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  • Apple upgrades 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro, M2 Max

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    Max chips are great except for pure performance, meanwhile, Alder lake/Raptor lake is the polar opposite...
    It would be a game changer if Apple could get Ultra chips on the 16".
    watto_cobra9secondkox2

  • AMD trying to take on Apple Silicon with Ryzen 7040

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    blastdoor said:
    pwrmac said:
    Who cares if AMD are faster. Apple is not going to use AMD anyway. This is more a PR stunt to promote the product.
    I won't buy a non-Mac laptop, but I will buy a Linux workhorse desktop. In fact, I bought a Linux Threadripper system back in 2018. That system is dying now after a lot of heavy use. I think Apple *should* be able to offer a superior alternative to AMD for my next workhorse desktop, but it's not at all clear they're going to live up to their potential. The fact that AMD is getting a 4nm product out there ahead of Apple does not bode well. 
    Is it really that unstable?
    watto_cobra

  • AMD trying to take on Apple Silicon with Ryzen 7040

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    lkrupp said:
    DuhSesame said:
    Actually, if you count how old the microarchitecture is, the M1 is a two-year-old technology.  It took another year for Apple to deliver their Pro and Max lineups.  While they’re impressive chips, they aren’t that advanced like most of us would think.
    So Apple IS falling behind in your mind?
    You can't expect perfection in the 1st generation.  1 year is a long time for chip makers.

    I believe Max is still faster than 90% of the x86 CPUs and beating all the 8-core chips in its heydays, but Alder Lake is still more powerful (on paper).
    watto_cobra

  • AMD trying to take on Apple Silicon with Ryzen 7040

    DuhSesameDuhSesame
    Actually, if you count how old the microarchitecture is, the M1 is a two-year-old technology.  It took another year for Apple to deliver their Pro and Max lineups.  While they’re impressive chips, they aren’t that advanced like most of us would think.
    JaiOh81watto_cobra

  • AMD trying to take on Apple Silicon with Ryzen 7040

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    Well, duh, the M1 Pro is one year old, of course the latest and the greatest will be better in some ways.
    They don’t make a PowerPoint just to shame Apple…
    JaiOh81killroywatto_cobra