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Unfortuntately Threadripper only ("only"..) supports 256GB of RAM, Mac Pros can go up to 1.5TB. So they definitely couldn't switch completely, and supporting b
by SCdF 7y ago
Unfortuntately Threadripper only ("only"..) supports 256GB of RAM, Mac Pros can go up to 1.5TB.
So they definitely couldn't switch completely, and supporting both would be expensive for apple due to doubling mobos + testing + drivers etc, and confusing for the consumer because of the differing max RAM capabilities.
- amiga-workbench 7y agoYou're not considering AMD Epyc chips here, and Supermicro already have dual socket boards out that will take 2TB of RAM.
- SCdF 7y agoYou're right I wasn't, because I presumed those chips were clocked too low to be useful outside of server farms. I am not the audience for a Mac Pro though, maybe it's fine?