A lot of those "up to"s are expressing user options, though -- "up to" 512 GB RAM means that there are configurations that include that, but also cheaper configurations that don't. That's a pretty different beast than "up to 4.3x faster performance", which means (presumably) that exactly one benchmark showed a 4.3x improvement and the rest showed less -- which is to say, means very little.
replyExcept for the prices of course, where they use “starting at 5,499$” instead of “up to 18,299$” to indicate user options.
replyI thought it was funny years ago when apple would report the power in watts of some systems like the mac mini.
replyBut for the mac pro, they would say something very obscure.
"100-120V AC or 200-240V AC (wide-range power supply input voltage)" and the maximum current is "12A (low-voltage range) or 6A (high-voltage range)".
They're trying NOT to say it had a 1440 watt power supply.
The cleaning cloth went down in price about 50%
replyThere is some consolation there
Only because it doesn't contain RAM.
replyDon't give them any ideas
replyMoore's Cloth
replyBut was the compatibility table updated?
replyOh, that's for the 256GB option. Based on their math, I'd hazard the 512GB option being $23,799+. ($4K to go from 96 to 256)
replyA silly hobby of mine has been to track Apple's use of the word "computer". They don't use it. The only use of the word that I can find, on apple.com, is in legal boilerplate.
replyI want a computer dammit, not an appliance.
up to 46 times, you mean?
replyUp to 47.
replyThat would be oddly precise. More like "up to 50", or depending on speaker, "up to 100". /s
replyIt would also be incorrect. "Up to" doesn't mean any possible upper bound, it describes the top of a known range. I can't say a car I'm selling goes "up to" 900mph if it tops out at 120mph.
replyWell, depends. Maybe it can go up to 900mph¹?
reply¹ drivers are responsible to get the car into a low earth orbit themselves and need to be familiar with the orbital maneuvers needed to accelerate the car to 900mph
It appears up to 46 times.
replyThat's probably up to 300% of an increase from 'previous' press releases
replyWhats an up to dog?
replyI enjoyed "up to an 80-core GPU, and a staggering 512GB of unified memory"
replyStaggering?? I can count on no hands the number of times that a fact or figure has caused me to stagger.
When you get that credit card bill for the 80 core, 512 gig, 16 TB storage box, you might stagger a bit.
replyThanks for the laugh!
replyIdk 512GB of (essentially) ram is pretty damn insane for a consumer machine
replyThis thing is going to cost >$10K, probably, which I think means it's not in the consumer segment
replyFor the 512GB? You're going to be over $20K, fully specced.
replyYes, but you've surely met people who giggled when they read that.
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