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dk49 said:

Google basically looked at the Apple Watch and asked, "how can we copy it's design without being obvious?" And their answer was "oh let's just make a round Apple watch"!

They know the Pixel devices are simply reference models for other manufacturers who use Android, and they don't make their money off hardware, so it's not surprising they spend as little as possible on hardware design.

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

Here are two predictions based on this news:
1. Blender will render at around 1/10th the speed on the top end Mac Studio compared to a top end GPU.
2. Apple fans will blame Blender's developers because they don't know how to use Metal correctly.

Did you read the article?  Or are you just paid to post negative comments?

The addition of a Metal GPU backend, which was contributed by Apple

Apple themselves wrote the Metal backend for Blender.

Having actually written shaders in both GLSL and MSL, I can say that Metal is an absolute pleasure to work with by comparison (passing data from CPU to GPU is much easier).  The performance in my experience was about the same on equivalent GPU hardware, but then I wasn't writing a full blown 3D design application.  I'll be interested to see a comparison for Blender.

cgWerks said:

Can someone explain the pricing of this display to me? Is it that much better than the screen that came in the $1800 iMac? I was hoping it would be closer to $1k. While I realize the options for that exact kind of display (resolution, size, specs) limits you to one 3rd party (ie. LG UltraFine), do most of us really need those specs? I think I'd be just fine with something like a BenQ 4k, etc. (or almost a half-dozen of them!) What am I missing?

When comparing to other monitors, you're forgetting the integrated camera and speakers in this.  I'm not saying those justify the increased cost, but if you need them, it's extra cables and setup hassle to buy 3rd party ones (and they likely wouldn't be as good).

laurent_g said:

That's an honorable goal that would benefit their customers.

It would truly benefit their customers if they matched Apple's privacy stance.

darkvader said:

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

TenApplesUpOnTop said:

Even smaller MacBook Pro? No thanks.

Same screen size, bigger keyboard and smaller body.

All wins

Not really.

I bet they could squeeze a 17.5" screen in something the size of the old 17" with no notch, and have plenty of room left for speakers, user-upgradeable storage and RAM, and even a user-replaceable battery.  Maybe even a built-in numeric keypad.

Smaller isn't better.

Why stop there?  Just sell the whole thing in modules that are user-solderable.  The tech enthusiasts had it right at the start of the PC era in the 70s. /s