2016 15" shut down completely, while plugged in under load

[Queen6]

Ok

- EB

 

[Jaekae]

The 2016 MBP is presumably a professional computer. It should be able to run at full capacity unlimited and unending.

Its a professional laptop, laptops always have had and will have limitations in some professional fields, but if it works for some professional fields its can be classified as a pro computer. Its up to the professional to decide if the laptop limits is ok for the type of work the user is going to use it for.

and macbook pros are mostly used by freelance professionals doing photography or youtube video editing or electronic music production etc. (not super heavy load work)
Many professions need bigger computers to handle the load, for example film music composers or video editors for hollywood movies and stuff.. so they buy desktops

 

[jeh72]

In Windows, the computer unexpectedly shuts down with no warning. Happened to me twice and is what caused me to create this topic in the first place. It shut down on me at 7% and 12%, where it seemed like if it wasn't going to get that consistent boost off the battery, its only other option was to violently abort mission.

So the problem is the cpu tdp isn't reduced to 35w in Windows while under 100% cpu+gpu load? This sounds like something a driver could fix, right?

 

[fs454]

So the problem is the cpu tdp isn't reduced to 35w in Windows while under 100% cpu+gpu load? This sounds like something a driver could fix, right?

I would assume so, but haven't measured specifically. The fact that it seems to be at 45w+forced dGPU already relegates Boot Camp to be an exclusively plugged-in affair for me. I (unfortunately) highly doubt anyone's gonna be writing drivers to fix the nonexistent underlying power management architecture in Windows, tho. Even Microsoft had huge trouble with getting Skylake to power manage properly when they first launched it in the Surface Pro.

 

[therealseebs]

I would assume so, but haven't measured specifically. The fact that it seems to be at 45w+forced dGPU already relegates Boot Camp to be an exclusively plugged-in affair for me. I (unfortunately) highly doubt anyone's gonna be writing drivers to fix the nonexistent underlying power management architecture in Windows, tho. Even Microsoft had huge trouble with getting Skylake to power manage properly when they first launched it in the Surface Pro.

I was experimenting on one my PC laptops, and I could get it to drain a bit while plugged in, then it tweaked things a bit and started charging again. So it looks to me like the power management isn't so nonexistent anymore...

I am sorta concerned about the new trend of "if at least one professional can use it, it's a pro laptop". Keep lowering that bar, and eventually we'll have some dude who is a professional plumber and who uses his laptop to email invoices to clients, and since the MBP is enough for him, it's a "pro" machine, and it makes sense for it to cost $4k despite being unable to do anything but send email.

 

[Clint_Barton]

I just got my new 15in MBPtb and I bootcamped it and when I plug it in, while in windows it shows that the power adapter is connected, but it says "not charging" has anybody else had that problem?