Apple Updates Mac Lineup

ZDigital2015 · Oct 28, 2016

Sennen said:
From what I've read Skylake doesn't support LPDDR4, that'll be coming with Kaby Lake. The Lenovo is using SODIMMs hence DDR4 and the possibility for 32GB.

Thank you for pointing that out to me, I overlooked it in the detail page on Intel's website. According to the ARK, the Core i7-6920HQ (http://ark.intel.com/products/88972/Intel-Core-i7-6920HQ-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz) does support DDR4-2133, but not LPDDR4...which now makes complete sense as Apple won't move to DDR4 for any of it's laptops until LPDDR4 is supported. Thanks again.

locomacg6 · Oct 28, 2016

Gigamaxx said:
Actually, the RX 460 is the Polaris 11, the RX 470, and RX 480 are Polaris 10. I've had the pleasure of running all three in sierra since the early betas.
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In the AMD9500controllerkext it has the 67ef1002 and 67df1002 definitions and support. Benchmarks on these cardsa are very close to windows 10 in the latest betas.

What's even cooler is the Broadwell and SKYLAKE graphics support in the new Sierra software. There are too many definitions in the AppleIntelSKLgrapphicskext to get a screen shot of. There must be over 10 Skylake igpu definitions in there. I'll bet Tony will have used all ten by next year at the rate he builds systems.

Hi, so the alienware which has the RX470 could work with Sierra, right?

Gigamaxx · Oct 28, 2016

locomacg6 said:
Hi, so the alienware which has the RX470 could work with Sierra, right?
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Looks good, it would make a nice MacBook. There are certain brands however that get support and others that have not been successful. If that were a MSI rx470, or Sapphire I was able to get both running in sierra quite well. Gigabyte and Asus 470s and 480s were a no go. It may be vendor specific, or just a matter luck but some cards work and some don't.

Fl0r!an · Oct 28, 2016

@locomacg6: From the Laptop FAQ:

Q. Is there a way to make Radeon or Nvidia graphics work in my dual-GPU laptop?

Not if the discrete card is not dedicated (eg. tied to the Intel device).

The discrete graphics capability in a switched dual-GPU configuration is not supported with OS X on hacks. Best you can do is disable the discrete part with SSDT/DSDT patches. See the prior question.

I'm not 100% sure if it's true for that Alienware laptop, but almost any notebooks out there use switched GPUs for power saving, so the discrete part can't be used in OS X.

trs96 · Oct 28, 2016

locomacg6 said:
Hi, so the alienware which has the RX470 could work with Sierra, right?

Check with Rehabman in the Laptops section of the Forum. I don't believe anyone with a laptop is using discrete graphics at this time so there's no reason that they should start working with the RX 470. If you're a gamer you could use it when booting to Windows but not with macOS. We'll have to see what 10.12.2 brings to the table.

Fl0r!an · Oct 28, 2016

trs96 said:
If you're a gamer you could use it when booting to Windows but not with macOS.

Or get a desktop gaming PC and an additonal laptop (which would be more portable than that Alienware brick) for the same price. :lol:

Adam1203 · Oct 28, 2016

So, let me see:

- Present 3.5mm jack/nonpresent lightning port
(makes totally sense since their flagship phone has a nonpresent 3.5mm jack/present lightning port)
- 3.5mm jack on the right side whereas e v e r y pair of headphones has its cable on the left side

Everything you listed is everything that I saw too, but this is the one that makes absolutely NO sense to me. Same thing with the Beats Solo3. Why the heck does it have a 3.5mm jack just after they tell everyone it is obsolete. It is like one department isn't talking to the other.... though I know that's not true.

I guess as long as they keep using Intel as their processors, who cares... right?

In-N-Out · Oct 28, 2016

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Roei-Meiri · Oct 28, 2016

So, let me see:

- 30 mins on iToys
- Roughly 1 hour of demoing/ad time for a gimmicky input method that just isn't pro at all
- A TV experience that isn't revolutionary at all – Netflix did this in 2014
- Thinner/lighter obsession
- Ridiculous price
- Removal of magsafe
- Removal of sd-slot even on ultrabooks
- Present 3.5mm jack/nonpresent lightning port
(makes totally sense since their flagship phone has a nonpresent 3.5mm jack/present lightning port)
- 3.5mm jack on the right side whereas e v e r y pair of headphones has its cable on the left side
- 16gb DDR3 (!) RAM limit
- Low/mid end GPU
- Dongle time, baby!
- No new Mac Pro
- No new iMac
- No new Mini
- No new Display

And the worst keynote I've ever watched (except for Photoshop girl – skip to 60:26).

Sounds like someone really likes what apple did to their new MacBook Pro.....

Just like me!

At least logic pro x is functional...
But you know what? I don't care. Just give me that stupid gtx 1070/1080 support already and I'll be happy.

WonkeyDonkey · Oct 28, 2016

The new 15" Macbook Pro, with all hardware options fully loaded but no additional software comes in at a mind boggling 4049 GBP or 4936 USD !

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