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New 16-Inch MacBook Pro With M1 Max to Feature High Power Mode for Intensive Workloads
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Apple has become the equivalent of a dodgy salesman. If they don't explicitly say something then always assume the worst. Same thing with the HDMI being outdated.
16" comes with a 140W charger.
Base 14" 67W charger (does not support fast charging) upgradable and upper model SOC's (10 core) get the 96 for fast charging.
Yeah we'll have to see how much of a performance difference it actually makes but Apple not mentioning this at all during the keynote or even anywhere on the product page before they opened (and even AFTER they started taking) preorders is disappointing and feels like a bit of a bait and switch.
I don't think anyone's upset about physics, they're upset that Apple omitted any discussion of features not being available on the 14" M1 Max / not being transparent about any differences between the two. Why isn't this at least mentioned somewhere on the spec sheet? For that matter, why are we just now getting official confirmation of "High Performance Mode?"
Sure it "makes sense" and if Apple had been upfront about it I don't think anyone would've had an issue.
To be clear, I (and I'd hope most 14" M1 Max buyers) recognized that there was always a very real possibility that the 14" might have a different performance profile under heavy sustained combined CPU/GPU workloads but... this is the kind of difference that belongs in (and would be in if this were any other chip maker) the spec sheet...
Considering the M1 scores 40x higher than the Iris Pro in my 2015 MacBook Pro (523 vs. 21924), the GPU in the M1 is better than OK.
Since the 14" battery is smaller, the relative percentage is considered fast charging for it. (I'm pretty sure.
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Personally, and actually,
(If) I'm planning on spending $2xxx.xx-$6xxx.xx dollars on one of these machines. I'd rather wait for you rich early adopters figure out the nuances for me.
Figure out the good and the bad of each model and processors, then make a purchase decision.
You'll thank me later.
(If) I'm planning on spending $2xxx.xx-$6xxx.xx dollars on one of these machines. I'd rather wait for you rich early adopters figure out the nuances for me.
Figure out the good and the bad of each model and processors, then make a purchase decision.
You'll thank me later.
Not only does it disapear in full screen, but if you use dark mode, which turns the menu bar black, you'll never see the notch. No one is talking about this part... all of Apple's promo images and videos show the menu bar in light/color mode, with the notch prominent.
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Feels pretty dodgy for apple to have not said this...
"Thankfully" I still couldn't afford the 500$ for the 16" (at my countrie's exchange rate) so my decision was pretty much "locked"...
If the increase in performance will be within a 15% margin, I won't be mad...
But if it will be 20% or more I'll be severly disappointed...
Too expensive laptops even for apple...400$ to go from 32GB to 64GB.
Jesus...
"Thankfully" I still couldn't afford the 500$ for the 16" (at my countrie's exchange rate) so my decision was pretty much "locked"...
If the increase in performance will be within a 15% margin, I won't be mad...
But if it will be 20% or more I'll be severly disappointed...
Too expensive laptops even for apple...400$ to go from 32GB to 64GB.
Jesus...
what does the benchmark test?
I'm told the Apple GPU is good for parallel off-CPU compute and hardware accelerated code/decode,... but not good for pushing polygons like a traditional GPU is...
Couldn't agree more. MacRumors will do a lot of the dirty work for you too
Smart move. I don’t think the 14 inch is going to be affected that much in real world use. Benchmarks, insanely high tasks.. can give it that edge - absolutely.
Bring a 96-100 PD portable charger with you if you’re not working plugged in. Annoying you’d have to do that - but it solves an issue if you’re under heavy workloads.
Your battery would drain quick in this mode anyway and you’d probably need it.
That would make 0 sense (the potential for OC not them being UC stock).
If the allow x more W in "beast" mode those would be far better spend in clocking the performance core or the GPUs higher,
You should probably make a note of whoever told you that and then stop listening to them for technical advice.
While it does suck to be missing out on certain "features", did anyone really preorder either of these computers with the expectation of a high power mode button? It's cool to consider but really the need for such a mode should be so infrequent that it shouldn't matter much.
I use dark mode now... I'm looking at it... my menu bar is black. It's a little lighter than the black bezel above it, but only because it's not mini-LED. With the new screen, a black menu bar will be as black as the bezel above it, and the notch next to it. So the notch will not be visible....
I also have dark mode for browser, but that's seperate. Look at the black menu bar.
