Apple Developing Active Desktop Feature For Mac
The Mac mini is not dead after all. Apple today announced a refreshed Mac mini with Thunderbolt 3 connectivity. A notable feature is 4x Thunderbolt 3 ports. Also nice to see is replaceable RAM modules. The Mac mini can be configured with a 6-core processor and 10GbE. The base price went up by 60% and is no longer considered entry level.
Relatively to the iMac Pro though, you can get a fairly powerful headless-Mac + eGPU for a reasonable price. Intel 8th generation 65W CPU. IntelUHD Graphics 630. 4x Thunderbolt 3 Ports. 10Gb Ethernet (optional). Starting at $799 I'm hoping eGFX vendors are building an enclosure with the same footprint so that you can stack the Mac mini right on top. There are 2 Titan Ridge controllers and 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports.
Apple developing active desktop feature for Mac OS X An enhancement to the Mac OS X operating system under development by Apple looks to pave the way for active desktop pictures, or desktop backgrounds that can include motion graphics and alter themselves based on user actions or the time of the day. Apple developing active desktop feature for Mac OS X. By Katie Marsal Thursday, April 19, 2007, 07:00 am PT (10:00 am ET) An enhancement to the Mac OS X operating system under development by Apple.
Apple Developing Active Desktop Feature For Mac
If the new Mac Mini will have 16 PCIe lanes, and the 4 TB3 ports will be full speed (2 controllers, each connected to 2 TB3 ports = 40gb/s shared by 2 TB3 ports per controller), if one has 2 5K displays and an eGPU, would that not be possible then? And in the future, say this would mean even if there is support for or with compression, it would require 2 TB3 ports to drive it. So the if you also have an eGPU and wish to run 1 8K monitor, you're going to have the same bandwidth limitation right? And this applies to the new 2018 MacBook Pro 15' with Vega 20? Lastly, how is PCIe lane availability and allocation different on MacBooks with discrete graphics?
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Don't they take up some lanes too? Would that mean that the Mac Mini with no discrete graphics somehow ends up with some additional lanes compared to MacBooks with discrete graphics?
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