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Comment Re:Don't worry. (Score 1) 113

He was comparing to a computer that has 2388 nodes of 32 physical core per node. But obviously with the right acceleration a simpler AMD system would work as well as the mac.

I do feel there is some hate at apple for being apple especially from oss folks. That said their hardware is still top notch regardless of the status of the software,

Comment Assumming it used Machine Learning (Score 1) 138

It would look like bigoted, racist, sexist, anti-whatever is in the hive-mind of anger of the internet out there, but probably easier to understand than human poems otherwise poem.

Machine learning learns from what is processes and there is a lot of hate and bias out there to corrupt even the most well intentioned AIs.

Comment Re: Was going to be snarky, but then (Score 1) 214

Obviously I understand that the benchmarks arenâ(TM)t real world. Real world uses vary as well. You obviously have a use case that demands more. There are many use cases that would find the iPad Pros more than enough. Every use cases differs and can be affected by many factors such as networking, ram or storage for instance.

In regards to the 32-bit drop, I wasnâ(TM)t so much talking about cpu performance. I was more talking about the need for 2 versions of the same code being in ram, which indirectly affects cpu performance, and the ability to get rid of older methods that had been depreciated earlier. If you have 32-bit code and 64-bit code running, you have to have the supporting libraries loaded as well.

My understanding is that 32-bit and 64-bit ARM ISA are vary different from each other as opposed to x86. I donâ(TM)t know much about any possible performance penalty that may occur when transitioning from 32-bit to 64-bit and back, but I would expect at least a minor one.

As to the original article, I feel that there are quite a few people that think if it doesnâ(TM)t work for their use case, it wonâ(TM)t for anyone elseâ(TM)s either.

Comment Re: Was going to be snarky, but then (Score 1) 214

Some of the synthetic benchmarking has the new iPad Pros on par with the the newly released MackBook Pros with Kaby Lake i7s.

Apple is also much quicker to remove legacy APIs verse say Microsoft. iOS11 no longer supports 32-bit binaries and with them the need for as much older legacy code that had been replaced since going to 64-bit in the first place. Also having a limited amount of ram is advantageous to getting developers to not waste as much ram and make more efficient programs.

I find that there appears to be quite the number of programmers that seem to think all computers have 16GB or more of ram with a top of the line cpu and gpu and donâ(TM)t seem to test on anything less.

Comment Keyboard, etc (Score 1) 214

Apple isnâ(TM)t the only company making keyboards for these. Logitech has 2 cases with Smart Connectors, the newer of which, the Slim Combo, is generally better on the 12.9â model and any bluetooth keyboard should work perfectly fine f-keys and all. Most programs donâ(TM)t use the ESC key or f-keys though. Mostly SSH programs and remote desktop programs. Personally had to map the screen for ESC for ease of use with SSH.

It can easily handle email, web and other every day tasks. There are plenty of apps that can fit various needs as well. I know everyone hates doggles, but with the USB 3 Camera adapter it can even use ethernet and usb keyboards.

iPads arenâ(TM)t going to be for everyone or every job nor should they. I would place Linux, *BSD, macOS, Android & Windows all under that same statement as well.

iOS 11 is a big change for the iPad and I hope various things will be changed for improved functionality through the beta process. Currently the first Public Beta is quite a bit rough around the edges, but the overall functionality is quite improved for multitasking. At a minimum, the old method of scrolling through apps for split screen is ridiculous when you have over 70 apps that support it. Dock is definitely a big improvement over that.

Comment Re: Ask Slashdot, or Ask NewEgg? (Score 1) 181

I have one I use as a personal home server. I installed Linux on it. Only thing not working in Linux for my self is the microsd slot. In windows it has software to hook up a tablet or phone as a screen via wireless and USB cable as well. It has Bluetooth as well. Suppose to have 4 hours of battery life, but never tried. It is passively cooled though. They make a few different models now. One even comes this a laptop dock.

I installed thermald to keep it running a cooler temps to hopefully extend hardware life. Even supports hardware video decode/encoding under Linux.

Comment Re: Develop a MOBILE GPU, yes? (Score 1) 148

I would be surprised, with this announcement, that the A11 doesn't include this new GPU. For them to drop the current GPU tech as they currently sell iPhones, they would have to totally stop making chips with that tech. 18 to 24 months would be iPhone "8" and iPhone "8S" for 2 generations as they have been doing. With a possible purchase of Toshiba's nand business, that would leave the modems, currently supplied by Qualcomm and Intel, and the display tech. Pretty much every other part is designed by Apple, including the nand controllers, now.

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