I agree. This is better than Marvel’s The Defenders.
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Apple Says 2018 MacBook Pro Throttling is a Bug, Fix Available Now in New macOS Update
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I agree. This is better than Marvel’s The Defenders.
I can't speak to the OP you're responding to but thicker chassis mean one can more easily create systems with upgradeable hardware. It's not all about the cooling.
I agree! There's a happy medium between the two extremes! We don't need a fat system and we don't need the current twiggy, lets just get the most fit system to support this and future hot running CPU's. While we are at, lets give the Pros the ports they really need! USB-A (2) USB-C (2-3), SD card and MagSafe!
Yeah they look nice I have both 2011 and 2016. Look very nice and modern, I love the dark color its a testament to my professionalism.
but no mag safe, no target disk mode, no upgradable ssd, no dual ssd (swapped dvd drive), no diy ram upgrade, keyboard not serviceable, keyboard breaks from looking at it, annoying touchbar, aggressive down clocking for heat management....makes me look like a hipster in the end
Hipster. lol. I guess its the trade offs we are willing to accept or not. I did (ssd swap, upgrade ram) that with my 2011 and it kept it inservice longer as my work machine. I am almost at the point of internal storage paranoia again knowing that it is fixed in stone but thats the trade off I accepted to make my back and shoulders happy.
I am not making any excuses for their mistake. I am commending them on their resolution and response. I am also pointing out a fact about the overall blanket of negativity. Sorry to burst your bubble (of negativity). You can live in it if you want to.
Regardless of who’s fault this is you have to give it to Apple for releasing an update so swiftly. Other manufactures wouldn’t even bother.
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Well, I have to say this is a very attractive laptop now.
I'm still having an internal struggle on whether to buy it or not because it's just so freaking expensive. The last time I bought a MacBook Pro, which was in 2011, it cost half as much to get the model I wanted. Some of this was because I could cheap out on the SSD and RAM and upgrade them later, while this time I have to get it all up-front, meaning the last MBP purchase was 16500DKK, and this one would be 32000DKK.
It's a lot to ask when considering that keyboard... I'm really conflicted.
I'm still having an internal struggle on whether to buy it or not because it's just so freaking expensive. The last time I bought a MacBook Pro, which was in 2011, it cost half as much to get the model I wanted. Some of this was because I could cheap out on the SSD and RAM and upgrade them later, while this time I have to get it all up-front, meaning the last MBP purchase was 16500DKK, and this one would be 32000DKK.
It's a lot to ask when considering that keyboard... I'm really conflicted.
I don't have any benchmarks to prove it, but in my opinion this supplemental update has definitely fixed a bug of some sort. Last night I wasted several hours trying to figure out why some unreal engine projects wouldn't build, and after updating an hour ago everything is building perfectly (and quickly) with 100% cpu utilization. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What you consider negativity other consider constructive criticism. I've been an Apple user for far too long and the one thing I dislike about Apple is their unreasonable fans who will apologize for the company no matter what the situation.
Yeah, I saw bottlenecks on my 32-core/64-thread X7560 server, I think much worse than what you describe. I forget if it was the SSDs or the HDD I was reading/writing on. Could even be a RAM bottleneck if Handbrake is going through it since the separate CPUs (4 of them) don't share any caches. Oh well, I guess the MBP won't have to worry about that anytime soon
Edit: It was even slower than the 6-core i7-4xxx (I forget which number) I tried it on, even though the Xeon machine is overall faster in other benchmarks and real-world tasks like Apache Spark. So Handbrake is not perfect for this.
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He worked with Apple to help them fix it according to Apple. Why would he be anything but delighted ? - he has been vindicated and his profile raised signfiicantly.
You clearly do not know me. I am not unreasonable. I am a fan though. I don't deny that and there is nothing wrong with being a fan of a company. Hopefully it makes them a better company. Apple is where my heart is. Have been an Apple customer for over 22 years. They make phenomenal products. Especially when compared to the "competition", or lack thereof I should say.
That's an opinion. Sales would say you're wrong.
And let's not act like Windows machines are perfect from software, security, or hardware perspectives, lol.
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Ugh, maybe they didn't replicate this issue? So they missed something and fixed it within a week of releasing the product and you have a problem? LOL!!
This is how product launches work sometimes. Weighing the cost of delaying the launch until a fix is in place or launching with a D0-D1 firmware or software update. Since this update was extremely quick, it's likely it was anticipated and in place.
LOL at al the people who had a fit on these forums, who purchased i7s instead of i9s, and called the 2018s a failure. In other words, another standard week on the internet...
Possibly. The Z620 has 64GB of RAM and a Z-Turbo drive.Yeah, I saw bottlenecks on my 32-core/64-thread X7560 server, I think much worse than what you describe. I forget if it was the SSDs or the HDD I was reading/writing on. Could even be a RAM bottleneck since the separate CPUs (4 of them) don't share any caches. Oh well, I guess the MBP won't have to worry about that anytime soon
Why are you LOLing at these people? They are the ones who drove Apple to fix it.
Yes, because we all know how important it is to Apple to meet the release date they publish to the public
A SD card slot is a waste of space for probably 98% of all users.
Sales do not disprove what he said. Likewise I don't believe I ever saw anyone say Windows machines are perfect.