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-square164fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down10
arrow-up1285arrow-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-square164fedilink
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoThere are some external GPUs that can be USB-attached. Dunno about for the Mac. Latency hit, but probably not as significant for current LLM use than games, as you don’t have a lot of data being pushed over the bus once the model is up.
minus-squaresoulfirethewolf@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThose don’t work on Apple silicon Macs. sadly
There are some external GPUs that can be USB-attached. Dunno about for the Mac. Latency hit, but probably not as significant for current LLM use than games, as you don’t have a lot of data being pushed over the bus once the model is up.
Those don’t work on Apple silicon Macs. sadly