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I think the argument against building custom cpu for Mac Pro is pretty good, as this puts them in a situation that is different from past architecture changes.
by wodenokoto 7y ago
I think the argument against building custom cpu for Mac Pro is pretty good, as this puts them in a situation that is different from past architecture changes.
- c256 7y agoThe future of Pro machines is largely about VMs. Heck, the recent past of Pro machines is largely about VMs — that’s the reason I so often hear people complain about 16GB ram limits, for example. In that world, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Mac Pro running a (few?) very high core-count cpus(s) underneath an Apple/ARM based software stack, even if the cpu comes from Intel or AMD. That would let a putative Mac Pro run the same software as the battery-friendly laptops.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoYou don't need a VM to run Photoshop. The whole point of the desktop Pro machines is high-performance computing for creative applications. VMs have no place in that. RAM is an issue because it's a limiting factor for many rendering and editing applications. Laptop Pro is arguably different, but I suspect content creators still outnumber developers by a significant ratio.