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  • Mystery Apple chip discovered in iMac Pro teardown not A10 Fusion coprocessor [u]

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    nhughes said:
    racerhomie3 said:
    Guys.
    What is wrong
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    racerhomie3

  • Mystery Apple chip discovered in iMac Pro teardown not A10 Fusion coprocessor [u]

    markacetomarkaceto
    Guys.
    What is wrong with a MBP with an external GPU?
    Is there a reason I don’t know to why they aren’t so popular.
    Only one thing: 16GB … (more)
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  • Review: Apple's powerhouse iMac Pro wows with stellar performance and design

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    I'm lucky.  I just got my iMac Pro.  I opted for the 10-core version with the Vega 64, 64 GB of RAM and the 1TB SSD.  

    The iMac Pro
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  • First look: Benchmarks put Apple's entry-level $4999 iMac Pro to the test

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    macplusplus said:
    VRing said:
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    Stop flooding the forum with meaningless numbers. You said “turbo must be sustained” above and that’s enough. You have transcended even Intel and I wish you a good Turbo life. I’m done with your posts.
    Calm down, dude. VRing is articulating very useful points that benefit anyone in this forum trying to decide which model to buy. I for one would have purchased the base model CPU if:
    1. Apple hadn't downclocked it from 4.5 to "4.2"
    2. AppleInsider didn't report that the "4.2" is actually more like 3.9
    3. AppleInsider didn't report that the fans would shut off to prevent the overheating problem (in an alumi-knee-um George Forman grill)
    Most of us could anticipate all three issues from past Apple performance/decisions. iMac's and MacBook Pro's will never see the Intel turbo boost speeds because of thermal issues.

    Therefore, by crippling/throttline the single core performance of the coolest running CPU from 4.5 to "4.2" (3.9), Apple has created an incentive for me to spend a very round $800 on the more expensive 10-core machine. That said, I would like to see some real world tests on on the 10-core because my money on is on that sucker choking at 3.9 too.

    The unbiased analysis of Apple is this: Apple will always use marketing to defend their design decisions that cripple performance. As critical thinkers, it's on us to see through their BS. There are a bunch of us that prefer to use Mac OS (and iOS) but are sick of getting crippled, throttled, and dongled options.
    VRingwilliamlondonmuthuk_vanalingam

  • First look: Benchmarks put Apple's entry-level $4999 iMac Pro to the test

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    welshdog said:
    wizard69 said:
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