sbdude

About

Username
sbdude
Joined
Visits
77
Last Active
Roles
member
Points
1,072
Badges
1
Posts
312

Reactions

640Like48Dislike76Informative

  • Apple is inventing a revolutionary car audio system for Apple Car

    sbdudesbdude
    neoncat said:
    "revolutionary" ... now this is just silly. It's car audio. The last time I heard someone refer to car audio with those kind of hyperventilated, pre-orgasmic superlatives was like 20 years ago listening to some dubious high school drop out try to sell me on the "magic of Blaupunkt" (yes, he really did say "magic" ... magical and amazing, tho?)

    That anyone could put the words "magic" and "blaupunkt" in the same sentence is beyond me.
    watto_cobra

  • Why Apple uses integrated memory in Apple Silicon -- and why it's both good and bad

    sbdudesbdude
    Genuinely curious, why not include higher capacity memory modules if there's demand for it? I imagine the pin outs are the same for every capacity Apple uses, so why not include more than 192 GB for those tasks that demand greater amounts of memory? Or are M Series chips unable to address that much memory?
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Why Apple uses integrated memory in Apple Silicon -- and why it's both good and bad

    sbdudesbdude
    sflocal said:
    lam92103 said:
    So every single PC or computer manufacturer can use modular RAM. Including servers, workstations, data centers, super computers. 

    But somehow the Apple chips cannot and are trying to convince us that it is not just plain & simple greed??
    Just stop.
    Very beneficial to the conversation.
    williamlondonmuthuk_vanalingam

  • Jony Ive's latest gig is the seal for King Charles's space project

    sbdudesbdude
    Perhaps he can come up with a new logo for Bud Light . . .
    9secondkox2watto_cobra

  • Mac Pro M2 review - Maybe a true modular Mac will come in a few more years

    sbdudesbdude
    Seems to me the best scenario is that this is a "stopgap" machine as many have alluded, and it was done purely to say "we've completed the transition". This machine is, without question, and indefensible answer for the use case the previous generation provided.

    It also begs the question of whether Apple is in over its head on silicon design. The GPUs are purely passable at this point (where's the hardware ray tracing?), and the 'revolutionary' M3 that likely should have been in this machine based on the roadmap has yet to materialize (and I don't blame TSMC). Justifying the comparative lack of memory with throughput does not the negate far fewer tasks can be completed per clock cycle when you reduce your total addressable memory by 87.5%, the separation of memory between CPU and GPU tasks further notwithstanding.

    I think it's safe to say Apple abandoned the high end market for own interests (vertical integration, bottom line). This is starting to feel like the PowerPC days, and how much better a G3 was in spite of its lower clock speed.
    williamlondonmuthuk_vanalingamfastasleep