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eGPU
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 2 years (2019–2020), in 3 threads.
People raised many different problems with eGPU, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 4 complaints
- Must remember to remove eGPU before reboot or FileVault password entry fails2020-08-05
- EGPU often locks the computer into a broken state, needing 20-30 minutes of power cycling2020-02-01
- Safe eject doesn't work, so unplugging forces every app to reboot2019-07-03
- Setting up the eGPU on a Mac looked too cumbersome to attempt2019-07-03