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I’m pretty sure they did this for thermals. It’s a really common issue to resolve thermal throttling by changing your power cable from left to the right side so

I’m pretty sure they did this for thermals. It’s a really common issue to resolve thermal throttling by changing your power cable from left to the right side so the power from energy draw doesn’t cause heat to dissipate internally.

rwalle 4y ago
Source? Everywhere I see people talk about this issue, it points to cost saving -- what saajatjha meant
- bribroder 4y ago
  This is the side-specific overheating issue mentioned--not sure it really speaks to the reasoning for thunderbolt vs usb-c on one or both sides but the side-specific charging issue was a real thing: https://www.cultofmac.com/705319/macbook-pro-overheats-charging-from-wrong-side/ https://www.cultofmac.com/705319/macbook-pro-overheats-charg... https://www.zdnet.com/article/can-a-simple-charging-mistake-cause-your-macbook-pro-to-overheat/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/can-a-simple-charging-mistake-... https://www.ibtimes.com/why-your-macbook-pro-might-be-overheating-while-charging-2966358 https://www.ibtimes.com/why-your-macbook-pro-might-be-overhe... https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find-cause-of-high-kernel-task-cpu-usage/ https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find... https://www.extremetech.com/computing/309802-charging-a-macbook-on-the-wrong-side-can-significantly-lower-its-performance https://www.extremetech.com/computing/309802-charging-a-macb...
buildbot 4y ago
I think that was specifically an Intel Mac only problem, because the thunderbolt controllers were separate (and decently high power, 5w?) chips.
d3nj4l 4y ago
That is largely an unverified urban legend. Every "article" about it cribs from the same StackExchange thread, which has one person say that that worked for their mac. I've owned multiple USB-C macbooks for years (in case you're wondering why, mostly due to laptop churn at work.) and none of them had any issues charging on either side. The funny thing is, the last time I ran into this was at work, when a colleague mentioned they only charge on the left because of this issue. I pointed out that the original post said you should charge on the right and they were left pretty red faced after that. Clearly, they didn't have any issues with charging on either side. If you need any more evidence, just consider the fact that the macbooks that only have ports on one side have them only on the gasp left!

rwalle 4y ago

Source? Everywhere I see people talk about this issue, it points to cost saving -- what saajatjha meant

bribroder 4y ago
This is the side-specific overheating issue mentioned--not sure it really speaks to the reasoning for thunderbolt vs usb-c on one or both sides but the side-specific charging issue was a real thing: https://www.cultofmac.com/705319/macbook-pro-overheats-charging-from-wrong-side/ https://www.cultofmac.com/705319/macbook-pro-overheats-charg... https://www.zdnet.com/article/can-a-simple-charging-mistake-cause-your-macbook-pro-to-overheat/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/can-a-simple-charging-mistake-... https://www.ibtimes.com/why-your-macbook-pro-might-be-overheating-while-charging-2966358 https://www.ibtimes.com/why-your-macbook-pro-might-be-overhe... https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find-cause-of-high-kernel-task-cpu-usage/ https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find... https://www.extremetech.com/computing/309802-charging-a-macbook-on-the-wrong-side-can-significantly-lower-its-performance https://www.extremetech.com/computing/309802-charging-a-macb...

buildbot 4y ago

I think that was specifically an Intel Mac only problem, because the thunderbolt controllers were separate (and decently high power, 5w?) chips.

d3nj4l 4y ago

That is largely an unverified urban legend. Every "article" about it cribs from the same StackExchange thread, which has one person say that that worked for their mac. I've owned multiple USB-C macbooks for years (in case you're wondering why, mostly due to laptop churn at work.) and none of them had any issues charging on either side. The funny thing is, the last time I ran into this was at work, when a colleague mentioned they only charge on the left because of this issue. I pointed out that the original post said you should charge on the right and they were left pretty red faced after that. Clearly, they didn't have any issues with charging on either side. If you need any more evidence, just consider the fact that the macbooks that only have ports on one side have them only on the gasp left!