QUOTE(kokhoong0624 @ Mar 11 2022, 12:53 AM)
You can pair an intel 12th gen i9 with a GTX1060 which is a low end graphic card and it would still run perfectly for processor intensive tasks. My friend have a set up just like this. Not all i9s have to pair with a RTX3090. It doesn’t have to be proportional LOL
Your car analogy doesnt make sense at all LOL
Apple does this because its targeted to the creative industry and the chips are just scaled 2x for the M1 Ultra
Otherwise in previous Mac they allow you to choose a low end processor with a higher end GPU also
That’s was x386 architecture and CPU and GPU are separated and you need dedicated RAM in order for it to perform well. Previous Mac can choose between the two are due to this.
While apple M chip is SoC thats incorporate both CPU and GPU together which they can shared RAM via unified memory and again still outperform any x386 system. They scale the CPU and GPU proportionally there is nothing wrong too since it is SoC that u cannot just choose the CPU and GPU. Logistically for apple this is a easy move too.
Apple Macs since long time ago is known to be welcomed by content creator. Even they focus on this groups of users there is nothing to be surprised especially the name of the Mac Studio has already suggested the targeted groups.
Comparing to i9 chip the M Pro or Max chip is double the speed of i9 while graphics M Pro is 2.5 times faster and M1 Max is 4 times faster than any windows laptop. The price of the M chip which has much faster performance M chip MacBooks are actually cheaper Intel based MacBook. And M chip MacBook can translate software written for Intel chips.
There is no reason why one cannot easily find anything that suits himself which the deciding factor is more of the depth of one’s wallet only. Or best if other non apple products which can allow the ‘customisation’ that one needs one can easily go with that and there is no need to complain seriously.
This post has been edited by westlife: Mar 11 2022, 04:43 AM