Accidental Tech Podcast

539: The Strap Situation

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  • 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
            • Myke on Cortex
            • Top Strap
            • HiFiMAN HE6
            • 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

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                                                        Accidental Tech PodcastBy Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
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