This is a limit put in by Intel. It's part of the specs for the 8th generation. Anything higher than 100C is considered dangerous today, across all manufacturers. I seem to recall the 3rd and 4th generation having their limit at 105 or 110 degrees Celcius.Tell that to owners of the 2014 (and to a less degree the followup) Retina iMac(s), those things will hit 105C under sustained load... (Although they do seem to be surprisingly failure resistant at this point.)
At the moment, I will still believe that this is a new processor with software not specifically optimised to use it.
The fact that you can put it in the freezer and instantly see a huge performance improvement pretty much kills the possibility that this is a software issue.
At the moment, I would like to think that this is a new processor with software not specifically optimised to use it.
This does not mean I did not read the thread. Written words do not always equal truth, truth is something you find for yourself and believe in. I would be naive if I were to just assume these things so soon after a release.
Then why are you presenting it as a fact in your reply (quoted below) that it's a "software optimization"?
That is Apple giving users the option to rant.
Do not worry just yet. This is only software optimisation that needs to be done, that is all.
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