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Apple Says 2018 MacBook Pro Throttling is a Bug, Fix Available Now in New macOS Update
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But that's not the problem... as stated in this article...
Wow, so are you thanking this "sensationalizing glory seeker" for bringing attention to this problem so Apple could fix their newly released product that didn't work as advertised?
Otherwise wouldn't make any sense at all unless its just the Apple brand that's important to maintain, and not quality products that do what they advertise to do.
Technically a Moderator can't either, only the ones who write them and the editors.
This is getting offtopic though.
I am happy for those which have the new MPB's, lets see what they experience on the new patched OS/drivers.
Jesus. How about some logic for you. Which is more likely to dissipate heat. A large heatsink with fins or a small thin flat thing?Yea but Mac Rumour members will still find a way to blame thinness and lightness, after all Apple isn’t committed to the Mac
A real "disaster" that 99% of people never knew about, and all those dizzying, flooding returns from all those people who were trying to render video professionally on a laptop and couldn't wait for a few days for an answer. I think you're exaggerating. Just a little.
Throttling doesn't happen because the CPU is too hot. It happens because the throttling software believes the CPU is too hot. "Bug" means the throttling software slowed down the CPU when it wasn't actually too hot, or didn't spin up the fans enough to cool the CPU down when it should have.
I am on the thin and light bandwagon, I admit the moist I have pushed my a machine was handbraking a video files so I may have never hit the upper limits of performance. I just picked up my 2011 13 inch MacBook Pro and it felt like picking up a 36 inch CRT compared to the flat panel lightness of the the current MacBook Pro design. Maybe I am just getting old. lol.
That would explain machines getting throttled and temperature reporting software reporting ridiculously high temperatures.
Interesting how some were slammed for quickly jumping on the issue and yet the ones doing the slamming are quick to accept that the fix actually resolves it... minutes within Apple claiming the issue is resolved.
If they were experiencing that problem, it was wise of them to send their MBPs back. It is NOT wise to assume that a company will acknowledge a problem and resolve it in a timely manner. When I buy something, if it doesn't work out-of-the-box (and isn't simply user error), especially with a premium product, it goes back ASAP. But I'm somewhat of an oddball that way.
Interesting how some were slammed for quickly jumping on the issue and yet the ones doing the slamming are quick to accept that the fix actually resolves it... minutes within Apple claiming the issue is resolved.
If they were experiencing that problem, it was wise of them to send their MBPs back. It is NOT wise to assume that a company will acknowledge a problem and resolve it in a timely manner. When I buy something, if it doesn't work out-of-the-box (and isn't simply user error), especially with a premium product, it goes back ASAP. But I'm somewhat of an oddball that way.
Apple and throttling? After the whole iPhone fiasco?
Of course they were going to address it in one way or another.
It's pretty easy to track Apple quality issues happening on a fairly steady basis, going back to at least the Titanium PowerBooks in the early 2000s. That being the case, I think it's hard to make the point that Apple ever had a run where you can't point to quality issues.
Dang right! Until we vote on this forum, the problem ain't gone! We dun decided it was a coolin problem, not some ol bug that they can just squash and move on. Ain't no way Apple is taking away our trolling and bashing without a fight, dang them!
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So it really was Apple's fault and not Intel's or that of the reviewers who brought this to everyone's attention.
That's a rather paranoid interpretation of a rather ordinary word. Perhaps you might consult a Dictionary before leaping to conclusions.
Transcoding with Handbrake is a pretty heavy task which can benefit from a fast processor. I think it is a reasonable task with which to judge processing speed.
There's a principle with throttling, fan speed and so on: If something goes wrong, you throttle as much as possible and put the fan speed as high as possible, because that's the safe thing to do. Better than going wrong the other way and overheating that machine.
Because of that there is also the principle that you don't let anyone modify the throttling software. The same risk that someone could make the MacBook explode with the wrong software. That's why the throttling software is protected with DRM keys. And that's why you get throttling if those keys are missing.
Please show me which Alienware or MSI gaming laptop is 4 inches thick?
And while you're at it, you called those laptops comparative. The 15" $3000+ alienware and MSI gaming machines have a 4k screen, not the ultra low res Apple junk. They've got more powerful CPUs, high end GPUs, industry standard 2.5" and M.2 slots, ram sockets, etc.
So in what way are the alienware or MSI gamming laptops comparative?
So it's OK to sell a broken product as long as 99% of the users don't realize it's broken?
This of no surprise to me. Apple's operating systems constantly introduce bug after bug after bug. Gone are the days of providing things that "just work". Over the last 2-3 years, I've lost all faith in Apple.
It's a Mac, and their competitors would always be non-Macs; they will ALWAYS be different based on that alone. Apple created the love for computers that resemble anorexic models all for the sake of saying "thinner is better". Simply having a stylish computer that runs Apple's distinctive OS well while maintaining a respectable size/weight would truly satisfy most customers. Personally, I couldn't give a rat's rear-end about having the thinnest computer as long as I have a quality Apple experience with a system that isn't a boat anchor.