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My 16” Intel MB pro would not agree. Loud fans kick up the moment you plug in a screen

by nikanj 5y ago

aldebran 5y ago
My work gave me this and it’s the worst! I thought mine was faulty. Sent it for repair 2 times and then I realized it’s just garbage thermals and noise. The i9 + dGPU is too much for that form factor.
- swiftcoder 5y ago
  The optional i9 upgrade is a bit of a trap, to my mind. The regular i7 version has pretty reasonable thermals by comparison, with marginally lower performance.
reitzensteinm 5y ago
I own both a 2019 and 2022 MBP. The former is the loudest laptop I've ever owned when doing day to day compute tasks. The latter is the most quiet. It's shocking how bad the older Apple laptops are.
sergiomattei 5y ago
Used to own an Intel. Recently purchased an M1 Pro, and it’s astounding how quiet it is. My old Intel MBP would sound like a jet engine just by opening Chrome. This one… I hammer it all day with multiple servers running, JS projects, tons of tabs, Docker containers, many misc. software utilities… not a single noise. I’ve only heard the fans once while using Handbrake.
- no1lives4ever 5y ago
  The 16” M1 Pro also has amazing battery life. I regularly use mine for a whole day’s work on battery, while with the i9 16” battery rarely lasts more than 3-4 hours under similar loads.
tonyedgecombe 5y ago
Apparently it makes a difference which side you plugh the monitor in.
- bzzzt 5y ago
  There's some 'common internet wisdom' saying the 2019 i9 MBP due to component layout stays cooler when charging from the right side. I don't see a real difference though. Mine doesn't overheat but the fan kicks in often anyway.
- nikanj 5y ago
  Not when you have three monitors plugged in. Which kicks all the fans to max, even when you're just idling on the desktop with zero apps open.
bzzzt 5y ago
> My 16” Intel MB pro would not agree. Loud fans kick up the moment you plug in a screen Plugging in an external screen enables the discrete GPU so your energy usage and temperature will go up.
Tagbert 5y ago
Yes, addressing that was a major theme when they redesigned the MBPs in 2021. People complained that they looked chunky compared to the sleeker 2016-2020 models but acknowledged that cool and quiet might be worth a little more utilitarian appearance.

My 16” Intel MB pro would not agree. Loud fans kick up the moment you plug in a screen

by nikanj 5y ago

My 16” Intel MB pro would not agree. Loud fans kick up the moment you plug in a screen

My work gave me this and it’s the worst! I thought mine was faulty. Sent it for repair 2 times and then I realized it’s just garbage thermals and noise. The i9 + dGPU is too much for that form factor.

swiftcoder 5y ago
The optional i9 upgrade is a bit of a trap, to my mind. The regular i7 version has pretty reasonable thermals by comparison, with marginally lower performance.

reitzensteinm 5y ago

I own both a 2019 and 2022 MBP. The former is the loudest laptop I've ever owned when doing day to day compute tasks. The latter is the most quiet. It's shocking how bad the older Apple laptops are.

sergiomattei 5y ago

Used to own an Intel. Recently purchased an M1 Pro, and it’s astounding how quiet it is. My old Intel MBP would sound like a jet engine just by opening Chrome. This one… I hammer it all day with multiple servers running, JS projects, tons of tabs, Docker containers, many misc. software utilities… not a single noise. I’ve only heard the fans once while using Handbrake.

no1lives4ever 5y ago
The 16” M1 Pro also has amazing battery life. I regularly use mine for a whole day’s work on battery, while with the i9 16” battery rarely lasts more than 3-4 hours under similar loads.

tonyedgecombe 5y ago

Apparently it makes a difference which side you plugh the monitor in.

bzzzt 5y ago
There's some 'common internet wisdom' saying the 2019 i9 MBP due to component layout stays cooler when charging from the right side. I don't see a real difference though. Mine doesn't overheat but the fan kicks in often anyway.
nikanj 5y ago
Not when you have three monitors plugged in. Which kicks all the fans to max, even when you're just idling on the desktop with zero apps open.

bzzzt 5y ago

> My 16” Intel MB pro would not agree. Loud fans kick up the moment you plug in a screen Plugging in an external screen enables the discrete GPU so your energy usage and temperature will go up.

Tagbert 5y ago

Yes, addressing that was a major theme when they redesigned the MBPs in 2021. People complained that they looked chunky compared to the sleeker 2016-2020 models but acknowledged that cool and quiet might be worth a little more utilitarian appearance.