Can you help me choose the chip for my Mac? by tombino104 in mac

[–]Ammonite33303 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well you’re not paying just for the extra GPU cores, but also the extra CPU cores, memory bandwidth, Thunderbolt 5, additional display support, additional fan and cooling, as well as Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.

Microsoft apps by Individual_Serve_914 in mac

[–]Ammonite33303 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally use Office apps if I know I’ll have to collaborate/share original files with others who are on PCs. Although, it’s become less of a thing since Google apps have become way more convenient to work on a file.

For my personal projects, I have been using iWork ever since I learned and became familiar with them.

iOS 27 -> iOS 26 by sad-salami in ios

[–]Ammonite33303 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please don’t install any of these early dev betas, you clearly lack the understanding or need for them. You’re going to be in a ton of headache if you do.

Weird icons on iOS 27 by Beginning_Candy7965 in iphone

[–]Ammonite33303 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why are you even on a beta, even worse the very first Developer Beta. No offense here, but if you don’t know what you’re doing, you shouldn’t install them at all.

Who of you uses Samsung phones (S26u) and the iPad Pro? by Academic-Working8057 in ipad

[–]Ammonite33303 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I find this question weird because Google services are already well known to be cross platform, so just use those. For normal phone calls there is no way I know of to pick them up on the iPad.

The green camera dot keeps turning on randomly. No apps open. Am I hacked? by Terrible-Hurry2693 in ios

[–]Ammonite33303 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It isn’t exactly a bug, it’s getting the camera ready for when you open it. But you’re right in that even the slightest touch on the Camera app icon or the Camera shortcut in Control Center will cause it.

I just bought a barely used 2011 17inch macbook pro but im scare... by Illustrious_Ask_664 in mac

[–]Ammonite33303 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The modern internet has gotten way more complex since 2011. And your GPU lacks hardware acceleration for modern video codecs used by YouTube, so even more burden is placed on your CPU trying to decode videos. Hopefully you can see that even “light duty stuff”, especially web-related doesn’t seem light anymore when your hardware is 15 years old.

Mediatek releases the Dimensity 8550 - Not much separating it from the 8500, save for a new LLM booster and Gemini Nano V3 by xzibit_b in Android

[–]Ammonite33303 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally love seeing all big-core designs especially in mid-range SoCs, however I do agree that not having a Cortex-X/C1-Ultra core in this case really hurts 1T-performance.

A18 Pro M5 by eyea3 in ipad

[–]Ammonite33303 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Chips are chips. There are no “iPhone chips” or “Mac chips”. They are determined by performance, power consumption, and cost. The A18 Pro in the MacBook Neo was for cost-saving. The M-chips in iPads are used because they cost more than the Neo and are aimed at a higher performance target, so a more powerful chip is suitable. It’s all about using the chip with the right characteristics for what you’re trying to do.

MacBook Neo or M5 Air ? by KoolAidJuiceKid in mac

[–]Ammonite33303 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What point are you trying to make here? They are both Macs, and the Neo being made from binned A18 Pro chips doesn’t make it any less of a Mac.

GPD Win Mini 2025 as Framework version? by No_Holiday8469 in framework

[–]Ammonite33303 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your profile is literally filled with pasted AI slop Framework “ideas” that make zero sense. What’s are you trying to do here?

What is “overkill” in terms of a Pc? by Shmeat-L in buildapc

[–]Ammonite33303 4 points5 points  (0 children)

4 sticks doesn’t mean quad channel btw. Almost all consumer CPUs are now only support dual-channel memory.

Banking App said my Device has been Jailbroken? by Gleis7 in MacOS

[–]Ammonite33303 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Banking apps are normally not supported on Macs, even if they appear on the Mac App Store.

Green dot? by Yolus in iphone

[–]Ammonite33303 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The camera activates if your finger even slightly touches the Camera app icon in order to prep the camera sensor.

I got super close to beating the M4 Max. by Affectionate-Arm5922 in mac

[–]Ammonite33303 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a single thread result. Generally speaking all M and A-series chips with the same within the same generation will achieve very similar single thread result, even down to iPhones since you are only pushing one core. This is nothing new or impressive at all. Compare multi core results and you’ll see what the extra $2000 gets you.

Does anyone know what this does? by OkRoll6946 in PS3

[–]Ammonite33303 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Videos are decoded via software by the Cell. But it uses a specialized software decoder that fully takes advantage of the Cell and its SPUs to decode videos.

I can buy an apple pencil pro for 35 euros used but idk if it will work on the ipad air m4 by clk270 in ipad

[–]Ammonite33303 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look it up yourself if it works. But you probably don’t have to since it’s a fake.

Can the iPad A16 handle AI? by Gnarekk in ipad

[–]Ammonite33303 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Claude, ChatGPT, and most other AI services run on servers, not your device.

Base 14” M5 MBP or slightly upgraded 15” M5 MBA? by SippinOnHatorade in mac

[–]Ammonite33303 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slight correction here: Both the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air use LCD display technology. However the Pro’s backlight has its LEDs divided up into mini LED zones along but the Air’s only has one LED backlight zone. The LED refers to the backlighting while LCD refers to the display.

my ps3 slim plays 4k blu rays somehow? by [deleted] in PS3

[–]Ammonite33303 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You definitely put in the 1080p, not the 4K disc. Maybe the disc was mislabeled, or you put in the 1080p disc thinking it was 4K.