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So it was literally impossible to run the device at full load for extended periods? Presumably the battery eventually hit 0 and the devices was then power limit

So it was literally impossible to run the device at full load for extended periods? Presumably the battery eventually hit 0 and the devices was then power limited? That's insane. I assume thermals prevented it before the battery did, however for premium devices, it seems like a profit protection measure for Apple, rather than a cost saving feature for uses.

gambiting 9y ago
If the battery was full and you were running at full load it would take over 5 hours to discharge the battery to zero - and if you are running CPU+GPU at full load for over 5 hours on a laptop then I'd say you are probably on a wrong device for this. I'd take a smaller (lighter) power adapter + max 5 hours of full load than a heavier adapter and unlimited full load. I actually know someone who carries a 45w adapter with his macbook 15" because it's smaller and the laptop runs from it fine unless you run some heavy loads on it - for normal browsing/coding work it's fine.