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> It's just not physically possible to make a machine that combines high end power hungry hardware, adequate cooling for that hardware, and a compact form facto
by Ancapistani 5y ago
> It's just not physically possible to make a machine that combines high end power hungry hardware, adequate cooling for that hardware, and a compact form factor.
My 16” Intel MBP has this issue. My 13” M1 MBP does not.
- BoorishBears 5y agoYeah this comment became outdated with the M1. Nothing from VMs to cross-compiling large toolchains has caused throttling in a fanless laptop. And that's while driving a 6k monitor and charging at full wattage.
- marcan_42 5y agoThe fanless M1 MBA throttles very easily, but only slightly. The M1 MBP with its fan that barely ever is audible pretty much never throttles.
- BoorishBears 5y agoI'll take no fan over in imperceptible change in performance then (and no touch bar, and an easy to change battery)
- rejectfinite 5y agoThat is all nice sure, but cant use more than 1 monitor though...
- BoorishBears 5y agoYeah, I ended up going with the XDR in part because it was the most screen real estate I could get without sacrificing DPI
- azalemeth 5y agoA question about the M1: can you actually run an x86 VM under Rosetta? A large part of my job involves driving VMs for expensive hardware loaded with dev tools. I thought the answer was "no", which has put me off getting an M1, but just wanted to check.
- BoorishBears 5y agoStill no, I remote into a Windows box for the one tool I need that's Windows-only (BMW's ISTA)