Ask HN: Should I buy Mac book Pro now or wait for ARM?

Re:Ask HN: Should I buy Mac book Pro now or wait for ARM? by boyter on Thursday June 25, 2020 @04:33AM (#23638267)

Not from the air... but I hate the 16”. It’s fan is noisy and always powers up under any load. The thermal throttling is horrible. It gets hot enough to be uncomfortable to touch. The cable has coil whine as does the Mac itself. Touchbar... I’m not a fan and generally never used it. The GPU seems flakey and the wifi hates connecting to 2.4 networks, although that could be a software issue. Battery life is far worse than expected.

The screen is wonderful and the new keyboard better than the old one. Touchpad is still good.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I buy Mac book Pro now or wait for ARM? by diroussel on Thursday June 25, 2020 @09:24AM (#23640429)

I have a MBP 16. 32GB RAM, i9 8-cores. Yes it's powerful, but it does generate a lot of heat, and the fans spin up easily. I run mine with Turbo Boost Switcher Pro, and that helps a lot to keep the fans off.

I do wish it was more power efficient, but I'm also glad to have upgraded from my dual core 2013 MacBook Pro 13".

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