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This isn't a problem solely with the MacBook Pro - it affects most of the "ultralight" laptops these days. My XPS 13 (lovely machine, thermal issues aside) has
by vivan 8y ago
This isn't a problem solely with the MacBook Pro - it affects most of the "ultralight" laptops these days.
My XPS 13 (lovely machine, thermal issues aside) has been RMA'd 3 times because it overheated. It still gets far too hot and throttles itself so I've had to underclock it and turn off "turbo" mode. Other users have mentioned that simply repasting the CPU has caused massive improvements in temps, but I'm personally not comfortable with messing around inside a $2000 laptop.
Users shouldn't have to cripple their hardware or actually fix components to make it work properly.
- daemin 8y agoI'm only comfortable doing that after I've got at least 3 years of value out of it. My current laptop is an aging Zenbook Pro where I've replaced the custom SSD with an adapter plus an m.2 board. So maybe if you still want to use the laptop after a few years you can open it up and give it a bit of a facelift. Maybe applying a whole bunch of thermal paste will give it a slightly new lease of life?
- vivan 8y agoAbsolutely - once it is out of warranty and starting to lose performance I'm happy to mess around. But less so just a few months after I've bought it!
- Tepix 8y agoWhich generation of XPS 13 is that?
- vivan 8y ago9360 so the previous generation. Made the mistake of going with the higher res screen - apparently they have more issues.