Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agoApple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PCwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down10
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkApple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PCwww.theregister.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoAnd even though they have USB 3 ports, it’s not even a proper USB 3 port as the lower-end models only support USB 2 speeds (480Mbps max)!
minus-squareChemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoUSB 2.0 in 2023 LOL LOL LOL LOL
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoLightning was also 480Mbps so I wonder if they just changed the port but kept most of the internals the same
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoThey claim that the die that they use for the M1 chip doesn’t support USB 3 standards but the die that they use for the M1 Pro chip does. Which is probably true, but they also made the chip so it’s not much of a defence.
minus-squarePenguinTD@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoyeah, I forgot about that, it’s a USB-C type port.
And even though they have USB 3 ports, it’s not even a proper USB 3 port as the lower-end models only support USB 2 speeds (480Mbps max)!
USB 2.0 in 2023 LOL LOL LOL LOL
Lightning was also 480Mbps so I wonder if they just changed the port but kept most of the internals the same
They claim that the die that they use for the M1 chip doesn’t support USB 3 standards but the die that they use for the M1 Pro chip does.
Which is probably true, but they also made the chip so it’s not much of a defence.
yeah, I forgot about that, it’s a USB-C type port.