> i'm not sure why anyone would buy a mac studio instead of a gb10
For an AI-only use case, the GB10s make sense, but they are only OK as desktop workstations, and I’m not sure for how long DGX OS will be updated, as dedicated AI machines have somewhat short lives. Apple computers, OTOH, have much longer lives, and desktops live the longest. I retired my Mac Mini a year after the machine was no longer getting OS updates, and it was still going strong.
DGX OS (based on Ubuntu) is used for all of nVidias GPU compute systems so it's probably going to be around for a while.
But how long until hardware support is dropped?
I don't know... when is nVidia planning on getting out of the ai business?
Yeah, if you had experience with their Jetson boards, you'd know Nvidia is not well regarded for their OS support.
TK1 support stopped after under 4 years. Basically they released it with some version of Ubuntu (14.04 LTS) and never upgraded it.
When will they discontinue GB10 hardware support because it’s too slow and they want to sell you newer chips?