Episode 539

539: The Strap Situation

More on Apple Vision Pro and visionOS, writing SwiftUI at cruising altitude, new hopes for Mac gaming, and what John really thinks of the new Mac Pro.

Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP

June 15, 20232h 23m

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Show Notes

Pre-show: SwiftUI requires Wi-Fi
- Flighty
“Siri” utterances were trifled with? (via Jackson Ames)
- “Alexa” not recognized with frequency-range muting (or known-fingerprint matching)
- iOS 17: Siri & Search → Listen For
Vision Pro
- Promo video
- xrOS at WWDC
  - Mastodon thread from former Apple engineer
- Fit / Weight/ Top Strap
- Power Estimate
- Guest Mode
- Pixel math
- Refresh rate
- Accidental hypocrisy? (via Niall O’Mara)
- Plane use
- Vision Pro?
- Gaming
- Developer kits
  - Work with Apple
New Macs
- 15” MacBook Air
- Mac Studio
  - Fan Noise Ratings
    - M1 / 2022: 15dB
    - M2 / 2023: 6dB
    - Difference is ~8×
  - Pricing ∆ between Mini & Studio
- Mac Pro
  - John Ternus on discrete GPUs in Macs
  - Metal scores
    - M1 Max: 108,363
    - M1 Ultra: 150,644
      - 1.3× M1 Max performance for 2× GPU cores
    - M2 Max: 131,302
    - M2 Ultra: 267,399
      - 2× M2 Max performance for 2× GPU cores
      - #5 fastest Metal score overall
        
        Top 3 are GPUs in a 2019 Mac Pro
  - M2 Ultra vs. NVIDIA
    - 4080: 16% higher fps
    - 4090: 37% higher fps
  - Non-game GPU performance
    - Blender GPU scores
      - M2 Ultra: 3,412
      - NVIDIA 4090: 13,158 (3.8× faster)
      - NVIDIA 3080: 6,205 (1.8× faster)
      - NVIDIA 3060: 3,256 (costs $330)
      - NVIDIA 3070: 3,396 (laptop GPU)
  - CPU benchmark
  - M2 Ultra vs. Intel & AMD
    - Intel Xeon W9-3495X (56-core)
      - Multi-core: 53,504 (2.8× faster)
    - Intel Core i9-13900KS
      - Single-core: 3,080 (39% faster)
      - Multi-core: 21,665 (15% faster)
  - Mac Pro PCIe lanes
  - Neil Parfitt on the new Mac Pro
  - Ternus & Joz acknowledge ATP shirt (❗)
Gaming
- Apple’s Proton-like tool
  - Source code
  - The Verge’s Take
  - WINE
  - DXVK
  - Steam Deck
  - CrossOver
- Gokhan Avkarogullari
- Anonymous feedback
  - Mike Rockwell’s statement on The Talk Show
macOS 14 Sonoma
Post-show: John’s special treat
- …as a treat
- John’s SSDs:
  - Samsung 870 EVO 4 TB
  - Samsung 870 QVO 8 TB
- Paul Haddad’s toot
- Backblaze Hard Drive Stats