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There’s a work in progress/prototype Neural engine driver already.

Unfortunately no Asahi release has support for Thunderbolt currently so eGPU will not work yet

I can see them having the ability to link a wireless controller for hardcore gaming like you can to Apple TV (and of course iOS devices).

For everything else games could use hand tracking with a similar control scheme to Kinect and Wii attempted.

I doubt someone who’s such a small developer that they recently let their dev account expire would be considered for this. They’ll be targeting big and established developers not people who decide to spend $99 on a dev account so they can access cool toys early.

They did put this to their audience in a poll back in 2017[1] and the results overwhelmingly said to accept the car manufacturers invitation. The fact they asked publicly and run with full disclosure makes them far better than their peers imo.

[1]https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/03/ars-asks-how-do-you-fee...

@Marcan shared some technical details around their PCI Express implementation recently here: https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/110494017883893557

It seems they didn't make any massive changes and instead just put switches on the existing PCI-E Lanes. That probably doesn't bode well for full GPU support :(

For €2300 I assume you're looking at an M2 Pro model? Note that neither the M2 or M2 Pro Mac Mini currently have working display outputs[1] so no you should not. Apple changed the way the display outputs work in M2 so they're now dependant on Thunderbolt/DP alt mode support which is not implemented for any Apple silicon machine yet.

On the other hand a cheap M1 Mac Mini would make a great machine to try it out. The M1 Mac Mini is the best supported machine currently.

[1] https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Feature-Support#m2-d...

If you follow Hector Martin the lead Asahi dev he's encountered a number of bugs and race conditions in ARM linux systems which were never previously exposed because there weren't blazing fast ARM chips out there that could trigger them.

What makes you think they can’t manufacture it cheaper?

I see this price as a way of earning a healthy profit off early adopters and allowing them time to get third party apps developed before they announce a Vision (non pro) for $1000-2000 that flys off the shelves

In the pre Apple Silicon days the highest performance was always exclusive to the Mac Pro.

It’s disappointing that Apple wasn’t able to make something better than an Ultra chip and the RAM limit for the new Mac Pro has decreased and is no different to the studio.

I'm not taking my $3500 headset with a massive screen on the exterior anywhere near where I'd be taking a GoPro.

Sales flops:

iPod HiFi iPhone 5C HomePod

And engineering failures:

Trashcan Mac Pro Airpower

There's not many but there are a few.

I don't see this as one of them. The only thing thats an issue is the price. The tech looks streets ahead of everyone else. With time the price will come down and the features will grow like all Apple products.

This seems like a step backwards from just seeing a real persons face on a regular screen :(

The FaceTime demo was interesting. Sure you can see you friends calls floating around the room...

But what do they see? And what happens when you call your friend who also owns a Vision Pro?

I never mentioned a comparison with M1 Ultra. I was referring to a step above the Ultra series. From the moment the M2 chip was announced with increased RAM, CPU and graphics cores it was obvious all these benefits would come to Pro/Max and Ultra series.

The point is that Ultra remains the top of the line chip. There's no Mac Pro exclusive chip that lives on another level of performance.

Its true that Hector Martin said they didn't have the ability to add another interconnect like they did to double the Max to get Ultra.

But that ignores the entirely different chip design T6500 which was assumed to be for the new Mac Pro. No technical details of it ever leaked but its reasonable to assume it would offer higher performance than the T6002 chips which became M1 Max/Ultra

Sure, but you'd think that an extra years delay would deliver more than just a Mac Studio chip in a new form factor.

These are minor improvements over the M1 series in line with the other released M2 chips. For a 1 year delay to the original transition timeline and skipping the first generation it's reasonable to expect something more than the high end Ultra chip in a new form factor.

How about a 4x, 8x and 16x M2 Max chiplet design which would have truly been next level...

So Apple wasn't able to increase performance (or even ram capacity) beyond the Ultra series chips. Thats disappointing.

Particularly given they took an entire extra year to deliver it after the original Ultra release in March 2022.

This AI is rather pathetic. To work within the time limit it would need to make typos and mistakes but even the first reply makes it easy to call out. Not very impressive.

https://ibb.co/xL0XpZ7

While nearly all phones (including iPhones) have been waterproof for almost decade now that does not solve the issue with capacitive touch screens not working when wet, where to put the phone where it won't slip and break on the tiles, and the terrible quality of phone speakers in general. And then you have a wet slippery phone to put in your pocket (plus probably water trapped behind whatever case you have on it).

Or just pay a small amount for a dedicated speaker with handsfree voice controls...

Thats still more steps than just walking in and yelling out "Hey Google, play my music"

While I tend to agree I think even those in the know were in shock about the amount of damage to the pad. And subsequent disclosure by musk that control was lost at ~30s is also rather shocking compared expectations of an issue occurring later at stage separation or reentry.

The 2x1 wifi card are intel specific while the 2x0 cards are CPU agnostic. As long as you have a card model ending in 0 you're fine to use any CPU.

As for why they did it I'd assume its slightly cheaper to build a 2x1 chip than a 2x0 as offloading the functions to the CPU would mean less components on the card itself. When you're selling 100s of millions of them every little bit counts.

Once again a new feature thats only available for consumer accounts not Google Workspace. :(

Most apple watch apps are installed and managed through the watch app on your iPhone not from the app store on the apple watch itself. I just checked and I've never even opened the app store app on my watch but I have configured dozens of 3rd party apps using the Watch app on my iPhone.

So what’s currently free on both CarPlay and Android auto will be chargeable after 8 years?

I’m buying another brand that doesn’t pull this shit.

Despite the headline there’s a telling quote at the end of the article

"It doesn't matter at all to private business because he is already beaten. The state won, Jack has lost control, power, wealth and it's not coming back."

The key point being, Yes, it has been smelted.

Initial reports seemed to suggest it was found before it was smelted but that is not the case.

Richard Branson’s last 3 investments ($25, $20 & $10 million) have all been secured against the company’s assets. I don’t see anyone paying $55 million for it as a going concern so it looks like he’ll inherit it. Will be interesting to see if he chooses to continue or shut it down once it’s back in his hands.