Colin Cornaby

I finally unplugged my Intel Mac Pro and plugged in my M1 Max MacBook Pro instead. It's still under my desk - maybe it gets plugged in again. But software compatibility is becoming a problem. And something is up with the Radeon card in it - and I didn't want to bother figuring out if it was hardware or software.

My MacBook Pro's GPU is slower. But I might move heavy GPU sorts of stuff over to my Windows box. Until Mac Studios are available/affordable.

Jun 26 at 4:33amElk
Show threadColin Cornaby2d ago

I know unified memory is snazzy - but not having RAM slots feels more and more like a mistake. Which my Intel Mac Pro is reminding me of.

I wonder how much ewaste will be created if RAM eventually becomes affordable again and everyone starts swapping out their configs for the ones they really wanted. Instead of the low RAM configs they had to order.

Show threadCM Harrington2d ago
@colincornaby Also, on paper, yes, the theoretical peak bandwidth of on-package RAM is huge, it just doesn’t account for much in real world testing. I’d personally trade 0-2% for the flexibility of adding additional RAM in the future to extend the life of my hardware.
Show threadJonathan Fischer2d ago
@colincornaby Not to mention storage soldered to the board. It's a part that can wear out, it should be replaceable, I don't care how much of a speed boost you can get out of it.