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Intel 12900HK is faster than M1 Max for both single and multi cores.
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I have a G4 Cube at 1.7 GHz with 100 MHz system bus, IIRC. It works at 133 MHz?
Anyhow, I just remember that surfing on it was much worse than on other machines with faster memory speeds and system busses.
The G5's were monsters ... and power hungry ones. IBM showed no interest in reigning in their power for use in laptops which was apparently a market IBM wasn't interested in developing hardware for anymore. That left Apple without a G5 for laptops which were quickly becoming their most important segment. After Apple left, IBM dropped the consumer POWER variants and focused on their more profitable server segment because they thought Intel would never touch them there. Meanwhile, Intel's CPUs were about to dramatically increase their power efficiency for use in ultra thin and light devices. Apple already had OS X running on Intel processors in labs as tests. I mean given all that, they had to move. Sound familiar?
Yet, those consumer G5/PPC970 variants went on to shape a console generation. But not surprisingly it was only for one generation.
The new MacBook Pros also have taller feet compared to the 15" and 16" intel models. So your image and your argument about feet completely betray the point you are trying to make.
Calculated by specs (without feet) provided by manufactures the Asus is 20% larger than the 16" M1 model. It is 3.1 mm thicker (without the feet) and the same dimensions in WxH.
Good that you are finally seeing reason.
Yeah don't get me wrong, G5's were awesome. But ... never did or would've a thin and light G5 laptop come out.
Ah, you got me. It was 100MHz system bus indeed, as it was based on the Sawtooth logic board (also 100MHz bus). It could be overclocked to 133MHz by resoldering some surface mounted capacitors on the logic board, but few got it to be stable without overvolting it too (which was notoriously difficult).
No I just have used about 8 different DAW’s and Logic is the best one for my needs. And I still also use Premeire Pro as well but Final Cut runs circles around it. It has nothing to do with “well apple makes it so I must jerk off to Apple” and everything to do with which one is actually best for my needs.
I also used a PC professionally for 3 years. I built a killer machine with an 1080 (back when that was king) and sold the machine because I couldn’t live without Logic and Final Cut. I’ve seen the grass on the other side, and Apple’s grass is greener for my workloads.
Ah I was slightly wrong. Intel themselves say process parity by 2024 and leadership by 2025. 3rd parties put it more like 2027 for the latter. Though Intel is claiming they will accelerate their development.
Intel Promises ‘Performance Leadership’ By 2025 With New Roadmap | CRN
Intel is promising a return to "process performance leadership" by 2025 with a new roadmap that is shaking up node naming conventions.
This will probably be the last transition. I believe the issue with 68k was that it wasn't modern enough for the future of computing (just like OS 9). With PPC and Intel, the problem wasn't the architecture so much as the supplier being unable to meet Apple's needs. With Apple fully in control now, they won't have to be kept waiting by unreliable partners. Just like the transition to OS X gave Apple a solid foundation for the Mac (as well as iOS) for 20 years and counting, Apple Silicon should finally give them the foundation they need for the future, so I don't think there will be another transition.
You know what, I agree with this. Intel will be a cheaper furnace than Apple. Add some water cooling and you can throw out your water heater in your house.
The M16 gets 6 hours in laptop mag's battery test. the 14" MBP with the smaller battery get 14.5 hours. Keep dreaming.
"When we ran the Laptop Mag Battery Test, which consists of continuous web surfing over Wi-Fi at 150 nits of brightness, the MacBook Pro lasted an impressive 14 hours and 8 minutes with the ProRes refresh rate enabled.
That time surpasses the 10:28 premium average as well as the XPS 15 (6:58) and Blade 14 (6:02). The Studio came the closest to matching the MacBook Pro with a time of 10:42 at 120Hz and 11:42 at 60Hz."
Nice goalpost shifting there...!!
Man, I can’t wait to see the mental breakdown you have when the next round of Apple Silicon is released.