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flydog said:

netrox said:

Given the large price difference between M1 Max and M1 Ultra, this makes sense. 

What?  Even if the entire 2 lbs was copper heatsink, the difference in material cost is at most $5 if Apple paid retail for copper.  

The IP for the Apple Silicon won't be paid down for a long, long time.   Apple's only now getting around to being able to put an A13 in a monitor.

viclauyyc said:

StrangeDays said:

viclauyyc said:

Well, it looks good on number in the presentation. But let’s not forget the Ultra is comparing with a 2 year old Xeon. 2 years is a lot in computer technology. Not to mention, arguably AMD’s Epyc is the fastest CPU in the PC world. 

Let’s hope the future Mac Pro will be even faster with 4/8 sets of CPU. But it might cost $8000 on the entry model.

Can you point us to a newer Intel offering that is in production and faster?

If not, this sentiment is irrelevant. There is also something faster in development.

https://technical.city/en/cpu/Xeon-W-3275M-vs-Xeon-Platinum-8380

https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-intel_xeon_w_3275-1160-vs-amd_epyc_7763-1908

I think you should also mention that the EPYC 7763 you're referencing is $5000 ON ITS OWN.  As a part/SKU, I mean.    Motherboard and the rest of the box, GPU, RAM, SSD, power supply, case, ginormous and multiple fans, not included.

y2an said:

Stop giving these excess credibility by calling these renders, they are artist’s impressions. A render would be generated from the actual design files…

inorite.

That Mac render looks like the last part of a loaf of sandwich bread  left in the plastic bag that often goes stale.

To be fair, a lot of Infinite Loop no longer looked that way in its latter day HQ days.