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MacBook Pro's NVIDIA Chipsets Can Support Dual GPU and 8GB RAM
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That's not the case. If you look in task manager, 64-bit tasks say 64-bit beside them (in the Kind column) but kernel_task doesn't say that.
8GB Cool but...
Up to 8GB is excellent, however switching on the fly should be a given seeing it's done elsewhere, I'm surprised so many are so happy to hear this happening where I'd expect an uproar if it wasn't.
I'm a little concerned about what's coming now in the new imac seeing I only got my 24" on Monday! Concerned in a good way I spose
Up to 8GB is excellent, however switching on the fly should be a given seeing it's done elsewhere, I'm surprised so many are so happy to hear this happening where I'd expect an uproar if it wasn't.
I'm a little concerned about what's coming now in the new imac seeing I only got my 24" on Monday! Concerned in a good way I spose
Guess I work for NASA because I have 8 gigs in my desktop, with no page file. It flies
I wonder how soon 4GB modules will be within reach ($150 or under).
Sounds like you're trying for a recursive definition, there...
Doesn't quite work, though
Sounds like you're trying for a recursive definition, there...
Doesn't quite work, though
How so? Just because "kernel_task" contains the word "kernel" does not mean that it's the actual kernel. Kernel is not a process that gets listed in the Activity Monitor, it's the core of the OS.
I thought Snow Leopard was going to be the first Mac OS X version that has 64-bit kernel.
8 GB ram support - Great!
Dual GPU support - Woah!
Now let's all sit and wait untill we can really use those features...
Apple is making too much stuff. Where are the good old days that things like that are included right away? Where are the keynote HALLELUJAH Demo's? Now we all have to wait until Jan. PRAY for those new features to come and eventually BUY Snow Leopard in order to get the max performance out of our products...
Dual GPU support - Woah!
Now let's all sit and wait untill we can really use those features...
Apple is making too much stuff. Where are the good old days that things like that are included right away? Where are the keynote HALLELUJAH Demo's? Now we all have to wait until Jan. PRAY for those new features to come and eventually BUY Snow Leopard in order to get the max performance out of our products...
NVIDIA's website actually says these GPUs can not support "Boost", so it is new information.
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Well, if Apple is as fast as usual in implementing software solutions for hardware capabilities, by 2011 you might be able to use your Nvidia GPUs together and move from one to the other on the fly.
I know, I know, the fact that PC users have that already is because PC companies don't care about their customers and implement it in a crappy way, while Apple takes its time to do it properly (anyone still believes this crap?). And yet, they can use it and we, Apple users, still have to reboot to switch GPUs.
Does anyone still remember the Blu-Ray software support that Apple was supposed to include first in Leopard and then in each revision? Can you explain to video professionals why they have to buy a PC on top of the Mac if they want to author BR discs? How many thousands of a second is gonna take for the fanboys to answer: "physical media are gonna disappear so Apple is right in not giving you options"?.
With regards to the RAM memory, I think it was Bill Gates who said in the 80s: "I don't see why anyone would need more than 640K of memory". I guess 32 Gb will be standard in less than 5 years.
I know, I know, the fact that PC users have that already is because PC companies don't care about their customers and implement it in a crappy way, while Apple takes its time to do it properly (anyone still believes this crap?). And yet, they can use it and we, Apple users, still have to reboot to switch GPUs.
Does anyone still remember the Blu-Ray software support that Apple was supposed to include first in Leopard and then in each revision? Can you explain to video professionals why they have to buy a PC on top of the Mac if they want to author BR discs? How many thousands of a second is gonna take for the fanboys to answer: "physical media are gonna disappear so Apple is right in not giving you options"?.
With regards to the RAM memory, I think it was Bill Gates who said in the 80s: "I don't see why anyone would need more than 640K of memory". I guess 32 Gb will be standard in less than 5 years.
Cool. That should shut a few people up
Is this working in Windows yet, then? I have heard that the performance under Windows is pretty amazing compared to OS X, so maybe it's using it already.
My bet is on Snow Leopard for the support in OS X. Which they'll no doubt charge for, generating the next batch of whining!
Is this working in Windows yet, then? I have heard that the performance under Windows is pretty amazing compared to OS X, so maybe it's using it already.
My bet is on Snow Leopard for the support in OS X. Which they'll no doubt charge for, generating the next batch of whining!
8GB support!
Dual GPUs!
Nice!
I like it but it'll probably be come out when Snow Leopard is introduced.... Most likely mid-next year or near the end, they always seem to release their system WAY later than the windows system.
On that note; about cooling knowing apple, they will probably come up with an innovative and revolutionary way to cooling down their macbooks- they did after all come up with the idea of turning their entire macbook plastic range into an aluminum macbook unibody enclosure instead.
At the moment i'm hoping for quad-core to be introduced into the macbooks pro range- makes 3D programing soo much easier and faster to run when you have a file with lots of polys.
Dual GPUs!
Nice!
I like it but it'll probably be come out when Snow Leopard is introduced.... Most likely mid-next year or near the end, they always seem to release their system WAY later than the windows system.
On that note; about cooling knowing apple, they will probably come up with an innovative and revolutionary way to cooling down their macbooks- they did after all come up with the idea of turning their entire macbook plastic range into an aluminum macbook unibody enclosure instead.
At the moment i'm hoping for quad-core to be introduced into the macbooks pro range- makes 3D programing soo much easier and faster to run when you have a file with lots of polys.
My guess these features will be implemented in Snow Leopard. Gives Steve Jobs a chance to present the new implementations in big colorful graphs in front of the press.. The last presentation was all about unibody, the next will be about the wonderful new features (which already exist).
But by now, the press knows the emperor isn't wearing any clothes..
Consumers will not need more then 4 GB of RAM.
640K should be enough for anyone...
EDIT: After reading the thread, I think you're all getting worked up about nothing. IIRC, using GeForce Boost on 2 unequal GPUs (like the 9400M and the 9600M) causes the faster GPU to work at the speed of the slower one, meaning basically all you have is 2 * 9400M. From the benchmarks I've seen, the 9600M is roughly twice as fast as a 9400M anyway, so all you'd be doing is increasing the heat and decreasing the battery life. Prove me wrong...
Consumers will not need more then 4 GB of RAM.
I think you missed the <sarcasm/> in the post you quoted
Either way, it's a MacBook PRO....marketed to at least "pro"sumers. 8 GB would truly be welcomed to VSTi users, as it's so easy to push up to 4gb with even a few sound modules loaded.
Most users nowdays are whiners... and usually they can live with 1GB ram and 1Ghz cpu lol
These MBP are outstanding even without (GB of ram and dual GPU.
It does NOT have the Discreet graphics GPU the 9600m GT so they are far from the same.