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What I don't understand about Macbook Pros (as an owner of one) is that there isn't a model with a "Pro" level graphics card - so an AMD FirePro or Nvindia Quad
by samwillis 10y ago
What I don't understand about Macbook Pros (as an owner of one) is that there isn't a model with a "Pro" level graphics card - so an AMD FirePro or Nvindia Quadro. The price bracket they are in has competitor laptops with them, and a lot of "pro" 3d graphics software only officially support them.
- saidajigumi 10y agoSerious question: what outside of legacy (i.e. almost all of it) Windows CAD software uses or benefits from FirePro cards and the like? I spoke with a dev of a CAD suite I actually use, one of the few that doesn't have a requirement to use one of these cards, and asked about this. The reply was preceded by a snort of disdain: "no we use any DirectX compatible GPU. Get a good gaming card, it's cheaper and better." My impression, right or wrong, is that this segment of the graphics card market mostly serves expensive legacy (and almost entirely Windows) enterprise graphics packages that don't want to migrate to more modern graphics APIs and cards.
- mozumder 10y agoAre there people that do 3-D modeling or 4k video color grading on a laptop?