Hi,
I just received my 2018 MacBook Pro i7 Model and highly regret it. Even though I'm not a power user I do use Parallels with a Windows 10 VM from time to time, but mostly use the device as a regular office workhorse.
My issue is, that the i7 picks up heat very quickly. Already the boot up sequence loading some minor background services (little snitch firewall, cloud sync, etc) causes the CPU to spike to 100°C and kicks the fan off within these 20s ish sequence.
Using Windows 10 with a running task like a system update under Paralles causes the CPU to run at 100°C average, causing tremendous fan noise. Btw, the CPU load is at just around 50% causing this temperature.
If I compare it to another old MacBook Air, there is no - felt - performance gain by i7, but a lot of heat and noise.
Since I can return it, is it worth to go with the i5 instead or does it suffer the same design issues?
Regards,
Bugstar
I just received my 2018 MacBook Pro i7 Model and highly regret it. Even though I'm not a power user I do use Parallels with a Windows 10 VM from time to time, but mostly use the device as a regular office workhorse.
My issue is, that the i7 picks up heat very quickly. Already the boot up sequence loading some minor background services (little snitch firewall, cloud sync, etc) causes the CPU to spike to 100°C and kicks the fan off within these 20s ish sequence.
Using Windows 10 with a running task like a system update under Paralles causes the CPU to run at 100°C average, causing tremendous fan noise. Btw, the CPU load is at just around 50% causing this temperature.
If I compare it to another old MacBook Air, there is no - felt - performance gain by i7, but a lot of heat and noise.
Since I can return it, is it worth to go with the i5 instead or does it suffer the same design issues?
Regards,
Bugstar