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The last gen MacBook air disagrees. There is no reason that thing should throttle. My unbranded clevo 9th gen i7 does not throttle and that has a lot higher tdp
by bjoli 6y ago
The last gen MacBook air disagrees. There is no reason that thing should throttle. My unbranded clevo 9th gen i7 does not throttle and that has a lot higher tdp than the 9w of the base MB air.
Sure, my laptop sounds like a spaceship when I'm compiling, but at least I am getting the advertised core clocks.
Edit: which is why I'm looking twice at the new MBP :) if only it would run Linux.
- Solocomplex 6y agoAs well as the macbook using the entire case as an aluminium heatsink
- bjoli 6y agoThe newer ones might, but the older ones seem to have the worst thermal solution of just about any modern laptop if that Linus Tech Tips video is to be believed. If I opened my computer that was thermal throttling and found that I would demand a refund. An undersized heatsink that wasn't making proper contact to the die. With a fan that 1. Isn't sucking air in from anywhere. And 2. Isn't blowing anything over the heat sink. "Think different" as in "be dumb". Or smart; Because that makes their new computers that are properly amazing look even better in comparison. Edit: paste mistake. the video link is here. Can't edit the original commet. https://youtu.be/MlOPPuNv4Ec https://youtu.be/MlOPPuNv4Ec