A comparable GTX 1050 ships for around $150. This is fine for everything up to basic gaming, but it’s way out of its depth in rendering and real graphics performance. Apple’s highest-end laptop, the 2018 MacBook Pro 15”, ships with a Radeon Pro 560X. I prefer the single cable approach, and to an extent, it's annoying it's taken this long to get here.The biggest gripe I hear about Apple’s laptops is about their graphics processing ability. Apple, meanwhile, have moved away from having a massive ingress point for moisture and dust, as well as wasted space. I don't recall any docking PC laptops before the Duo, but pretty much all my work Windows laptops since then, up until this one, have had docks (and massive dock connectors to attach them).

The dock is another one of those Apple things that everyone seemed to pick up on, and then Apple abandoned for other reasons. It's an interesting idea, but I think the time is past. The port on the back of the Duo to facilitate the mini-dock that you connected, and the full-on dock that sucked in the machine like a VHS tape was pretty beefy, and not at all like the tiny USB-C connectors we've got now. Perhaps that will phase in with eGPU options thorough 2018? Is an appendage approach Applesque? I keep trying to imagine what a current Apple aesthetic Duo 2300c + Duo Dock might look like? Whether having a couple USB3 drives on the eGPU will significantly impact performance depends on what you're doing. But, what does Apple have for that?Īt most it's 2 cables which is hardly 'cables everywhere'. so unless we're willing to give up performance, it will always be a dream just out of reach? So. Maybe once TB4 or TB5 comes along, we'll truly get to a single-cable solution? But, bandwidth requirements will also go up. At least I could use 2 on the same side, but this seems to be quickly turning from a 'neat' solution to cables everywhere. Pretty soon, the whole unplug laptop and go becomes unplug multiple cables. But, then that means multiple cords from eGPU/dock to the MBP. but it might also mean I'd need to consider a dock (which for Ethernet, it looks like I'd have to). So, maybe in real-world, this isn't a huge deal?. But, if I'm putting storage or other things off the USB 3 ports and others then they have to compete for bandwidth with the bandwidth-hungry GPU. The Black Magic one, while a bit expensive, fits the bill nicely, as it is quiet and has some ports. If I were going to get a 13' MBP (my current target, if I go laptop), I'd want an eGPU. As I've been thinking about this a bit more.

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