The same near-top-line cpu in both tablets and desktops. Its a recognition that the space between a tablet and a full blown workstation isnt in the processor anymore. Its pretty much the size of the screen, and the presence or absence of a keyboard and mouse.
What do you think a workstation is?? I don't think the iPad can hold a candle to my workstation on you know workstation tasks. It had a weedy little CPU, a weedy little GPU and not much storage. Because it's a tablet not a workstation.
My workstation has a 12 core ryzen, 64G ram, as 2080 Ti, and a big spinning disk in addition to the flash storage.
Fair enough. Yes, if you're a hardcore video editor doing massive rendering tasks, computational engineer, or theoretical scientist, yup you need every bit of power you can get and a dedicated GPU with as many cores as you can afford.
That's about 1% of the market and, yes, it's a pretty darn important part. And buying Apple for those applications is probably not the way to go.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @08:59PM (#61295876)
Um, that's Apple's market. With the Mac Pro and Final Cut Pro, quite a lot *maybe even the majority) of high end professional video editing happens on the Mac. Lots of science happens on the Mac too.
Up until now, buying Apple for those applications was absolutely THE way to go. Looks like Apple may be trying to destroy their pro market, we'll have to see where the Mac Pro goes next.
The lines are blurring (Score:5, Insightful)
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What do you think a workstation is?? I don't think the iPad can hold a candle to my workstation on you know workstation tasks. It had a weedy little CPU, a weedy little GPU and not much storage. Because it's a tablet not a workstation.
My workstation has a 12 core ryzen, 64G ram, as 2080 Ti, and a big spinning disk in addition to the flash storage.
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That's about 1% of the market and, yes, it's a pretty darn important part. And buying Apple for those applications is probably not the way to go.
For the other 99%, Apple products are great.
Re:The lines are blurring (Score:0)
Um, that's Apple's market. With the Mac Pro and Final Cut Pro, quite a lot *maybe even the majority) of high end professional video editing happens on the Mac. Lots of science happens on the Mac too.
Up until now, buying Apple for those applications was absolutely THE way to go. Looks like Apple may be trying to destroy their pro market, we'll have to see where the Mac Pro goes next.