thadgarrison

About

Username
thadgarrison
Joined
Visits
37
Last Active
Roles
member
Points
325
Badges
1
Posts
71

Reactions

157Like1Dislike18Informative

  • Trump trade admin calls Apple's China ties a 'Silicon Valley soap opera'

    thadgarrisonthadgarrison
    Looks like Tim’s $1M inauguration bribe didn’t go very far. The problem with kowtowing to an authoritarian wannabe is that nothing will ever be enough. 
    williamlondonmuthuk_vanalingamspheric

  • Intel app compatibility on Mac is holding you back and will never get better

    thadgarrisonthadgarrison
    I’d love to upgrade, but there’s no equivalent to the multi-GPU 2019 Mac Pro setup available from Apple today. Their M GPUs are fine for general work, but I can’t customize a current Mac to render a 3D animation at the speed of the two dedicated GPUs in my Mac Pro.

    Also, I AM bitter that Apple allowed me to spend thousands of dollars on a top of the line Mac Pro knowing that they’d be killing Intel months later. It was typically shoddy treatment of pro users that I’ve come to expect from Apple. 

    Not sure what I’ll do going forward. I’ll need to figure out some ridiculous dedicated PC render box situation in addition to upgrading my Mac. I’ll hold onto this aluminum beast for as long as I can to avoid finding out!


    maltzmuthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • The new Apple Silicon Mac Pro badly misses the mark for most of the target market

    thadgarrisonthadgarrison
    I’m curious how you’re fitting four 6900’s in the Mac Pro. I was only able to get two. Any examples?

    I think Apple has once again drawn a line in the sand
    making it clear they are OK with true power users having to use PC’s. Apple is just bored by and unserious about truly high end computing. I’m guessing they are OK with folks with extreme use cases moving to commodity Windows machines. 

    I’m a Houdini user on my Mac Pro, use it for running special effects simulations and rendering. The Mac was already a slightly painful platform for 3D work because of lack of Nvidia support, but with a cap of 192GB Ram, simulation work is out the window. And 3D rendering is a joke without multiple GPUs. So, after being a lifelong Mac user, my next primary machine will have to be a Windows box, which makes me ill. But, I get it, I’m a niche user and Apple just isn’t in the unsexy, geeky, high end compute business. 
    keithwmainyehcmuthuk_vanalingamlam92103dewmelolliverwilliamlondonAlex1Nwatto_cobracgWerks

  • No, Apple is not making better products because Jony Ive left

    thadgarrisonthadgarrison
    I wish Apple would make better software products with Ive gone. It was insane that someone like Ive was ever given control over software design. He is an industrial designer, a completely different field. He managed in a short time to seriously damage Apple’s legacy of human-centered design, leading the firm down a path of precious prettiness over function. It really saddens me to see that nobody has been #brave enough to set it back on course. The grotesque redesign of macOS alone is filled with many little pockets of shameful UX. The wrongheaded Safari tab redesign shows a company without a strong editorial eye overseeing software design. The graphic designers now have the keys to the kingdom and this does not bode well for the usability of Apple’s products. 
    williamlondonlkruppviclauyycrussw

  • Apple engineers lack optimism about the Apple TV strategy, claims report

    thadgarrisonthadgarrison
    I can’t believe Apple hasn’t made a state of the art home theater sound bar with Apple TV built in. It seems to perfectly align with their love of high quality sound and their movie/tv ambitions. And it could be a premium priced smart product sitting at the center of the living room. Someone is asleep at the wheel.
    caladanianhucom2000Scot1doozydozenpatchythepiratelibertyandfreeBeatsravnorodomapplguymattinoz