<story><title>MacBook Pro with i9 chip is throttled due to thermal issues, claims YouTuber</title><url>https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/17/core-i9-chip-macbook-pro-throttling/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>djsumdog</author><text>I have a Dell XPS 15 (2017) and the thermals are really bad. I saw constant throttling in my kernel logs and the laptop sometimes slowed to a crawl when compiling, running a ton of docker containers, using Light Table or even just having a ton of browser tabs open.&lt;p&gt;I finally ditched it a few weeks ago, finally replacing it with a Ryzen 7 desktop.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll admit my XPS 15 was a factory refurbished model, so maybe I just got a lemon. It got so hot the battery is now swelling and it popped out the trackpad (I think there might be a recall; or if not take it in since that&amp;#x27;s gotta be under warranty).&lt;p&gt;My current laptop is a HP Spectre. It&amp;#x27;s thicker than the XPS, but I think it&amp;#x27;s got a much better cooling solution and preforms better. I don&amp;#x27;t think I&amp;#x27;d recommend a Dell XPS again.</text></item><item><author>slantyyz</author><text>In fairness, Lee criticized the Dell XPS 15&amp;#x27;s thermals in a video a couple of days ago. Of course, he also posted a video last week about how he was starting to hate Apple products.&lt;p&gt;If you watch a lot of his videos, you&amp;#x27;ll notice that he almost always talks about thermals, so it&amp;#x27;s not surprising to see him focus on that aspect of the MBP.</text></item><item><author>lebrad</author><text>Dave Lee&amp;#x27;s youtube video is a withering takedown, presented dispassionately.&lt;p&gt;His argument is such a slam dunk that the article concludes with stunned disbelief, speculating that maybe there&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;something wrong with the MacBook Pro with Core i9 chip that Lee received&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Yes there&amp;#x27;s something wrong with it, that was the exact point of his video. Do people really think he just got a lemon?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nickjj</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t know if this is sad or funny but my $350 Chromebook[1] that I modified to run Linux happily runs large Docker based Rails apps and has overall been a great development laptop for the last 2+ years. It has a 1080p IPS panel, a keyboard that I like more than my workstation, a real SSD and it weighs under 3 pounds.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nickjanetakis.com&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;transform-a-toshiba-chromebook-cb35-into-a-linux-development-environment-with-galliumos&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nickjanetakis.com&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;transform-a-toshiba-chromeboo...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>MacBook Pro with i9 chip is throttled due to thermal issues, claims YouTuber</title><url>https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/17/core-i9-chip-macbook-pro-throttling/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>djsumdog</author><text>I have a Dell XPS 15 (2017) and the thermals are really bad. I saw constant throttling in my kernel logs and the laptop sometimes slowed to a crawl when compiling, running a ton of docker containers, using Light Table or even just having a ton of browser tabs open.&lt;p&gt;I finally ditched it a few weeks ago, finally replacing it with a Ryzen 7 desktop.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll admit my XPS 15 was a factory refurbished model, so maybe I just got a lemon. It got so hot the battery is now swelling and it popped out the trackpad (I think there might be a recall; or if not take it in since that&amp;#x27;s gotta be under warranty).&lt;p&gt;My current laptop is a HP Spectre. It&amp;#x27;s thicker than the XPS, but I think it&amp;#x27;s got a much better cooling solution and preforms better. I don&amp;#x27;t think I&amp;#x27;d recommend a Dell XPS again.</text></item><item><author>slantyyz</author><text>In fairness, Lee criticized the Dell XPS 15&amp;#x27;s thermals in a video a couple of days ago. Of course, he also posted a video last week about how he was starting to hate Apple products.&lt;p&gt;If you watch a lot of his videos, you&amp;#x27;ll notice that he almost always talks about thermals, so it&amp;#x27;s not surprising to see him focus on that aspect of the MBP.</text></item><item><author>lebrad</author><text>Dave Lee&amp;#x27;s youtube video is a withering takedown, presented dispassionately.&lt;p&gt;His argument is such a slam dunk that the article concludes with stunned disbelief, speculating that maybe there&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;something wrong with the MacBook Pro with Core i9 chip that Lee received&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Yes there&amp;#x27;s something wrong with it, that was the exact point of his video. Do people really think he just got a lemon?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>eropple</author><text>YMMV, but in addition to a dodgy (manufacturer defect) and oddly designed (strangely shaped modifier keys) keyboard, my HP Spectre got &lt;i&gt;really hot&lt;/i&gt; under comparatively minor load.</text></comment>