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Well, the MAX has double the memory bandwidth of a PRO, but I cannot see workloads other than the ones you mentioned where it would make a significant improveme

by eecc 5y ago

Well, the MAX has double the memory bandwidth of a PRO, but I cannot see workloads other than the ones you mentioned where it would make a significant improvement. Perhaps ML but that’s all proprietarized on CUDA so it’s unlikely. Perhaps Apple could revive OpenCL from the ashes?

alexcnwy 5y ago
Pro only supports 2 external displays which is why I ordered max
- knodi123 5y ago
  ha, man, some people have veeeery different workstation setups than me. I was offered a large external monitor by my employer, but I turned it down because I didn't want to get used to it, and working in different locations is too critical to my workflow. But I'd love to see how people with more than 2 external displays are actually using them enough to justify the space and cost (not being facetious, I really would).
  - illiac786 5y ago
    6+ hours of Web Conferencing a day. 1. Web Conferencing Content 2. Web Conferencing participants video 3. Screen where I multitask in parallel 4. VDI session to a customer's environment for tests
  - ClumsyPilot 5y ago
    "I'd love to see how people with more than 2 external displays are actually using them enough to justify the space and cost (not being facetious, I really would)." My friend uses 5 monitors, and I would too if I wasn't mandated to use an iJoke computer at work. Teams, browser and IDE mandate a minimum of 3 displays.
    - ryneandal 5y ago
      You realize most machines won't support 5 displays, right? This isn't exclusive to "iJoke" machines.
      - hackerfromthefu 5y ago
        Actually pretty much all desktops do .. you just plug in this thing called a high end graphics card ..
  - ryneandal 5y ago
    Three displays here. First - dedicated to personal Chrome profile, Discord, etc. Second - dedicated to screen share - VS Code, terminal, JIRA, etc. Third - Work Chrome Profile for email/JIRA/web browsing, note-taking (shoutout to https://obsidian.md https://obsidian.md), Slack. I could certainly get by with fewer monitors, and do so when I am mobile, but I really enjoy the screen real estate when at my desk at home.
johnboiles 5y ago
https://developer.apple.com/metal/tensorflow-plugin/ https://developer.apple.com/metal/tensorflow-plugin/

by eecc 5y ago

alexcnwy 5y ago

Pro only supports 2 external displays which is why I ordered max

knodi123 5y ago
ha, man, some people have veeeery different workstation setups than me. I was offered a large external monitor by my employer, but I turned it down because I didn't want to get used to it, and working in different locations is too critical to my workflow. But I'd love to see how people with more than 2 external displays are actually using them enough to justify the space and cost (not being facetious, I really would).
- illiac786 5y ago
  6+ hours of Web Conferencing a day. 1. Web Conferencing Content 2. Web Conferencing participants video 3. Screen where I multitask in parallel 4. VDI session to a customer's environment for tests
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago
  "I'd love to see how people with more than 2 external displays are actually using them enough to justify the space and cost (not being facetious, I really would)." My friend uses 5 monitors, and I would too if I wasn't mandated to use an iJoke computer at work. Teams, browser and IDE mandate a minimum of 3 displays.
  - ryneandal 5y ago
    You realize most machines won't support 5 displays, right? This isn't exclusive to "iJoke" machines.
    - hackerfromthefu 5y ago
      Actually pretty much all desktops do .. you just plug in this thing called a high end graphics card ..
- ryneandal 5y ago
  Three displays here. First - dedicated to personal Chrome profile, Discord, etc. Second - dedicated to screen share - VS Code, terminal, JIRA, etc. Third - Work Chrome Profile for email/JIRA/web browsing, note-taking (shoutout to https://obsidian.md https://obsidian.md), Slack. I could certainly get by with fewer monitors, and do so when I am mobile, but I really enjoy the screen real estate when at my desk at home.

johnboiles 5y ago

https://developer.apple.com/metal/tensorflow-plugin/ https://developer.apple.com/metal/tensorflow-plugin/