DuhSesame

crowley said:

DuhSesame said:

crowley said:

DuhSesame said:

crowley said:

DuhSesame said:

docno42 said:

DuhSesame said:
No other laptops (except Alienware) can do eGPU+external SSD without any interference. 

Apple SOC doesn't support eGPU and I would expect it's a low priority, if it's even a goal.  Another red herring.  

Pfft.

we’re talking about older Intel models and you wanna switch topics to M1s.

If you don’t understand how it works, I won’t blame you.  Switching conversation is too low for me.  No more arguments.

No one was talking about Intel machines, this entire thread is about the new MacBook Pros.  You should probably get on the same page as everyone else before throwing around accusations that other people don't understand.

Oh are we not?  I said "Intel Macs with eGPU + SSD" but the M1 can't use eGPUs, so Thunderbolt on Intel is also pointless?  We are comparing older Macs to older laptops, aren't we?

Either way, I explained on the post above, he clearly doesn't understand why and I don't want to waste my time.

You literally responded to someone talking about the addition of HDMI and SD and removal of a Thunderbolt port on the new MacBook Pros saying that you'd prefer the bandwidth (of an extra Thunderbolt port) and used an eGPU as your example.  But since the new M1 MacBook Pros are not currently compatible with eGPUs that's a duff example. 

You also never said "Intel Macs with eGPU + SSD".  I searched the entire thread, you never said it. So now I don't think you're engaging in good faith.  And this sentence "the M1 can't use eGPUs, so Thunderbolt on Intel is also pointless?" is just bizarre.  You're just making stuff up.

So no, we are definitely not talking about Intel MacBook Pros.  You are the only person doing that, and yes you are wasting your time and everyone else's.  So please read the thread back, get on the same page, and quit with the telling other people they don't understand.

Answer me this:  My point is "pointless" because the 4th thunderbolt won't add more bandwidth, does that mean the older Intel MacBook Pros doesn't have the highest bandwidth available on laptops, which is what I am trying to say?  Who's the one that can't comprehend?

In this instance it’s me, because I have very little idea what question you’re asking. 

Please spend less time being angry and a little more working on a comprehensible sentence structure. 

I'll also argue that a lot of macOS feels old and stale compared to the nearly-whimsical nature of iPadOS. Everything from the Home Screen with widgets to how multitasking operates feels fresh compared to the Mac's empty desktop and windowing paradigm.

mcdave said:

I bought an M1 Air earlier this year (I used an older Mac but was mainly iPad) and even the setup depressed me. I was used to waving a new device over an old one to set it up, so the idea of creating a user login was just disappointing.

macOS needs to:
1) Transition to an App Store only distribution model, the current hybrid is an archaic, random mess. Has anyone thought why free apps aren’t on the App Store (hint: Trojan)
2) Lose the old local user in favour of an AppleIDs
3) Get Split View closer to iPad and support 3 tiled app windows for larger external displays + better mission control for external displays. NOT copy Windows' janky side-by-side view.

iPadOS needs to:
1) Sort out local storage management by offloading app docs & data to an automatic iCloud mirror (currently you can offload the app itself only).
2) Replace the regular hierarchical filesystem with a system-wide information tagging model accessible across apps.
3) Improve external monitor support aligned with macOS.

Wesley Hilliard said:

entropys said:

I’m sorry but iPads do not have a “robust file system”. It cannot just access any servers’ file directory from any app.

Maybe I'm misinterpreting what you said, but you can add server file systems to the files app. As long as the iPad is connected to that server, it appears in the file picker from any app.