Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ...
by jimnotgym on Monday June 22, 2020 @06:15PM
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> those complaints are 100% down to being saddled with Intel.
And yet the new Macbook pro base models feature an 8th Gen Core i5. That is 2 generations behind the bleeding edge. I think some people might be experiencing the speed problems you described because their machine has an old gen processor in a shiny new box
Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ...
by pathartl on Monday June 22, 2020 @06:51PM
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Not to mention that Apple setting a standard of throttling at 100c and not giving the machines adequate cooling affects performance in a non-trivial fashion.
And yet the new Macbook pro base models feature an 8th Gen Core i5. That is 2 generations behind the bleeding edge. I think some people might be experiencing the speed problems you described because their machine has an old gen processor in a shiny new box