Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!kreme.dont-email.me!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lewis Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Mac OS 11 - end of OS for my iMac... Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:46:18 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Miskatonic U Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: <171120201240455000%nospam@nospam.invalid> <171120202054065457%nospam@nospam.invalid> Reply-To: g.kreme@gmail.don-t-email-me.com Injection-Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:46:18 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: kreme.dont-email.me; posting-host="b5a7d23a50aec55a6c7bbe1d37202e0d"; logging-data="8883"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+WhCWfprLMAktXGkPNUbuM" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1D4Ch2KyV+FGbXSbzt8SYNzGDn0= X-Face: )^b5"R:T7U>9~:PEn3YkzMfW*[b1qKeU.fP9C8~8HpU9}lA&6`bH1z X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Mail-Copies-To: nobody Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:135106 In message JF Mezei wrote: > On 2020-11-20 07:49, Lewis wrote: >> So you want to compare high end to the LOWEST END of the Apple Silicone >> Macs? Yep, that does sound like you. > If you exlude the Mac pro, the 3 new Macs are actually at the high end > of the Mac lineup in terms of performance (based on what has been > published so far). The are the lowest end of the new Mac line featuring Apple Silicon chips, but nice try FIDmeister. > We don't know that. You continue to spread nothing but FUD. > But what we do know is that on the wintel side, AMD/Ryzen and NVIDIA > have made a huge leap forward these past couple of months. Nothing compared to what Apple has done. > M1 doesn't fill the full gamut of CPU needs. This is why I brought in > the reality check with the new RYZEN and NVIDIA products. No, you did it to spread absurd informed garbage FUD. > As Apple moves in its transition, it will eventually reach the need to > release Macs that compete against Ryzen and NVIDIA's performance. They already have. >>> At the core performance, I think they are less than a year apart. >> >> Yes, but you are a fool. > So you agree, but call me a fool, right ? I agree that you think nonsense and are a fool. >> the M1 is several generations ahead of the newest AMD chips, and it is the >> lowest end Mac chip Apple will ever make. > Ryzen 9 5000 series suchj as 5850X is done at 7nm, so half a generation > behind Apple's 5nm. Apple SoC is just about as fast and much smaller and much lower power and can be put in a sub $1000 laptop and a sub $700 desktop. -- What's another word for Thesaurus?