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Thanks to amd’s recent developments, i basically cancelled buying a new mac pro. Max ram speed 2666 ghz, max per core perf 3.5 ghz? What’s this 2015?



Yeah, the Vega II GPU is pretty interesting, but the rest of the system is pretty lack luster. A 3rd gen Threadripper, 3600mhz ram, PCIE 4, 64-128 pcie lanes, and the option of either Nvidia or AMD GPUs seems just like a much better deal.


Given that Apple is tightly coupled with Intel for now, I would assume that they did not expect AMD to deliver great new CPUs and did not create the Mac Pro to compete with them in mind IMO.


Indeed, but why would anyone buy a Mac Pro given the massive gap? The OS aside, which for me personal is a massive incentive, I don't see a good reason to do so.




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