[HN Gopher] 'High Power Mode' Coming to 16-Inch MacBook Pro with...
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'High Power Mode' Coming to 16-Inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max, Apple
Confirms
Author : alwillis
Score : 41 points
Date : 2021-10-21 20:55 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (appleinsider.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (appleinsider.com)
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| atoav wrote:
| But will the display connector fail after 2 years of regular use
| like with the last MBP?
| chrischen wrote:
| I thought it was odd the maxed out 14 and 16 have such a large
| gap in power requirements (99 watt charger vs 140 watt), but this
| makes the pricing a bit less palatable since 16 is only about
| $200 more.
|
| Still got the 14 since the 16 seems too bulky and heavy for a
| daily carry.
| mlex wrote:
| This feels like something that should always be enabled when
| you're plugged into AC power (maybe only automatic when you're at
| 100% battery).
| superjan wrote:
| Dunno, I think I'd rather wait in blissful silence.
| AuthorizedCust wrote:
| Some enjoy reduced fan noise, so lower power settings have
| value even when plugged in.
| cultofmetatron wrote:
| would be great if its active when plugged in and deactivated when
| on battery
| lugged wrote:
| Isn't this standard on any laptop?
| simondotau wrote:
| This will almost certainly be the case. Such a mode will likely
| sit within the "Energy Saver" section of System Preferences,
| which already has settings profiles for each power source.
| melony wrote:
| Would the L-shaped MagSafe be able to exit the socket cleanly?
| recursive wrote:
| Anyone remember "Turbo" buttons?
| TacticalCoder wrote:
| Of course! The crazy thing is that you could do it while the
| computer was running and it was mostly fine: DOS and many DOS
| games would just happily keep working, just at slighly
| different speeds. But then it wasn't uncommon for the PC to
| just freeze and then it needed a reboot.
|
| But the best feature, to me, was those PC with a turbo button
| that also had a seven-segment display showing the current
| speed. This was looking really cool.
| arcticfox wrote:
| Well this would have been nice to know when ordering - although
| luckily I ordered a 16+Max anyways
|
| I wonder if this is priced in to the public M1 Max benchmarks
| we've seen already? (Presumably it was in their own presentation
| benchmarks)
| _old_dude_ wrote:
| I will show my age, but is there a turbo button [1] ?
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| [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button
| aroundthfur wrote:
| Funnily enough, this is how this is done on intel+linux:
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| `echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo`
| gurjeet wrote:
| > Contrary to what it suggests, the "turbo" button was
| generally intended to let a computer run slower than the speed
| for which it had been designed when pressed.
|
| Damn these trickster designers and their shitty design
| decisions. That's exactly the opposite of what I thought it
| did.
| googlryas wrote:
| Like 10 years after my 486-DX2 went into the trash after a
| long long life, I was reminiscing about the turbo button with
| a coworker, and he mentioned that he always kept his turbo
| button activated and that there was never a single
| repercussion from it!
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