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Isn't part of the definition of a laptop that it should be able to be used comfortably resting on the user's lap?
That's why they're explicitly not referred to as laptops but notebook computers. It's the reason Apple calls them MacBooks only and not laptops.
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I would not trust any coverage of supposed issues with Apple hardware. There is a huge incentive for negative coverage. Remember Antenna-gate with the iPhone 4? They continued selling the iPhone 4, completely unmodified, for years after that whole debacle. That's how widespread the supposed issue was.
Apple settled a fairly large lawsuit related to Antennagate and was forced to send out a bumper case to affected users so they could hold the phone the "Jobs" way and get reception rather than the way you would normally hold...literally any other phone before, during, or since Antennagate, including newer iPhone models.
So now it just don't give a shit and fires away at the highest clock, without a care in the world about temperatures?
The clock speed should go down under "heavy thermal load", that's not a bug...
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Isn't part of the definition of a laptop that it should be able to be used comfortably resting on the user's lap?
If you look carefully, Apple (and probably other manufacturers) call their portable computers "notebooks" and not "laptops" because using a computer on your lap is bad both thermally and ergonomically.
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That was an nvidia problem. All their laptop chips were affected that were in one family. Dell replaced my motherboard four times over it. If MacBooks are famous for it, so are all laptops with an nvidia gpu.
To be fair, most of those other laptops aren't made by a company that's famous for meticulously stressing details and restricting hardware configurations so that consumers won't need to research or worry about internals. The PC vs Mac hardware dichotomy is best summed up as, "Apple gives you less choice so that they can exercise more quality control."
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I don't see how you can get more cooling with a firmware change when the fans are already going at full speed. Does that mean the whole unit will now run hotter before it starts to throttle? How is this going to impact some of those bad solder joints MacBooks are famous for?
> I don't see how you can get more cooling with a firmware change when the fans are already going at full speed It's not about what you do when the temperature if at its peaks and the fans are going at full speed, it's about how you avoid getting there. > How is this going to impact some of those bad solder joints MacBooks are famous for? When did MacBooks became famous for "bad solder joints"?
Have you noticed how low the bar is for "famous" these days?
Whether it's some FaceTube "star" or tech "scandal" du jour, everything is massive these days and everyone on the planet is affected. Somehow, there are no small issues anymore.
> Following extensive performance testing under numerous workloads, we’ve identified that there is a missing digital key in the firmware that impacts the thermal management system and could drive clock speeds down under heavy thermal loads on the new MacBook Pro. A bug fix is included in today’s macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update and is recommended. We apologize to any customer who has experienced less tha…
I don't see how you can get more cooling with a firmware change when the fans are already going at full speed. Does that mean the whole unit will now run hotter before it starts to throttle? How is this going to impact some of those bad solder joints MacBooks are famous for?
Apparently the power configuration is the one Apple's always used but previous CPUs didn't come close to the current generation in ability to draw power, so they'd never reached the VRM's thermal limits.
By lowering the CPU's maximum TDPup to 50~55W, they avoid the VRM over-heating and while the CPU does not turbo as high as with a 100W TDP allowance it can stay there just fine.
"could drive clock speeds down under heavy thermal loads" So now it just don't give a shit and fires away at the highest clock, without a care in the world about temperatures? The clock speed should go down under "heavy thermal load", that's not a bug...
"could drive clock speeds down under heavy thermal loads" So now it just don't give a shit and fires away at the highest clock, without a care in the world about temperatures? The clock speed should go down under "heavy thermal load", that's not a bug...
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They had the issues with Steve Jobs but they also had Steve Jobs to save their ass.
And yet, we've survived more "gates" without Jobs in the past few years as well. Batterygate recently, or bendgate?
It's a slab of glass. What kind of person thinks that's a good idea?