Same for the later generation Intel Macbook Pros... The i9 was so bad, and the throttling made it practically unusable for me. If it weren't a work issued lap

Same for the later generation Intel Macbook Pros... The i9 was so bad, and the throttling made it practically unusable for me. If it weren't a work issued laptop, I'd have either returned it, or at least under-volted and under-clocked it so it didn't hiccup every time I did anything at all.