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macbook pro 15 2018

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    MacBook Pro 15 I9 2018 Fan Spinup

    I just got the MacBook Pro 15 I9 2018 with 1TB HD and 32GB of ram. I have noticed that when you boot the machine or restart it the fans spin up to 3500RPM and the temp of at least one of the cores on processor spikes to 200 degrees or more. This lasts for a few seconds and then the fans...
  2. wp3dev

    New Macbook Pro Super laggy on game

    Hey all, I just purchased a new 15 inch Macbook pro and have noticed when playing WoW (World of Warcraft) I will get sudden frequent lag spikes which last for about 5 seconds each time before going back to normal 60 fps and then repeating that the whole time playing the game... My computer has...
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    2018 MacBook Pro 15" w/ Radeon Pro 560X has bad colors and fonts on Dell U2715H via DisplayPort

    Connected my 2018 MacBook Pro 15" with Radeon Pro 560X to a Dell U2715H via DisplayPort. The colors and font rendering are terrible. Letters seem to change colors as I re-position application windows by a single pixel. I tried the following: 1. Enabled/disabled LCD font rendering. No...
  4. mrmabry

    New 2018 MacBook Pro 15” i9 won’t power on

    Hello — Finally received my 2018 MBP 15” i9/32gb/1tb and it has been ok (not great, will explain) so far. Last night the screen went off as if it were going to sleep and I cannot get the screen to come back on. Keyboard and Touch Bar do not light up when pressing anything and since this is the...
  5. haralds

    T2 on MacBook Pro 2018 seems to prevents boot after install

    Got a MacBook Pro and just wasted 1 1/2 days. I think the T2 is presuming theft and locking out boot after all restores or installs. After trying 1/2 day yesterday I wasted a major part of the day waiting for a Genius who was not trained on the new model and had no tools to diagnose T2 issues...
  6. SparkleToaster

    MBP 2018 15'' for heavy Photoshop / midweight After Effects

    Hi all, I've been going back and forth among the various configurations for the new 2018 MacBook Pros and am eager to get some second opinions. My current machine is a mid-2010 Mac Pro 6 core / 3.33ghz with 32gb RAM and a GTX 680 2GB. It's getting a little bit long in the tooth, and I'm...
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    2018 Macbook Pro 15 ssd speed

    Hello everyone, Recently I bought a new customized Macbook pro 15. It is actually baseline and only I upgraded the SSD to 512 GB. Today I installed the Blackmagic speed test app and I noticed that the write speed is 1790 MB/s and the read speed is 2580 MB/s. I was wondering if anybody knows...
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    i9 Inventories appear very low

    I was looking and it seems that there are very few 2018 MBP 15 with the i9 Processor in stock anywhere.
  9. Rasta4i

    base 2018 Macbook Pro 15" i7 2.2ghz 6 Core Throttling?

    We have a thread dedicated to the i9 throttling and also about i7's in general but based off the information it seems the base i7 for the 15 inch throttles the least. I would like to hear from people that have information about the 2.2ghz 6 core only as right now I'm trying to decide between 13...
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    Help deciding on Macbook Pro 15' config

    Hi all, new member here though I have followed A LOT of the threads as I waited (semi) patiently for these 2018's to finally appear. Have been using my sisters old 2015 Macbook pro 13' to get me by until then. Having trouble deciding between getting the base spec 15' and upgrading to 32gb RAM or...