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Why own a macbook when you could just have a non-Mac desktop instead?

lockhouse 3y ago
Maybe they prefer macOS or need it for iOS development. Also, there really isn't anything out there like a MacBook Air. Thin, light, fast, fanless (silent), and truly all day battery life.
- Aerbil313 3y ago
  Damn Apple. Macs have no single drawback except repairability, not even vendor lock-in (you can flash Asahi). That’s it. I’m going for a Mac except the Framework I previously planned for. Single digit battery life shouldn’t be thing in 2023.
  - 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
    No CUDA support
    - lockhouse 3y ago
      The lock-in for that is on Nvidia's side, not Apple's.
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      - 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
        No it's not. macOS explicitly will not support external GPUs of any kind. It's not limited to Nvidia, although Nvidia is clearly the target.
        lockhouse 3y ago
        Can I use CUDA without an Nvidia graphics card? That was my point, just like Apple they’ve locked this functionality to their hardware. Which is fine, they developed it, it’s their right to do so. I’m well aware of the limitations of discrete graphics on Macs.
scarface_74 3y ago
Because a desktop isn’t portable? When I go into either one of my corporate offices (rarely) or a client’s office, it’s nice to be able to just plug my laptop in the night before and not have to worry about a finding any place to plug it in during the day, going back and forth between conference rooms, etc. I also go home to see my parents for a couple of weeks sometimes and work from there. And I realize this is a very esoteric case. But I also do the whole “digital nomad” thing half the year.
- 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
  > Because a desktop isn’t portable It almost sounfs like you knew the answer to your question the entire time.
  - scarface_74 3y ago
    But once you’re asking about an external GPU, portability isn’t the most important thing is it?
    - 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
      I'm not sure what you're talking about. My external GPU enclosure is extremely portable. My everyday backpack fits a laptop with external GPU and a weekend's worth of luggage very comfortably.

Maybe they prefer macOS or need it for iOS development. Also, there really isn't anything out there like a MacBook Air. Thin, light, fast, fanless (silent), and truly all day battery life.

Aerbil313 3y ago
Damn Apple. Macs have no single drawback except repairability, not even vendor lock-in (you can flash Asahi). That’s it. I’m going for a Mac except the Framework I previously planned for. Single digit battery life shouldn’t be thing in 2023.
- 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
  No CUDA support
  - lockhouse 3y ago
    The lock-in for that is on Nvidia's side, not Apple's.
    - deleted 3y ago
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    - 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
      No it's not. macOS explicitly will not support external GPUs of any kind. It's not limited to Nvidia, although Nvidia is clearly the target.
      - lockhouse 3y ago
        Can I use CUDA without an Nvidia graphics card? That was my point, just like Apple they’ve locked this functionality to their hardware. Which is fine, they developed it, it’s their right to do so. I’m well aware of the limitations of discrete graphics on Macs.

scarface_74 3y ago

Because a desktop isn’t portable? When I go into either one of my corporate offices (rarely) or a client’s office, it’s nice to be able to just plug my laptop in the night before and not have to worry about a finding any place to plug it in during the day, going back and forth between conference rooms, etc. I also go home to see my parents for a couple of weeks sometimes and work from there. And I realize this is a very esoteric case. But I also do the whole “digital nomad” thing half the year.

111111IIIIIII 3y ago
> Because a desktop isn’t portable It almost sounfs like you knew the answer to your question the entire time.
- scarface_74 3y ago
  But once you’re asking about an external GPU, portability isn’t the most important thing is it?
  - 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
    I'm not sure what you're talking about. My external GPU enclosure is extremely portable. My everyday backpack fits a laptop with external GPU and a weekend's worth of luggage very comfortably.