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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by kalleboo on Saturday November 02, 2024 @01:23AM (#42024233)
Maybe the desktops, but the laptops were always nigh-unusable for my workloads (nothing special, just iOS dev in Xcode). The fans would spin up to jet takeoff status, it would thermal throttle, and performance would nosedive.

The M1 Pro was a revelation.

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by TylerE on Saturday November 02, 2024 @01:52AM (#42024304)
There was a really annoying issue with a lot of the intel MacBooks where due to the board design one of the two power sockets would cause them to run quite a bit hotter.
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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by kalleboo on Saturday November 02, 2024 @03:51AM (#42024755)
Yeah I remember that, I posted a YouTube video complaining about it 6 years ago, before I could find any other references to the issue online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rox2IfViJLg

That would cause it to throttle even when idle! But even on battery or using the right-hand ports, under continuous load (edit-build-test cycles) it would quickly throttle.

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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by TylerE on Saturday November 02, 2024 @04:05AM (#42024818)
Oh yeah, I'm very aware. My work machine was a 2015 MBP until about 6 months ago. It was really bad towards the end.
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Re:Apple's M4 Max chip is the fastest single-core performer ... by kalleboo on Saturday November 02, 2024 @08:12AM (#42025924)
Congratulations on upgrading away from it!
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