crowley

FjordCruiser said:

As someone who lives in  a European country (but not one that is a member of the E.U.) I am getting sick of the foot stamping and demands that Apple constantly has to adjust how it does business here… I love being a citizen of the applesphere but I wish Apple would show more guts and stand up to the ridiculous demands that the E.U. Is regularly pulling out of the hat! I can fully understand why so many folks in European Union countries are becoming disheartened by the shenanigans of the E.U. mandarins, they are demanding too many petty changes in the way companies like Apple conduct their business in member states. I don’t always agree with everything Apple does or says but the E.U. mandarins need to take a chill pill and concentrate on the serious matters that have a negative impact on the citizens of European Union member states… I love being the owner of iPhone 13 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 7 45mm Cellular, and AirPods Pro!

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No other laptops (except Alienware) can do eGPU+external SSD without any interference. 

Apple SOC doesn't support eGPU and I would expect it's a low priority, if it's even a goal.  Another red herring.  

Pfft.

we’re talking about older Intel models and you wanna switch topics to M1s.

If you don’t understand how it works, I won’t blame you.  Switching conversation is too low for me.  No more arguments.

No one was talking about Intel machines, this entire thread is about the new MacBook Pros.  You should probably get on the same page as everyone else before throwing around accusations that other people don't understand.

Oh are we not?  I said "Intel Macs with eGPU + SSD" but the M1 can't use eGPUs, so Thunderbolt on Intel is also pointless?  We are comparing older Macs to older laptops, aren't we?

Either way, I explained on the post above, he clearly doesn't understand why and I don't want to waste my time.

You literally responded to someone talking about the addition of HDMI and SD and removal of a Thunderbolt port on the new MacBook Pros saying that you'd prefer the bandwidth (of an extra Thunderbolt port) and used an eGPU as your example.  But since the new M1 MacBook Pros are not currently compatible with eGPUs that's a duff example. 

You also never said "Intel Macs with eGPU + SSD".  I searched the entire thread, you never said it. So now I don't think you're engaging in good faith.  And this sentence "the M1 can't use eGPUs, so Thunderbolt on Intel is also pointless?" is just bizarre.  You're just making stuff up.

So no, we are definitely not talking about Intel MacBook Pros.  You are the only person doing that, and yes you are wasting your time and everyone else's.  So please read the thread back, get on the same page, and quit with the telling other people they don't understand.

Answer me this:  My point is "pointless" because the 4th thunderbolt won't add more bandwidth, does that mean the older Intel MacBook Pros doesn't have the highest bandwidth available on laptops, which is what I am trying to say?  Who's the one that can't comprehend?

In this instance it’s me, because I have very little idea what question you’re asking. 

Please spend less time being angry and a little more working on a comprehensible sentence structure. 

Or, you need a better understanding of the block diagram, not nitpicking on the grammar.

Don’t pick a side unless you understand the topic.  Go look what “DMI 3.0” is, google it, your typical OEM only use this.  Then look at any Intel CPU between 6th and 9th-gen in their ark site, specifically the PCI-E section, either 1x16 or 1x8.  You’ll figured out.

If you still don’t understand, that’s not my job anymore.