> If your claim is "well just don't use the hardware to it's full spec'd limits", then I don't know what to say other than, that's absurd. I buy equipment expec

> If your claim is "well just don't use the hardware to it's full spec'd limits", then I don't know what to say other than, that's absurd. I buy equipment expecting it to meet the specs on the tin. The spec on the tin under what circumstances? Do you except a computer to not throttle if run in 80˚C weather? Do you except a cheap car to be able to drive at its max speed non-stop (minus fuel up) for days/weeks? See the discussion elsewhere in the comments about intended usecase. Nowhere on the tin does it say that either of these computers will run at 100% power without any slowdown. Nowhere on the Air does it say that it's designed for 8K rendering. There isn't anything absurd about designing a laptop to allow for bursts of power, or even heavy sustained load on the cpu OR the gpu but not BOTH.