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    Are binned chips reliable?

    Hey, l’m trying to parse the seemingly small differences between M1pro 8 and 10 core laptops. I’m not sure there’s going to be a huge difference in performance for my uses. But I did wonder if the 8core binned chips might be slightly less reliable being that they are already ‘defective’. I plan...
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    Should I return the 10-core?

    Hey all, Received my 10-core i9 with 5700XT GPU, 64gb user installed RAM, about a week ago. It's a lovely machine, but I'm wondering if the community thinks that the 8-core might have roughly as good performance while having lower thermals, or if you think the thermals might be the same? When...