address the Mac Pro.

By the way I can see Apple going the chiplet route like AMD and offering up the GPU as a chiplet that sits along side the processor chiplet.   This could explain some of the conflicting info we are getting.   A chiplet approach would make it very easy to scale the number of ARM processors in a Mac.

Apple needs to grasp the situation.   China simply has turned into a grand example of a hostile country.   They have far too many known programs to literally steal technology and of course the related spying programs.   It is hilarious that nobody at Apple has recognized that the worlds relationship with China is not sustainable.   Beyond that there is likely intelligence that Apple does't know about driving the Tik-Tok ban.

In a nut shell Apple needs to stop making excuses and get out of China ASAP.

aderutter said:

ajl said:

Another stupid choice from the think different verb preachers.

One should pay thousands for a machine that is supposed to last a lot years without any possibility of later upgrades?

One should spec an iMac machine to last. I always do and my non-upgraded Macs always last me at least 6 years.
The whole point of an “all in one” is a nicer looking machine while sacrificing upgradeability that most of us don’t need.
My 2014 iMac currently runs off a choice of external SSD drives so I can switch from High Sierra to Mojave to Catalina on a simple reboot.
This allows me to use 32 bit apps when necessary, old versions of XCode for older enterprise apps built with older SDKs etc. all with one 6 year old iMac.

For most users the idea that you can fully specify a long term purchase up front is a joke.   Storage is a significant issue here as the users data needs expand and even apps explode in size. 

I've never have considered a desktop all in one to be a reasonable buy, so I guess we are on a completely different page.   However in many cases if somebody has hooked up an external drive then they have demonstrated the need to have internal storage options.   I might add that those external devices crap all over that nice looking all in one.

kkqd1337 said:

It is a good thing the EU are pushing hard on this. Global tax laws are kept in tight control by/for the benefit of the super wealthy. They need modernising. EU will push hard, people will negotiate, reasonable outcome will be achieved. 

This is a horrible attempt to apply EU policies world wide.   There is absolutely nothing good about this drive to extend control over thought and to grab "taxes" form companies that are not even in your country.   Given the tools, government will use them in the most hideous ways possible.

This is putting freedom on a very steep downward slope.   It is just a way for the EU to try to apply their regressive or even oppressive policies across the planet.   That and it is a clear attempt to steal money from countries that are not in their jurisdiction.