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iOS 18 Leak Reveals Apple Tested MacBook Pros With M3 Ultra Chip
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Nothing special since Ultra chip itself is more like high-end mobile grade chip in terms of power consumption. But the question is will they going to release the first MBP exceed 100W limit?
This also proves that Apple still lacks powerful desktop and workstation grade chips after all.
This also proves that Apple still lacks powerful desktop and workstation grade chips after all.
Or, maybe, the cost was too high to configure it with the M3 Ultra chip...margins wasn't enough with the M3 Ultra chip...
If the MBP can handle the Ultra (or even if they were only considering it), then that confirms we got screwed on the Mac Studio M3 Ultra for sure. Should've been M4 Ultra.
You could stamp out the Apple logo from the back panel so that the light from the screen makes the case glow.Apple should do this, even if they would be immensely expensive and suffer for limited battery. This would still be amazing halo product that would destroy any comparisons to competition.
Add a ultra-only limited subtle color in there and this will become a magical status symbol in any cafe
Wouldn’t it be cool? I’m such a design genius
Even on the base M1 model, I can play at around 40 fps.
There’s absolutely no need for the Ultra.
With an M3 Pro or M4 Pro, you can easily play Crysis on high settings.
(using Heroic Games Launcher with Apple Game Porting Toolkit)
An easier, better and more likely explanation would be the M3 Max variant used in the M3 Ultra, with Thunderbolt 5 support.
It’s not hard to think of reasons why Apple would build test prototypes of Thunderbolt 5 MacBook Pros using this M3 Max variant, before M4 Max was in production.
It’s not hard to think of reasons why Apple would build test prototypes of Thunderbolt 5 MacBook Pros using this M3 Max variant, before M4 Max was in production.
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Maybe like many other laptops? Not well.
For years I used a Dell XPS. The CPU would sit at 99 C with light use and was in fact hotter than that because that was simply the highest temperature it would report. The laptop worked fine, it just usually needed the fan blowing at full speed even with light use.
1. You’ve seen the size and weight of the Ultra’s cooling system and heatsink, there’s no way it was going in a MBP without having the fans running full speed and still throttling under load thus removing the benefits of the Ultra.
2. There is no M4 Ultra
The conclusion in the article of the J ending, may simply be that Apple was testing these chips in everyday work and the best way to hide the chip is in a MacBook. Or they may have been testing another option of the Max chip with more GPU or NPU. I don't see the workload of Ultra users fitting to a laptop form factor.Apple should do this, even if they would be immensely expensive and suffer for limited battery. This would still be amazing halo product that would destroy any comparisons to competition.
Add a ultra-only limited subtle color in there and this will become a magical status symbol in any cafe
Yeah, when your design group has a multi-billion dollar budget, I would think pretty easy to get a green light on something like this just for the LOLs. Everyone would have already known that the Mac would get too hot for it not to ultimately be damaged and fail (or live in thermal throttle), let alone just comfortable work without your hands sweating.
Most products people use come with way more capability and features than they would ever need.
It’s just that companies need to keep selling, so a new design, a new feature, faster speeds are used to sell the next model in the series.
Naturally over time these new features and efficiency are a benefit. But for the most part people never push their devices to the limit, never use every feature, don’t really care too much about design in some products as long as they work and are easy to operate.
Imagine the benefits to the environment if everyone only ever bought things once their current product was actually at the end of its useful life.
I think it means they were testing the Max component of the M3 Ultra, which is different from the original M3 Max.
The rumor mill is so desperate for content, should be easy to track them down.
Echoing what others have said, this would be pretty cool even if it could only operate at maximum potential when plugged in. Ship it with a special dock if necessary with added cooling/power delivery ala the Nintendo Switch.
Apple wouldn't do this though, precisely because it would be too convenient. They'd rather people with this kind of use case buy both a MacBook Pro *and* a Studio/Mac Pro. This would threaten to cannibalize sales of both.
For the consumer though it'd be pretty great to be able to own one device to rule them all
Apple wouldn't do this though, precisely because it would be too convenient. They'd rather people with this kind of use case buy both a MacBook Pro *and* a Studio/Mac Pro. This would threaten to cannibalize sales of both.
For the consumer though it'd be pretty great to be able to own one device to rule them all
I cant wait to hear all the complaints of how greedy Apple is forcing you to buy a dock to make use of the Ultra's power.
It wouldn't canibalize sales of both, just the Studio. Considering the MBP would weigh two pounds more and be at least 1/2" thicker, so youd end up buying a MacBook Air because carrying your 7# desktop replacement is kind of a hassle. You'd have to carry a heavy power brick around because since airlines limits batteries to 100W it would have terrible battery life.
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This could be very well the case. Where the M1 and M2 Ultras are just 2 maxes together, the M3 Ultra has different RAM with more density. I’m not sure if there are other differences, but that means if the M3 Ultra still is 2x M3Max, it’s actually M3Max rev2 x2.