Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective
by X-Istence on Saturday November 28, 2020 @07:27PM
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Probably because they couldn't keep waiting. It also means the 16" MacBook Pro goes through battery life at high speed from experience.
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Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective
by AzN1337c0d3r on Sunday November 29, 2020 @01:51AM
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Apple switched to DDR4 when the 2018 Macbook Pros were released which allowed them to support 32 GB of RAM.
The rated battery life of the Macbook Pro didn't change between 2017 and 2018.
Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective
by X-Istence on Sunday November 29, 2020 @02:41AM
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The rated battery life may not have, but the actual, real world experience battery life certainly has. Speaking as the user of a. 2019 MacBook Pro with the DDR4 that I use for work.
I find myself scrambling for a power supply way more often than I ever did with my 2017 15" MacBook Pro.
Even with the older battery in the 2017, with more cycles, I get a longer battery life out of it than the 2019.
Re:Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective
by AzN1337c0d3r on Monday November 30, 2020 @01:36PM
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And I have the complete opposite experience. Pinning this on the switch from LPDDR3 to DDR4 seems like a very weak conclusion. Especially when it is known that processors and displays are the largest consumers of energy and the 2019 MacBook Pro boosts way higher with more cores than the 2017.