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MacBook Pros with Thunderbolt, ATI/AMD Graphics?
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Nooooooo!!!!! I need CUDA cores!
Absolutely. Not supporting CUDA will make me a sad panda.
USB is a good name, has a nice flow to it, USB key, USB cable, mini-USB... can you imagine asking someone if they have a Thunderbolt key, cable, mini-thunderbolt?
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Don't waste your time, they likely won't change anything until after 1pm EST, due to Intel's thunderbolt event
Don't waste your time, they likely won't change anything until after 1pm EST, due to Intel's thunderbolt event
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I was hoping the 13" would get better graphics. I had heard goods things about the Intel IGP until recently when I heard it is less powerful than the NVIDIA 320M.
I wonder how quickly Apple will update its MacBook Air site, which says both:
"The new MacBook Air features the fastest integrated graphics on the market. The NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 48 processing cores . . ."
and
"MacBook Air features the NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor the same one used in the 13-inch MacBook Pro. "
Apple might try to position the Intel IGP as faster than the 320M--you think?
I wonder how quickly Apple will update its MacBook Air site, which says both:
"The new MacBook Air features the fastest integrated graphics on the market. The NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 48 processing cores . . ."
and
"MacBook Air features the NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor the same one used in the 13-inch MacBook Pro. "
Apple might try to position the Intel IGP as faster than the 320M--you think?
Thunderbolt Cable doesn't sound so bad... but mini thunderbolt would raise eyebrows.
Edit: I don't need people bringing my younger brother every time I ask for a mini thunderbolt...
I do have school in the morn.
damn distractions from what's really important! My phone battery is going to be used and abused!Will there even be such things as a Thunderbolt key? Is it possible and does it even make sense if the transfer rate is 10GBs... u would fill the 32GB USB key in 3 sec...
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This is ********. Give 13" like 256mb of low voltage discrete vRAM. Instead, we get graphics slower than last gen (on medium settings) that also takes almost 400mb out of my RAM. Seriously, Apple is severely taking advantage of the fact that the 13" is by far their most popular model, so they are confident that they will profit with any crap they put in it.
This is ********. Give 13" like 256mb of low voltage discrete vRAM. Instead, we get graphics slower than last gen (on medium settings) that also takes almost 400mb out of my RAM. Seriously, Apple is severely taking advantage of the fact that the 13" is by far their most popular model, so they are confident that they will profit with any crap they put in it.
Absolutely. Not supporting CUDA will make me a sad panda.
learn OpenCL? Its a little bit more clunky than CUDA but it's a pretty good standard IMO. Also, If you are doing CUDA work just SSH into a desktop with a card worth using for CUDA... It's really not hard to SSH...
I forgot about Firewire (never had a Mac)... well, now Thunderbolt doesn't sound that odd coming from Apple.
So, if the new MBPs won't be introduced until 1pm bc of Intel's event, what time can we expect it to be in stores????
It is 10 gigabits per second, not 10 gigabytes per second. 1 byte equals 8 bits, so 10 gigabits per second comes down to 1.25 gigabytes per second. Which is still pretty fast, but not fast enough to transfer 32 gigabytes in about 3 seconds.