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I'm in the market for a new machine, but unfortunately that GPU is too anaemic to make sense. It's a shame, because otherwise it looks like a pretty great propo
by matthewmacleod 8y ago
I'm in the market for a new machine, but unfortunately that GPU is too anaemic to make sense. It's a shame, because otherwise it looks like a pretty great proposition. An eGPU is an option, but at £500+ and twice the size of the machine, not a vary attractive one.
I guess the options are throwing down the cash for a 15" MacBook Pro, or waiting to see what they come up with for the Mac Pro next year…
- nik736 8y agoI have the same issue, I don't understand why they are able to fit a Vega in the 15" MBP but not in the larger Mac Mini. 15" MBP is not an option for me because of the touchbar and keyboard, so I am basically out of options.
- hjnilsson 8y agoYea, it could at least have been an option. But my guess is they didn't want too many SKUs, and wanted to hit a price-point of less than $1000.
- kalleboo 8y agoAlso they need to preserve a market for the "modular" Mac Pro next year
- Joeri 8y agoThe mini has a 65w tdp cpu, vs the mbp’s 45w cpu. That means more heat to dump from a smaller surface area. I’m not surprised they couldn’t fit a warmer gpu in the thermal profile.
- Eric_WVGG 8y agoThere are some “puck-sized” eGPUs, somewhere between the size of an AppleTV and a Mac Mini, have chips comparable to the high end MacBooks Pro options.