What I’d most like in future MacBooks is the continuation of increases in memory size and bandwidth.
Apple has carved out a niche for itself in the local LLM space, yet it continues to overcharge for RAM and under-deliver in terms of bandwidth.
I have no hopes that Apple will decrease its prices, particularly on top-of-the-line models like those with 128 GB of memory and above.
Yet I certainly believe that it can deliver even more RAM and, in particular, memory bandwidth. Apple clearly offers much more VRAM than consumer NVIDIA GPUs, but Macs are still behind in terms of memory bandwidth and, relatedly, overall performance.
It would be silly of Apple not to jump at the opportunity to eat even more of NVIDIA’s market share among the general public.
Apple has carved out a niche for itself in the local LLM space, yet it continues to overcharge for RAM and under-deliver in terms of bandwidth.
I have no hopes that Apple will decrease its prices, particularly on top-of-the-line models like those with 128 GB of memory and above.
Yet I certainly believe that it can deliver even more RAM and, in particular, memory bandwidth. Apple clearly offers much more VRAM than consumer NVIDIA GPUs, but Macs are still behind in terms of memory bandwidth and, relatedly, overall performance.
It would be silly of Apple not to jump at the opportunity to eat even more of NVIDIA’s market share among the general public.