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Re:Apple changes default MacBook charging behavior to improv... by konschubert on Thursday April 16, 2020 @04:51PM (#22893409)
That would mean that it would not charge while being used.

That’s not the case I assume.

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Re:Apple changes default MacBook charging behavior to improv... by zeusk on Thursday April 16, 2020 @04:55PM (#22893448)
No, that only means it can't be charged will on burst load (turbo boost). Intel's chips can consume > 200% of their TDP during all-core turbo.
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Re:Apple changes default MacBook charging behavior to improv... by ben-schaaf on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:41PM (#22895123)
From what I've seen, none of the high end Mac book pros have a good enough charger to provide enough power for a mixed CPU/GPU workload. And with the switch to USB-C and it's 100W power limit they can't even fix it now.
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Re:Apple changes default MacBook charging behavior to improv... by leetcrew on Thursday April 16, 2020 @04:57PM (#22893473)
the case where the laptop draws more power than the AC adapter can provide is probably some sort of brief turbo state for the cpu and/or gpu. it can't maintain this for long without overheating.
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