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Apple Introduces M3 Ultra Chip With Impressive Performance, Up to 512GB of RAM, and More
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Great, now people can shut the **** up about Gurman being unreliable.
I have been following rumors for a very long time and while he have been wrong on certain occasions, he is definitely not « unreliable » or « throwing things and see what sticks ».
I have been following rumors for a very long time and while he have been wrong on certain occasions, he is definitely not « unreliable » or « throwing things and see what sticks ».
As a media composer I could easily fill that up just with sample libraries alone...
Does anyone else feel underwhelmed by this release? Not because it's a bad system. But at a time when everything else is moving to M4 to release a new M3 system seems...meh.
I guess they have their reasons in using an M3 series chip and calling it M3 (if they had called it an M4 Ultra, people would quickly have pointed that out as well)... But it does seem a little odd, "want the full power, don't use the new M4 chip, use the previous generation M3," it sort of grates, even if the M3 is demonstrably faster.
I'm guessing M4 yields aren't high enough yet or the process for an M4 Ultra isn't stable, so they have to go with the M3 architecture.
I'm guessing M4 yields aren't high enough yet or the process for an M4 Ultra isn't stable, so they have to go with the M3 architecture.
Ah the good old days.
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What does one do that requires 512GB of RAM? Computers with these kind of specs aren't for regular consumers.
This is so confusing. Apple DESPERATELY needs new leadership
Yeah is very strange. Apple seem to be all over the place with these chips!
I hear the new Mac Pro will be powered by four base Mac Minis via Thunderbolt interconnect because it has plenty of space for them. When pressed for comment, an Apple spokesperson was quoted as saying, "Because it's way easier this way, and the rest of the space will be a massive cooler for your cold beverages."
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Wonder how the GPU part fares compared the competition on the desktop side of things (AMD, Intel, NVIDIA).
“Everyone” told us the M3 was a “makeshift” chip but it appears not. Love my M3 Max MBP.
Shh, saying their naming convention is confusing brings out the people who say its not a problem at all and makes perfect sense.
You can probably answer this by comparing the M2 Ultra with it's smaller counterpart.
I'd assume the M4 isn't stable yet in an Ultra config because if they actually pulled it of, it'd be quite insane.
I ordered my 16" M4 Max Mac Book Pro with both the 8TB SSD and 128GB of ram. It was not suddenly made obsolete by this product announcement.
I expected the new generation of Mac Studio to have 512GB of ram and obviously USB-C 5 ports, but the 16TB SSD was a surprise and certainly was at Apple's always high wallet burning pricing. Fully loaded price of about 14,100 before taxes separates the men from the boys....
Take two, they are small 🤓
I expected the new generation of Mac Studio to have 512GB of ram and obviously USB-C 5 ports, but the 16TB SSD was a surprise and certainly was at Apple's always high wallet burning pricing. Fully loaded price of about 14,100 before taxes separates the men from the boys....
Take two, they are small 🤓