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MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini on the M2 platform received significantly slower SSDs than their predecessors on the SoC M1
The first tests of the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini on the Apple M2 platform may disappoint potential buyers of these devices: it turned out that all these versions of Apple computers in their basic versions received slower SSDs than their predecessors on the SoC M1.
So, for example, the maximum read and write speeds of 512 GB SSD data in the 14-inch MacBook Pro on SoC M2, measured in the BlackMagic Disk Speed Test, were 2970 and 3150 MB / s, respectively. In comparison, the 512 GB SSD of the past MacBook Pro on SoC M1 in the same application shows read and write speeds of 4900 and 3950 MB / s, respectively. The difference is significant: the new model SSD is about 39% slower in reading data and 20% slower in writing it.
Decreased reading and writing speeds were also recorded for the MacBook Air and Mac Mini on the M2 with a 256 GB SSD. So, for example, if the read and write speeds of a 2020 Mac Mini on SoC M1, measured using Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, are 2854 and 2733 MB / s, respectively, then in the case of a 2023 Mac Mini on SoC M2, read and write speeds dropped by almost half – to 1482 and 1431 MB / s, respectively.
What is the reason for this “downgrade”? The thing is that Apple uses larger memory chips. So, for example, if the 2020 Mac Mini has two 128 GB NAND chips, then the 2023 model has only one NAND chip (this, by the way, also applies to the model with 512 GB of memory). Accordingly, two chips allow you to perform read and write operations in parallel, but one does not. The 2023 MacBook Pro in the example above only has two memory chips, while its predecessor had four.
The good news is that in top configurations, the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros with 1-2TB SSDs are just as fast as their predecessors.
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Ryzen 7 8845HS, 2.8K screen, 32 GB/1 TB – for $735. Honor Magicbook X14 Plus 2024 and Honor Magicbook X16 Plus 2024 laptops presented
Honor today presented many new products, including the new Magicbook X14 Plus and Honor Magicbook X16 Plus laptops. Both models use an 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS processor with a frequency of up to 5.1 GHz.
The 14-inch model has a 2.8K resolution panel, while the 16-inch model uses a 2.5K resolution panel.
Honor Magicbook X14 Plus 2024 received a battery with a capacity of 60 Wh. Thickness and weight – 15.9 mm and 1.34 kg. The Honor Magicbook X16 Plus 2024 has a larger battery capacity of 75 Wh, thickness and weight of 17.9 mm and 1.79 kg. The declared autonomy in both cases is up to 12 hours. Each model has a pair of USB-C ports (one of them is USB 4), a pair of USB-A 3.2 Gen1, HDMI 1.4.
Configurations and prices look like this:
- Honor Magicbook X14 Plus 2024: 16GB/512GB – $655, 32GB/1TB – $735;
- Honor Notebook X16 Plus 2024: 16/512 GB – $680, 32 GB/1 TB – $750.
Along with the Magicbook X14 Plus 2024 and Magicbook X16 Plus 2024, Honor today introduced the Magic6 Ultimate and Magic6 RSR Porsche Design smartphones, as well as the Honor Band 9 fitness bracelet.
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Unlocking your video card, almost like the good old days. Brazilian craftsmen turned the Radeon RX 5600 XT into an RX 5700 with 16 GB of memory
Modern processors and video cards can very rarely be significantly changed in any way. It turns out there is an exception. Enthusiasts from Brazil were able to add memory to the Radeon RX 5600 XT video card and even expand the bus.
The Radeon RX 5600 XT comes standard with a Navi 10 GPU with 2,304 stream processors and 6GB of memory with a 192-bit bus. At the same time, the RX 5700 relies on the same GPU with the same number of active units, but is already equipped with 8 GB of memory and a 256-bit bus. That is, the graphics processor itself has a 256-bit bus. And they managed to unblock it.
The modders from the Paulo Gomes team did a very difficult job, but they actually turned the RX 5600 XT into an RX 5700, and even better. In the process, they added another 10 GB of memory to the card, that is, the total volume was 16 GB. True, the resulting performance increase is due precisely to the wider bus, and not to the amount of memory.
As a result, after all the modifications and additional overclocking, it was possible to increase performance by 29%, which is unattainable using conventional methods on any other modern video card.
However, 29% is not so much, given the complexity of the process, so such an unlocking will not become widespread.
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Steve Jobs' business card has become the most expensive in history. Elon Musk's business card is the most expensive among living people's business cards
The business cards of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk are already the most expensive in history, and the auction will end only on March 21, 2024.
At the time of publication, Steve Jobs' autographed business card had already surpassed the world record four times, with Elon Musk's business card also breaking the previous record for business cards and also becoming the most expensive business card of a living person. Musk will turn 53 in June 2024.
In general, Jobs's various business cards have quite a few positions in the ranking of the most expensive business cards.
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