er...Lol (Apple are considering moving away from Intel to AMD)

[eddyr]

All the imacs i've seen have intel cpu and a dedicated amd gpu. i've seen a 21" with a 6750m and a 24" with a 6970m so how is going to amd cpus going to be anything but a massie downgrade to cpu power if they still use the same gpus! it doesn't make any sense. unless they do it on the mac book pros which all have integrated gfx by the look of it (except the retina ones) then way you say is probably true!

I'd imagine that's the idea, perfromance per watt on typical usage scenario's look to be better, so for the macbook means longer battery life *cough* smaller batteries *cough cough*. Alternativly smaller, sleeker, neater package without needing to design discrete gpu's in for the imacs without too much compromise on gpu power.
Realistically how much of their consumer base is going to miss the cpu power? Most people using a macbook are busy looking and feeling cool while doing the exact same mundane stuff nearly everyone else does on a laptop. GPU accelleration should help out for the pro users, who do the exact same stuff as their pc equivalents but would rather look and feel cool while doing it.
And for the near future AMD is going to have the edge on Intel for gpu quality/capability.

 

[wolvers]

might not be a massive downgrade if the software uses opencl, infact could be an upgrade. But its a massive IF because its a lot of software that needs changed. The apu's have pretty fantastic processing power, but we just dont have that much software justnow to leverage it.

some interesting comparisons here of the difference opencl software makes on the apu's
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/photoshop-cs6-gimp-aftershot-pro,3208-13.html

There's no doubt in my mind that Apple will be leveraging the use of OpenCL if this switch to AMD goes ahead. Those benchmarks you've linked show why in unquestionable fashion. Also, I would expect them to push multi-threading more.

If they don't, it'll be a massive pile of fail!

 

[scrlk]

You knew what he meant no need to be an ass.

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Exactly. Apple products are what is known in the industry as the "retard alternative" - which highlights the stupidity of paying 80% more for a product which is inferior.

Oh please, give it a rest. It's really not hard to grasp the concept of why Apple are more expensive: build quality (pretty much one of the best in the industry, you compare a MBP to a Dell XPS/HP Envy, and the MBP just feels more premium), support (Apple apparently has very good support) and Apple tax (like all premium goods).

I'll use a rather flawed analogy with cars: a VW Phaeton can be specced out for less than the equivalent Merc S-Class/BMW 7 Series/Audi A8.

Why do people buy the more expensive car then? What's the point?

 

[wolvers]

Because they're friends and celebs have them, and because the advertising is cool.

 

[buttkinz]

i cant see apple ever using AMD's chips if they want to keep any of their audio engineering fans, the whole industry would instantly stop buying macs as amd's chips are absolutley horrendous for audio work compared to intels, especially the bulldozer veriety

 

[sadbuttrue]

In what way? You should see the number of audio professionals complaining about intel speedstep on their macs causing unacceptable DPC spikes. I don't see how AMD could be worse.