This is why I disable turbo boost on all my Intel machines that don’t actually NEED single core performance.

My most used laptop is a 2019 16” i9 MacBook Pro that gets loud and hot as hell on the default power plan but simply limiting the CPU to 99% makes it whisper quiet, cool and it can run on an 18w iPad power brick with the as long as the brightness isn’t maxed out and I’m not stressing the Radeon 5500M GPU.

Same with my 10w micro Optiplex AD/MSSQL server; the old 4th gen i5 runs Windows server 2022 plenty fast and boot times are insanely quick. Sure, if it had a production database serving thousands of clients at a time then it would definitely crumble but I don’t need more power for a local AD/dev-staging db.

As someone who’s still happy with my 2019 16” MBP this is music to my ears.

Between all the user backlash and the upcoming Qualcomm SoC and Windows ARM laptops this just means competition will be amazing in 2024 and the M4 refresh should be significant.

Hate how expensive memory and storage upgrades are but I’ll need to upgrade my MacBook eventually and a windows laptop might be a better option.

It does it automatically, but the algorithm isn’t nearly as sensitive as it should.

It’s cool to have this level of fidelity on a mobile device but not at a higher price than the PC/PS5 versions.

Also, RIP iPhone 15 batteries.