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Hi Linus,

 

I bought a few days ago the MacBook Pro and one thing I want to know are there any good eGPU solutions out there to combine the MacBook Pro with Windows to one of them?

 

that would be realy cool if you could test that.

 

kind regards!

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Well it depends, it's all down to whether the razer core or equalivent would work with the Macbook Pro (running windows) software wise so...

 

On a side note, you may get a little bit of apple hate comments but ya know, ignore em ;) 

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Nope, you can't. I'm pretty sure you need support from the bios and Apple definitely isn't planning on adding support any time soon.

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8 hours ago, DocSwag said:

Nope, you can't. I'm pretty sure you need support from the bios and Apple definitely isn't planning on adding support any time soon.

Hi and thanks for your answer. There are also solutions like Bizzon Box and this is working without EFI support but no TB3. I hope Linus will test this. I have a gaming PC and I think it would be nice to get rid of this to have one machine for everything.

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8 hours ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Well it depends, it's all down to whether the razer core or equalivent would work with the Macbook Pro (running windows) software wise so...

 

On a side note, you may get a little bit of apple hate comments but ya know, ignore em ;) 

Yes I got already used to these comments in other forums ^^. Thanks for your reply by the way. If there are other solutions It would be also fine. But I would like to have the full TB3 bandwidth to get the most performance out of the eGPU.

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1 hour ago, Smotherer said:

Yes I got already used to these comments in other forums ^^. Thanks for your reply by the way. If there are other solutions It would be also fine. But I would like to have the full TB3 bandwidth to get the most performance out of the eGPU.

Doesn't work in MacOS

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If you want a laptop with eGPU support your best bet is to go to the Apple Store with the MacBook and get a refund. Then, take the money and buy a Razer or Dell XPS along with a Core. You should then be able to take the extra $1000 or so you have left and start a 401k (or blow it on blackjack and hookers).

 

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11 hours ago, LinusTech said:

Doesn't work in MacOS

Ahh cool that is what I am searching for! Thank you! I will try this as soon as I have my MacBook Pro ^^.

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11 hours ago, pyrojoe34 said:

If you want a laptop with eGPU support your best bet is to go to the Apple Store with the MacBook and get a refund. Then, take the money and buy a Razer or Dell XPS along with a Core. You should then be able to take the extra $1000 or so you have left and start a 401k (or blow it on blackjack and hookers).

 

I'm not trying to be a typical "Apple hater" (I have an iPhone FWIW), but I don't understand why people insist on buying a certain brand when it's entirely the wrong thing for the job they want. 

Hi,

 

it is not the wrong Job. I want MacOS to work and use Windows as gaming platform and the simple question was doese the MacBook Pro Hardware support the razor core or same solution. This question would also come up on a new lenovo or something.

 

kind regards 

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11 hours ago, LinusTech said:

Doesn't work in MacOS

That was the worst answer you give ob the content to my question :P. I said Windows!

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7 hours ago, Smotherer said:

That was the worst answer you give ob the content to my question :P. I said Windows!

Ahhh sorry I misread your post. Anyway looks like you got it sorted. 

 

The touchpad pad on the MBP is horrendous in Windows btw. I found it very unpleasant to use in Windows. But if you're tackling about strictly gaming then you should have a mouse attached anyway (and hopefully a keyboard too) so should be all good. 

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On 12/7/2016 at 10:53 PM, LinusTech said:

Ahhh sorry I misread your post. Anyway looks like you got it sorted. 

 

The touchpad pad on the MBP is horrendous in Windows btw. I found it very unpleasant to use in Windows. But if you're tackling about strictly gaming then you should have a mouse attached anyway (and hopefully a keyboard too) so should be all good. 

So does this mean it will work in windows? I don't really care about the mac's built in display showing the output of the eGPU. I'd like to be able to just plug it into my computer as a docking solution with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse plugged into the eGPU dock.

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