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I’ve tried _everything_, 5 different docks, refresh rates, different displays using different interfaces. The problem is the vram using full power. The only s

I’ve tried _everything_, 5 different docks, refresh rates, different displays using different interfaces. The problem is the vram using full power. The only solution I’ve found under OSX is using an eGPU. I have both the Core X and the Core X Chroma, and the Chroma works fantastically both as a fully fledged docking station and keeping the output wattage / fans at bay. I’m almost exclusively using my 16” stationary with an external display. Another solution, albeit expensive, is buying the 16” MBP with the 5600m graphics. That card uses HBM2 memory which uses around a 4th-5th of the wattage of the GDDR6 memory of the 5500m. Around 4w instead of 19w.

MagerValp 6y ago
You can buy a 27" iMac together with an M1 Air for the same price as a 16" MacBook Pro and an eGPU. I don't understand why people insist on trying to convert laptops into desktops.
- war1025 6y ago
  > I don't understand why people insist on trying to convert laptops into desktops. I finally bought a desktop again over Thanksgiving after a decade of having a laptop that functioned as a desktop. It's been a great experience. I don't do anything taxing, so I just got a little Intel NUC i5 with a 24" monitor. Having an actual desktop setup is just head and shoulders better than the "laptop as desktop" I'd been living with.
  - vb6sp6 6y ago
    I remote into a desktop from a laptop so the power is always there and I can be portable if i need to. Also has the benefit that I can work on any device that has an rdp client (android, ios, rpi, etc) The laptop only needs to drive the display(s) so anything made in last few years should suffice. Currently using a surface go.
- gumby 6y ago
  > I don't understand why people insist on trying to convert laptops into desktops. They want to have just one computer without worrying about synching or other coordination.
real-dino 6y ago
I'm running the 5300M, that might explain why. I can imagine that when it came to configure the machine the decision was `Put more RAM in it, he's a web-dev, doesn't need a fancy graphic's card!` Which I don't as I'm not going to gaming on my work PC, but if that 15W is pushing it above the thermal limits of the chassis, then that would have been a decent upgrade. I'd prefer it without a heavy-lifting graphics card in that case, but that doesn't seem to be an option.
- OakNinja 6y ago
  The 5600m is a BTO option that arrived in the second half of 2020, so it wasn’t available when I bought mine.

MagerValp 6y ago

You can buy a 27" iMac together with an M1 Air for the same price as a 16" MacBook Pro and an eGPU. I don't understand why people insist on trying to convert laptops into desktops.

war1025 6y ago
> I don't understand why people insist on trying to convert laptops into desktops. I finally bought a desktop again over Thanksgiving after a decade of having a laptop that functioned as a desktop. It's been a great experience. I don't do anything taxing, so I just got a little Intel NUC i5 with a 24" monitor. Having an actual desktop setup is just head and shoulders better than the "laptop as desktop" I'd been living with.
- vb6sp6 6y ago
  I remote into a desktop from a laptop so the power is always there and I can be portable if i need to. Also has the benefit that I can work on any device that has an rdp client (android, ios, rpi, etc) The laptop only needs to drive the display(s) so anything made in last few years should suffice. Currently using a surface go.
gumby 6y ago
> I don't understand why people insist on trying to convert laptops into desktops. They want to have just one computer without worrying about synching or other coordination.

real-dino 6y ago

I'm running the 5300M, that might explain why. I can imagine that when it came to configure the machine the decision was `Put more RAM in it, he's a web-dev, doesn't need a fancy graphic's card!` Which I don't as I'm not going to gaming on my work PC, but if that 15W is pushing it above the thermal limits of the chassis, then that would have been a decent upgrade. I'd prefer it without a heavy-lifting graphics card in that case, but that doesn't seem to be an option.

OakNinja 6y ago
The 5600m is a BTO option that arrived in the second half of 2020, so it wasn’t available when I bought mine.