It's still unknown that if this is a software limitation like the tb2 ports. Considering that the ARM MacBooks only got 2 tb3 ports, maybe just the pic-e lanes on M1 is so limited to support the bandwidth of eGPU
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M1 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini Not Compatible With eGPUs
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Again Mike you keep saying "down from" but you're comparing them to more powerful models that are still able to buy!
What do you do? What software do you run? What specific hardware requirements do you have?
Adobe software will all be updated for the new Apple Silicon and run much faster than on the Intel macs. Don't know about Maya, but assume they will support it (otherwise they had stupid management). They don't have to rewrite the software but do some fixes and changes, but the big work is 3party libraries that all have to support ARM64.So what about software like Adobe, cinema4d, Maya? Will they have to rewrite it or does it just work? in emulator mode? Guess apple is just killing all nvidia support
I'm going to keep my 2018 Mini specifically for eGPU/Bootcamp support while I try the M1 Air.
I wonder if Metal is bridging the gap for Rosetta 2 gaming.
I wonder if Metal is bridging the gap for Rosetta 2 gaming.
Ya mean like HR, Sales, Marketing, any and all manager types, clerical folks, receptionists, etc., etc. ? /s I actually think they'd be able to struggle through their workday with these M1 systems.
Not correct. Both the base MBP and the base Mac Mini supported more displays than their M1 replacements.
It would've been nice of Apple to clarify whether all this — memory straight in the SoC, integrated graphics only, etc. — only applies to the M1. That would be my guess, but some of the phrasing made it sound like it applies to all ARM Macs, in which case, ew?
Careful, Apple said Photoshop was coming "early next year". Not all Adobe software is ready for next week's launch.
I asked how many use them, not how many need them
I know dozens people with Mac Pros or MBPs (myself included)... Not a single soul I know has an eGPU.
Yes, imagine how many people care more about external GPUs or user-upgradable RAM than battery life. There's always that guy. The dude who shouts from the back of the audience that he uses a desktop PC and a mechanical keyboard.
I've got a Mac Pro but don't act like everyone else does. In fact I assume most people think MBP when I say "Mac Pro."
Could be wrong but I felt like this batch is primarily targeted towards christmas shopping (air will be excellent for almost any non-pro) and then with a machine for developers and other pros working on / ready to transition to new paradigm ASAP (mac mini, mBP)
I think we’ll get the more powerful machines a lot of us are after in 2021. To me the big launch here for apple is getting out the Air before Christmas - but since it’s relatively easy to make a mbp and mini version on this chip they added them as kind of extras. A lot of iOS devs are gonna wanna take advantage of the fact their apps will work seamlessly on macs now with limited effort.
I think we’ll get the more powerful machines a lot of us are after in 2021. To me the big launch here for apple is getting out the Air before Christmas - but since it’s relatively easy to make a mbp and mini version on this chip they added them as kind of extras. A lot of iOS devs are gonna wanna take advantage of the fact their apps will work seamlessly on macs now with limited effort.
Well yeah, I wanted a laptop, and the Air for a long time had a terrible quality screen. So MBP it was. I hardly even knew anyone with the Air in college.I asked how many use them, not how many need them
I know dozens people with Mac Pros or MBPs (myself included)... Not a single soul I know has an eGPU.
Can't run VMWare with X86 CentOS.
Of no interest to me any my company will not longer buy them.
I think in the next 3 year the new Macs with Apple silicon will be great at gaming.
In the next year i hope apple will release an Apple TV pro with an a15x or something, and it will evolve in a platform next to playstation, X-box and PC with blockbuster console games instead of just good mobile games.
It would be the next logical step for apple . Console gaming is a huge market, and apple is missing out.
Why? I had the 2019 Air for portability reasons, and used it with the eGPU on my desktop for Adobe. Pity the TB3 implementation was so faulty, I had to return it.
Passing on this generation!
The information in this article is false. Macs with Apple Silicon, including the three announced today, support eGPUs.
In fairness I don't think it's for the gaming crowd really? I'd be more concerned about the gfx bit playing up and boom.... Goodbye whole cpu.
Happened on my laptop. Amd discrete burnt out, at least I still have the Intel igpu.
We're going to need a source for this claim
That’s really surprising! So my 7 year old MBP supports more displays than a state of the art M1 MBP??!! Pretty disappointing. Two external displays with so many people working from home is hardly a niche market.
so funny. to listen to gamers, no respectable gamer uses a Mac anyway. However if you check the leaked benchmarks (assuming they are actually real), the graphics speed of these is awesome without add ons.
Seriously, my cheapo 2.5 year old Dell Latitude supplied by my employer can handle two monitors, which I use regularly.