External GPU for MBP

>GPU
>no gaymen

RX 550 it is then.

>>60353252
>CUDA

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>>60353232
>2006-2015
>trackpad impossible to click near upper edge
>extremely loose near bottom edge
>overall flimsy diving board piece of shit
>even applel admitted it's shit and went back to solid non-click touchpads
>still has no real buttons
>relies on pressure sensitive gimmick bullshit
>if you press too lightly or too hard it does something completely different than what you intended
>shit tier 1mm travel chiclet kb
>OSX is a steaming pile of shit with horrendous battery management
>applel's solution is to cram in a massive heavy 95WHr battery to make up for it
>even XXXTREME GAMER cancer like razer blade with 4X the CPU/GPU power and 70WHr battery matches it in battery life in same tasks
>gets BTFO by 55WHr Yoga 2 in battery life in same tasks
>the battery takes up the space where a cooling system would've been in a laptop not designed by the world's thinnest and lightest gay hipsters
>overheats constantly from abysmal crippled cooling system
>throttles to 800mhz due to chronic overheating problems
>retina meme for "pros" have have <70% aRGB
>gloss mirror coating impossible to use with overhead lighting
>blurry as shit retina meme scaling
>shitbook air even worse with glossy 1366x768 TN eye cancer
>systemic battery explosion problems for over a decade

>2016+
https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/03/2016-macbook-pro-thunderbolt-compatibility-issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVjIjBMx6o
>can't use any existing TB3 devices
>can't use USB and wifi at the same time
>ultra shit tier zero travel kb
>keyboard louder than WWII cricket
>memetouch emojibar
>no USB-A
>no escape
>soldered ram
>soldered SSD
>tamper tape on battery screws
>applel falls for their own thin meme and uses 54WH battery
>2 hour battery life

http://www.howtogeek.com/198043/how-to-merge-folders-on-mac-os-x-without-losing-all-your-files-seriously
>it's 2017 and moving folders around in finder will STILL cause massive data loss

>macshit is good
Can we finally put an end to this meme?

>>60353232
>I got CUDA-related stuff to crunch.
>On a laptop.
Heh, no, not worth it at all. There are these new things nowadays called desktops. They're like laptops that you can't move but they're more powerful.

>>60353282
Yea, but the built-in speakers are pretty good for a laptop and it comes with Garage Band. Does your computer even run Garage Band?

>>60353341
laptop eGPU >>>>> No GPU
Desktop GPU > laptop eGPU
please fuck off

>>60353422
You could but a moderately priced thin and light device and a moderately priced desktops, getting the best of both worlds. Or, you could get a laptop capable of keeping up with a mid range GPU for your workload and end up with a single, expensive, ungodly hybrid that does both your tasks worse.

You asked if it was worth it, I gave you the answer. Reality disagreeing with you is not grounds for butthurt anon.

Get a 1050-1060. Unless its not that intensive and you just need a CUDA capable card. If that's the case, get a 1030. You could get a used 6/7/900 series used card.

>>60353232
Sell the fagbook and get a real laptop with a real GPU built in.