This is an outstanding technical explanation of the M1 silicon advantage and why the x86 architecture is doomed. This miserable Intel CPU with its opcodes that support code bases back to the Carter administration (wish that was hyperbole) of 1 byte up to 10 23 (that is hyperbole) is a steaming wreck of an architecture that needs to just fawking die. Every single tech company has embarked on an ARM variant, including Microsoft, and rightly so. This is a groundbreaking development and ffs thank GOD. In judging against everything for sale right now, it beats a 5800X and it is within 1% of the 5950X in floating-point performance all while consuming 1/4 of the power. Here is a quote “The combination of raw performance, unique acceleration, as well as sheer power efficiency, is something that you just cannot find in any other platform right now, likely making the new MacBook Pro’s not just the best laptops, but outright the very best devices for the task.” Here is the link: įor actual CPU performance, it absolutely trounces every other mobile CPU in existence. Have you read the actual reviews and benchmarks of the new Apple silicon? Anandtech has a recent review. Moore’s Law of 18 mo revisions is a distant memory for Intel. The whole world has been sitting around waiting for eternity for theses bumbling fools to execute. Intel is FINALLY and BARELY getting off 14nm. Until then it just would not make ANY business sense for Autodesk to chase that niche.Īpple may very well “want to control every part of the Mac ecosystem” but let’s be real here, what they’ve done with the M1 and its derivatives is dramatically changing the landscape. Not laptop "equivalent" parts, but real desktop parts. There would never be the market share, the power will be held back by onboard graphics and unified memory, no matter how pretty the charts make them look, there's just no comparison at this point.Īpple wants to control every part of the Mac ecosystem, so we can talk when they start making equivalent 16 Core 5950x CPUs and RTX 3090 equivalent GPUs. There's just no question on that front.Īpple has their niche with really amazing laptops, and I would definitely recommend them for creatives who use Adobe products, and like to show them off, but in the Autodesk ecosystem, these laptops are a niche within a niche. You'll always get more bang for your buck from a desktop PC. I guarantee you that will never be any sort of iMac in any way shape or form, especially the price to performance ratio. They want the fastest workstation they can afford. They are making amazing laptops for people who use laptops, but if I were to take a survey I would guess that likely 85%-90% of Revit users are on desktop workstations who do not care about battery life or power consumption. Instead, you are asking a company that barely iterates it's products in the PC x86/圆4 space to completely rewrite the code to function in an ARM based world. If your primary work is creative Adobe work, then maybe parallels is a good go between but not as the main way to work. Parallels might just do the job with such a powerful processor, but you're gimping yourself right out of the gate. Lastly, we're talking about an ARM based CPU that likely does not have instruction sets that Autodesk likely relies on. a GTX 3080 in a desktop is a whole different beast from its laptop equivalent. Secondly, the comparisons are against some sort of gaming laptop which generally uses a significantly paired down video card. I would say they are taking a very specific pro user seriously, not pro users in general. Firstly, the only thing we have right now is some nice charts from a biased Apple.
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Happy to know another person who likes Anowon as much and persists in trying to make him work! It's practically a control playstyle that requires you to be really tactical and strategic, something my midrange ass isn't as good at yet. The Syr Konrad-Maddening Cacophony, Mindcrank infinite and Hinder/Spell Crumple-Tunnel Vision are just alternate wincons that I (can) draw into. The only difference is that since this is a rogues-themed deck, I'm going the way of stealing things (Rootwater Thief, Thada Adel, Sadistic Sacrament, Knowledge Exploitation, Earwig Squad etc) to be as disruptive as I can. Your whole second para is where I am at right now. So far, Anowon has evolved into an early/mid-game commander for me, triggering him early and as much as I can (for the mill, for prowl) to draw cards. Creatures-wise, pound-for-pound you don't have creatures that match well with most other creature based decks, and you can't go wide as fast and as much as others. You need enough milling and enough cards to gain from the milling for it to be value, but that means you'll have to sacrifice the rogues in the deck and lose the theme. Milling and combat are inconsistent to serve as the primary threats - they don't get you over the line. I can provide you with my list if you'd like! I actually haven't seen anyone running a list like mine from where I've seen, but I think it is a great way to play him. And why try to be sweaty, like kamahl said lol. But I do like Anowon because I hate Yuriko's dumb face. That said, when compared with something like n Yuriko. Idk if he is cEDH level as it seems like most of those decks have a commander that is a combo piece and Anowon is a value engine on a stick, but I think upgraded he can stand a chance and be a threat because of how aggressive the deck can be. Obviously, I don't know what your meta is like, but I really like Anowon and I see potential in him. Probably try to get an Adnaus / Doomsday combo in there. And stuff like good lands and fast mana would do a lot too. Simply throwing some of the more powerful counterspells in as well as something as easy as a ] and tutors (which my deck lacks) would help the deck out a ton. Even ] can be enough to win via damage and the tempo of having two turns. Then, I use a cheap CMC counterspell package to deny tempo and protect my combos, which at this point are Syr Konrad plus Maddening Cacophony or Mind Grind, Notion Thief and Windfall, and Duskmantle and Mindcrank. My Anowon deck uses a ton of cheap and evasive rogues to try to trigger Anowon as much as I can, drawing with cantrips to manipulate top deck, and using Coastal Piracy effects to get my combo pieces. I don't even think of him as a reanimator style commander because that's so inconsistent. The mill and combat is a necessary evil to 'nerf' him and not make him be ] on a stick, akin to ] ability to draw whenever an equipped creature attacks an opponent so long as they meet the criteria of being equipped. I actually don't consider him to be a commander based on combat, or even mill. My table's not 'decently high powered' but as someone who has been running Anowon since release and quickly upgrading him, he's pretty good imo. Then your deck doesn't really compete tit for tat with the other later game decks in the pod. There are cards you can include that allow you a significant late game for sure, but I find that the early aggro/mill just pulls you hate and leads to your board getting wiped. People start dropping big blockers that you can't get through and you start to run out of steam. Unless you're in a pod with other aggressive decks, what happens is that the 3 other ramp/control/battlecruiser decks drop a board wipe on turn 5-6 to clear out all of your rogues, then you'll struggle to actually rebuild all game. It's because in a lot of metas, early game/midrange/aggro decks that want to swing and deal damage in addition to milling opponents, people don't like that. I think Anowon is significantly powerful when upgrades with strong reanimate effects, cards like ] and ] are absolutely bonkers in the deck, etc. Please send us emails at if you have any questions or comments. Hate the no name display? We change the display to time you create the contact, you get more information Organize an event or meeting? Tap the ‘Group Email’ button, one click to quickly send an email to all your group members Allow quick group setting by listing unfiled contact, no need to scroll through all your contacts to find them Assign a contact to different groups? 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In September 1996, the band released Definition of a Band, which peaked in the R&B Top 15. The band's next two singles, "Someone to Love" and "So Fine", were Billboard Top 30 R&B hits, reaching the #28, and #29 spots respectively. The song was also a hit on the Rhythmic Top 40 charts where it reached #14. They enjoyed success with the single " U Send Me Swingin'" which peaked at #2 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart for four weeks straight in the spring of 1994. Two years later, they released their second album, From The Mint Factory (1993). Their third and final single, "Forever In Your Eyes", was also a successful Top 10 R&B hit (#7 R&B). However, they did enjoy major success with the ballad " Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)," which stayed on the charts for 34 weeks, reaching the R&B top 5 (#3), and the Pop Top 10 (#6) and was certified gold by the RIAA. 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