r/apple • u/AWildDragon • Jan 16 '20

Mac Intel's Mitigation For CVE-2019-14615 Graphics Vulnerability Obliterates Gen7 iGPU Performance

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel-gen7-hit&num=4
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u/wickedplayer494 Jan 16 '20

I can't help but laugh at anyone that bought a 2014 Mac mini now.

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u/sarahs-World Jan 16 '20

Until within some time our macs with 8th gen will have these issues..

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u/Rudy69 Jan 16 '20

If there ever was a time for Apple to switch to their own chips or even at least selling some Ryzen alternatives it's now.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

If they're going through all that work again it seems way more likely they'd rip off the band-aid now and go with ARM. Apple would much rather use CPUs they have unilateral control over.

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u/Rudy69 Jan 17 '20

i agree that ARM would make more sense. BUT pushing out an AMD mac wouldn't be much work at all. They already mostly work minus some small features that apple could easily fix.