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Is the Apple SoC Mac Pro vaporware? | MacRumors Forums
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MP All Models Is the Apple SoC Mac Pro vaporware?
Dec 17, 2015
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Not seeing a Mac Pro from Apple yet I'm starting to wonder if they are not just going to scrap the idea.
I think the largest issue for Apple is the amount of RAM, it's going to be pretty hard to get at least 1.5TB of RAM for Apple SoC MP.
I think the largest issue for Apple is the amount of RAM, it's going to be pretty hard to get at least 1.5TB of RAM for Apple SoC MP.
All the Apple Silicon crowd tell the Mac Pro owners repeatedly that 1.5TB RAM is not necessary.
I personally don't need that much but at least the machine I have here could take that amount if I upgrade the CPU (not hard to do). And it's something the owner can do themselves, you aren't locked in to the configuration you had at time of purchase.
I personally don't need that much but at least the machine I have here could take that amount if I upgrade the CPU (not hard to do). And it's something the owner can do themselves, you aren't locked in to the configuration you had at time of purchase.
Dec 17, 2015
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May not be your use case to need 1.5TB of RAM, but there are use cases for it.All the Apple Silicon crowd tell the Mac Pro owners repeatedly that 1.5TB RAM is not necessary.
I personally don't need that much but at least the machine I have here could take that amount if I upgrade the CPU (not hard to do). And it's something the owner can do themselves, you aren't locked in to the configuration you had at time of purchase.
Will Apple simply abandon those "Pro" users that need what we may view as crazy amounts of RAM?
Really unless Apple has a chip in the pipeline made specific for the Mac Pro, I don't see this product ever coming to market with M1/M2 chips.
Nobody outside of Apple knows, we can only wait and see whether they abandon the Mac Pro (again?), surprise us with same crazy new ARM-based chip or, as some of us have - half jokingly - suggested, they make an AMD Epyc Mac Pro.
now i see it
macrumors G3
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While all of the current and previous M chips only support embedded unified memory built into the SOC, there’s no rule stating that the new M chip for the next Mac Pro cant utilize memory sticks off the SOC just like all computers do and the Mac Pro did.
I suspect that RAM (or at least some of it) will still be upgradable in the next Mac Pro
I suspect that RAM (or at least some of it) will still be upgradable in the next Mac Pro
StuAff
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Aug 6, 2007
Portsmouth, UK
It's not vaporware. Patience hopefully will be a virtue…
That was my point, I don’t need it, but should I ever have that change, then my 7,1 can be upgraded to suit that need. I don’t have to throw it away and buy a new machine.May not be your use case to need 1.5TB of RAM, but there are use cases for it.
Will Apple simply abandon those "Pro" users that need what we may view as crazy amounts of RAM?
Really unless Apple has a chip in the pipeline made specific for the Mac Pro, I don't see this product ever coming to market with M1/M2 chips.
An AMD based machine would be unusual and interesting, but doubtful.
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