It works now, I got 8-10W instead of 15-16W!
Switching power saving mode helped!
Why could not they do this earlier?)))
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(2019) 16" is HOT & NOISY with an external monitor! :(
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Switching power saving mode helped!
Why could not they do this earlier?)))
Simple, more devices ruined, more money earned, so no need for them to rush, it's kind of a win win for them
I %90 believe they do, yet I still buy Apple products, so they obviously can get away with it, so why not 
Back in the day people were praising Macbook's to last years, for the past 5 years or so, I've been forcefully buying a new one every 1.5-ish years - all because of "bugs" that heat Macbook and make the battery go swollen
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The one I bought after this met the same fate too, but in a different way, and the cycle repeats
Edit: And to clarify, they introduced a bug in High Sierra, which made the Nvidia GPU at the time work near 100% capacity whenever you had an external screen connected, sounds similar doesn't it, Apple's forums were flooded with issues reported, yet they let it be for months
Back in the day people were praising Macbook's to last years, for the past 5 years or so, I've been forcefully buying a new one every 1.5-ish years - all because of "bugs" that heat Macbook and make the battery go swollen
High Sierra's External Display bug heats Macbook's, damaged my Retina Screen, what can I do?
After installing High Sierra, I noticed GPU related slowness, I initially sought help here: What could cause a cumulative slowness that manifests itself as high WindowServer CPU usage in High Sierr...
Mid 2014 Macbook Swollen after High Sierra / What should I do?
This discovery came after my latest question: High Sierra's External Display bug heats Macbook's, damaged my Retina Screen, what can I do? I use my macbook on a stand with good airflow, af...
The one I bought after this met the same fate too, but in a different way, and the cycle repeats
Edit: And to clarify, they introduced a bug in High Sierra, which made the Nvidia GPU at the time work near 100% capacity whenever you had an external screen connected, sounds similar doesn't it, Apple's forums were flooded with issues reported, yet they let it be for months
It certainly DOES!
And they are giving us the fix right when they are introducing 16"AS so that nobody will accuse them in ****ing up intel-based MacBooks.
While I’ll take what I can get. I don’t think any of us should be happy with running low power mode forever.
The ideal solution should be the new Mac OS fixed the bug of feeding the GPU more than it has to, and that’s it, all the time, not just low power mode.
I waited out the whole butterfly keyboard episode so I can properly upgrade from my 2015 15”, not so Apple can sell me a software impared laptop instead of a keyboard impared one.
I want to run the 16” CPU on the clock it can run and Apple needs to fix Mac OS to stop over feed power to the GPU, period.
The ideal solution should be the new Mac OS fixed the bug of feeding the GPU more than it has to, and that’s it, all the time, not just low power mode.
I waited out the whole butterfly keyboard episode so I can properly upgrade from my 2015 15”, not so Apple can sell me a software impared laptop instead of a keyboard impared one.
I want to run the 16” CPU on the clock it can run and Apple needs to fix Mac OS to stop over feed power to the GPU, period.
Well, we are waiting almost 2 years, and 2 years is Apple ingoring us. I agree that "low power mode" is not a proper fix ,but I doubt it gets any better.
Current most professional Mac lineup (6,500USD priced Mac Pro etc) is all Intel based. Yet. Many professional filmmaker, audio designer and the other business still using Intel based Mac lineup. They need to support intel processors line-up at least 5 more years.
The top spec mac pro which you mentioned can for sure handle the features, which already monterey is not supporting for intel.
Apple will just cut the support resources for intel osx to minimum, which will affect bug fixes etc ..
Apple will just cut the support resources for intel osx to minimum, which will affect bug fixes etc ..
No changes. The fix is still in place.
as macOS has gotten progressive worse since Mojave, I couldn't care less about future updates beyond bug fixes.
Monterey is better than big sur. slowly but surely they are improving.
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I'm using betas since 5 in my case it is stable enough to use it on my daily driver.
Monterey isn't "out yet" but I've been running it for literally months. It's very solid. Zero complaints.
The beta for Monterey is out for a while and its MUCH better than Big Sur betas
1 week on beta 7 so far and man I see a HUGE difference in temps.
My computer 16" 5300m i7 got 10 degrees cooler. I can now use zoom, youtube and Godot without temps rising with my external monitor. With those apps I mentioned above, my watts are 8-9 watts.
Not bad. not bad. CPU temps are 50-55 degrees, compared to 60-65 degrees before.
Low power mode is awesome on my 16".
My computer 16" 5300m i7 got 10 degrees cooler. I can now use zoom, youtube and Godot without temps rising with my external monitor. With those apps I mentioned above, my watts are 8-9 watts.
Not bad. not bad. CPU temps are 50-55 degrees, compared to 60-65 degrees before.
Low power mode is awesome on my 16".
Has anybody noticed any drawbacks of using low power mode? Is the graphics card being throttled?
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nope for me performance is better because I can sustain my CPU/GPU for longer in Low power mode.
That's the best joke ever in tech, no? Low power mode == high performance mode. Go explain that!