New Desktop Macs With M2 Ultra and M2 Max Chips Could See WWDC Debut

[jasoncarle]

For my needs the LG ultrafine 32 inch 4K at ~$600 is perfect ( and there are other good choices - just one I'm familar with ) It's great that Apple sells high-end monitors for those needing them but there is a large market that doesn't.

I am reading this on that exact monitor, I got it for $500 on sale and IMO it's a bargain at that price. Great monitor!

edit: nevermind, it's an Amazon link. I have Amazon blocked.

 

[DeepIn2U]

look forward to these, could replace my 2018 mac mini

Why can't the newly launched and shipping 2023 Mac mini M2 Pro not satisfy your needs?

 

[Alan Wynn]

No-one is talking about GPUs: I've yet to see anyone bleating on about how amazing Apple's SoC GPU performance is compared to AMD's offerings (let alone Nvidia). The Mac Studio may be faster than my Mac Pro, but it sure as hell gets fried when it comes to my Mac Pro's GPU performance.

Currently that is true for workflows that do not need a lot of GPU, nor need to move data between the GPU and the CPU. For some workflows, having large unified memory provides more performance. As their GPUs increase in speed, that difference will matter more.

 

[Alan Wynn]

They ought to just update the 2019 Mac Pro with modern Intel and nvidia chips and call it a day.

Makes no sense. No reason at all to extend the time that there is a need for Intel support in macOS.

 

[jasoncarle]

They ought to just update the 2019 Mac Pro with modern Intel and nvidia chips and call it a day.

I agree with the person above me. That work can be offloaded to a Linux box that's both faster and far far cheaper.

as an aside... I recognize that when Apple switched to Intel that AMD were not the right choice. However imagine how as the years went by and Intel was getting crushed year after year by AMD not to mention the performance of Threadripper. Apple had to be kicking themselves for locking themselves in a relationship with Intel. Just imagine a 64 core Threadripper in a Mac Pro.

If you doubt how powerful that would have been watch this: