The logic of this article is infuriating.
Quoteportables, Lee's findings are somewhat questionable in that assumptions are being made based on a single machine's performance with an unoptimized app. Making blanket statements without thorough testing is reckless at best and disingenuous at worst.
While Lee failed to reach out to Apple for comment, it is highly unlikely that the company would ship a flagship product without first rigorously testing its performance. That goes double for a device like MacBook Pro, considering the company's renewed vigor to serve the professional market.
The logic makes no sense. It doesn't matter if premier is "optimized" for the macs or not. The fact of the matter is that when the i9 is loaded up to max load that the cpu thermal throttles to below its base clock speed. If the apps are more optimized, all that would do is decrease rendering times, not decrease the TDP. The fact of the matter is that the cooling system in the i9 MBP is not capable of dissipating the heat generated by the 8950HK when at full load and running at its base clock.
It is possible that Dave2D got a bad sample. However, I don't think this is super likely: I doubt there would be cooling differences this vast between different units. And if it was true, that would also be really bad. This would indicate that the variance in cooling performance between different units of the same model MBP is very large, indicating bad QC. This type of thing SHOULD NOT be happening on a $3000+ machine.
Either way, Apple screwed up. And appleinsider does a very poor job of defending them.
- genexis_x, PCGuy_5960 and catzambia
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