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Apple Addresses MacBook Pro Throttling Controversy After Working With YouTuber Dave Lee
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I’m pretty sure people would’ve noticed the unimpressive performance. He’s not the only one using benchmarks and power gadget.
Are you blaming the media causing a frenzy on the vlogger? Reach out to Apple? It's not his duty. They sold something that couldn't hit the advertised speeds without being in a freezer. It's on Apple.
I stick by what I said. It doesn’t bode well to shout that your product is faulty until you know why. It was a major cock up, but 12 days? You’re complaining that it look 12 days?
While I agree the sentiment for trying to take Apple to task for many things*, I think Dave Lee would be a jerk if he refused to work with Apple.
As for the Linus situation - yes, his team broke the iMac Pro, but Apple refused to fix it even though Linus wanted to pay for it. That makes no sense whatsoever. PLUS, it sure seems Apple didn't have the right service measures in place when that new product launched which is just bad business. They supposedly have things set up properly now. It's absurd to think he couldn't get the screen fixed/replaced.
* Apple deserves alot of what they're doing. I'm a huge fanboy, don't get me wrong, but they've made some curious decisions the last few years (killed aperture, killed airport products, no new mac mini, took them forever to come out with the iMac Pro and rumoured modular Mac Pro). Plus, no matter what they do, they are #1 in revenue so of course the haters put a target in the middle of the Apple symbol.
Let's hope this bug was fixed.
Cheers,
Brian
And the really smart people will actually wait to see what the results are after the patch is applied and not rely on Apple's marketing spin either way...
I've worked as an engineer for too long to jump to conclusions on either side...
Just to confirm, you're saying that Apple - the richest company in the world, the most profitable company in the world, the company that hit massive grand slams with not one (iPhone) but two (iPad as well) devices/categories off the backs of underpaid employees in illegal conditions and tries its damn best to circumvent paying taxes and repatriating money "can't get a break?"
And this, versus the individuals creating their own incomes in a tough world, by busting their asses trying to create compelling, sustainable content on a very competitive platform that mostly runs on merit?
You are a special kind of "out there" person.
And this, versus the individuals creating their own incomes in a tough world, by busting their asses trying to create compelling, sustainable content on a very competitive platform that mostly runs on merit?
You are a special kind of "out there" person.
I'm a bit alarmed that quality control at Apple seems to now be contingent on whether there's enough collective pressure from Youtubers or not.
Dave Lee should be lauded. It's attention like this that will push Apple to do the right thing and produce better products.
I like Dave Lee's videos and all, but I have a hard believing a YouTuber with a job on the side in addition to making other non-other Apple videos is more thorough than Apple's in-house team. If true, Apple should be embarrassed. Perhaps they'll offer Dave a job....
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Kind of like how video gamers discover way more bugs than a gaming company's own internal testing team.
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It appears to be a problem with thin laptops with insufficient cooling. Thus far, complaints have mainly come from users of MBP's and Dell XPS-15 machines sporting the i9/6 core, which both have a very thin form factor. The issue doesn't come up until CPU intensive applications are ramped into use such as Final Cut or gaming software. Even though those users make a fairly small minority of overall laptop users, they are the ones interested in such high performance and expensive hardware. That means that i9 cpus are actually aimed at those people, and both Apple and Dell failed to supply the needed cooling and form factor needed to support CPU intensive software. Here is a collection of current laptops featuring the i9 - you'll note that they are nearly all large beefy gaming laptops with multiple fans. If companies like Apple and Dell want to feature this chip in their laptops, they are going to have to come up with thicker, heavier laptops which can keep the chip cool under stress.https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs...u&fr=yhs-Lkry-SF01&hspart=Lkry&hsimp=yhs-SF01
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And yet, this software bug was only caught and brought to attention because of said YouTubers that you pay no attention to.
My numbers are higher in cinebench, but my temps are not better. I think I'll stick with using Volta, I don't need to have the fastest laptop, but I do want a cooler running one
The answers are no. Kudas to Dave, someone has to look out for the consumer. Apple is not a perfect business no business is perfect. The squeaky wheels gets the grease.
It would seem apropos for the engineers to have thought to test the i9 under high cpu stress. If they'd have tested the MBP i9 with Final Cut Pro or the like - software for which the chip was designed - you'd think they might have noticed the heating and throttling under CPU stress and corrected the cooling issues before releasing the laptop. The MBP i9 starts over 4K and tops out at over 10K when fully spec'd. People don't buy laptops like that to surf the web, get on facebook, or read email. They want a fully functioning high performance CPU to run their professional applications. The same applies to PC laptops where most PC i9 laptop purchasers are gamers, who don't care about light and thin. To my knowledge, only the Dell XPS15 i9 suffers the same issues as the MBP - they're both thin and light.
What does "extending" mean to you. Sorry but I read it carefully. My 2018 i7 got the update, so what does that mean?
Yes, there is an option. That's why the bug swatting update encompasses all 2018 MacBook Pros.
Maybe you should. Apple apparently does.
