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External optical drive is a viable substitution. External GPU is not, at least at the moment.
by smackfu 13y ago
External optical drive is a viable substitution. External GPU is not, at least at the moment.
- mark-r 13y agoApparently Apple believes that Thunderbolt 2 changes that equation. It looks to me like they've tried hard to make sure that the included GPUs are adequate for 90% of their users, at least for today. As for tomorrow their philosophy has always preferred replacing the machine rather than upgrading it piece by piece.
- smackfu 13y agoYeah, that seems to be their solution. Actually, it seems like their solution is to pick a GPU that is adequate for 99% of their users at launch time. Which is not ideal, since everyone who buys a Mac Pro is going to be paying for super-premium graphics, even if they are buying the machine for the Xeons.