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So the Pro should be able to maintain higher clock speeds for longer, is the assumption?
by Osiris 6y ago
So the Pro should be able to maintain higher clock speeds for longer, is the assumption?
- kjsthree 6y agoYes, that is almost certainly the case. They didn’t mention clock speed at all though so we’ll have to wait for real-world tests.
- ralph87 6y agoThe emphasis here being on the word "should". I wouldn't buy just yet until some third party has published a sustained load/heat test. Apple have sucked at this for quite some years now, it's folly to touch a MacBook for anything remotely compute-intensive
- andromeduck 6y agoOnly when you compare apples to oranges, but this is an apples to apples comparison. Same underlying silicon, almost identical configuration, different chassis. It's impossible for the Pro not to outperform the Air when the only substantial difference for performance is TDP and we have zero reason to believe that heat-pipe + fan would be outperform by passive cooling of all things.
- marcolussetti 6y agoAgreed, the Pro's cooling should be better. However, I think it's worth waiting and seeing. There might not be that big of a difference in the end (e.g. both are uncharacteristically well designed and run fine; or conversely both are so badly thermally throttled that no serious intensive tasks can be performed) in which case other factors could end up being more significant.
- colejohnson66 6y agoApple has always sucked when it came to cooling. The Apple /// and Lisa were plagued by “IC creep” where, due to heat expansion from inadequate cooling, the ICs would wiggle out of their sockets ever so slowly.
- minxomat 6y agoThey have said exactly that multiple times in the presentation. Mini & MBP will maintain higher clock speeds indefinitely.