Amaya Toman Last week, Apple announced the arrival of new versions of its 9-inch and XNUMX-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. The novelties that these versions are proud of include, among others, the Intel Core iXNUMX processor in the fifteen-inch model. But it seems that the powerful processor is also the core of a serious problem with this MacBook Pro.
Popular YouTuber Dave Lee took care of the publicity of the problem, who shared a hands-on video with a fifteen-inch MacBook Pro on the server. The model that Lee demonstrated in the video was equipped with a six-core 2,9 GHz eighth-generation Intel Core i9, which Apple adds to the improved and more expensive XNUMX-inch laptops.
Lee explains in his video that after a few seconds of high-intensity work - namely editing in Adobe Premiere - the computer begins to overheat significantly - up to 90 degrees - resulting in a dramatic slowdown and drop in performance, leaving the processor's potential virtually unused and performance does not even reach its advertised values. The rendering process on the latest MacBook took Lee even longer than on the previous i7 model, with the latest version speeding up by twelve minutes after placing the computer in the fridge.
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The 9-inch MacBook Pro with the mentioned six-core Intel Core iXNUMX processor represents the highest possible configuration, which is logically sought after especially by professional users for whom performance is one of the decisive parameters. It stands to reason, then, that the video Dave Lee released this week has caused some concern among users. In light of the fact that the Mac is unable - at least in Lee's case - to properly regulate the temperature of the processor, it makes no sense to invest in such a high configuration. It is not yet clear whether this is a general problem for the entire model range or an unfortunate exception.
Source: 9to5Mac
Steve you see it.
MacBook 12″, which does not have a fan, also overheats like hell, so performance slows down. And you definitely can't work with it outside when it's hot out - which I don't see how they can avoid that in California. 35 degrees in the shade and the computer said that I had to turn it off immediately, or I would be damaged.
How would the poor 13″ without a touchbar, which has even more cheated cooling, turn out? But we won't know because they didn't even bother to install it with current processors.
This is the pursuit of the thinnest and prettiest machine possible. I have a 15 Retina 2015 and when I turn on Windows in Parallels Desktop, even though I'm not doing much and the CPU isn't running at 100%, the fan still runs like crazy. Then came an even thinner design in 2016. Although Apple uses quite revolutionary things in terms of cooling, it's still just not enough. Unfortunately, the iMac and iMac Pro are the same, and overheating is also an issue. So hopefully at least the modular Mac Pro (if there will be one) will have this resolved, but the price will probably be a bit beyond the reach of ordinary mortals. Too bad, I have my Macbook on my desk most of the time, and if it was 5mm thicker, I could definitely survive if it cooled less.