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Hey! I'm a student and I'm trying to ditch my Thinkpad T480. It's not that I hate it, it's an amazing machine. However, it's not quite doing what I need it to. It's 8th gen i7 and now primitive IPS display struggle as soon as I start anything that begins with "Adobe" and I kill my battery in a day without issue (new batteries, cycle count on both <90). In Windows I use 3 desktops. One for school which contains about 25 chrome tabs, one for work which has Slack and 10 Firefox tabs, and one for personal. In the personal desktop, I normally just have Firefox, Signal, and Spotify open, but its not infrequent that I whip out Illustrator, Photoshop, FL studio, Visual Studio, CLion, RekordBox, or even Premiere Pro. As you can imagine, this doesn't go so well and my battery life seems to reduce to 25 minutes. I decided, even as an engineering student, that I will need to buy a MacBook. Once I start doing engineering stuff for school in a few years I'll have to buy a windows workstation, but for now it's gonna be Mac. For the first time ever. I'm torn between the 13" M2 Air (512, 16gb), a refurbished 14" mbp (m2), and a refurbished 14" m1 pro. What's the best move? Battery life is important, but so is the ability to run photoshop and illustrator. Portability wise, any of these would work. My bag is already heavy enough. I get the apple education discount, and I also work at best buy, which means the Geek squad refurbished m1 would come to $890 pre tax. That means, unless I wanna spend $2,000 for the m2 mbp I would be deciding between the air and the pro, but at that price difference the air is actually more expensive. Is that m1 pro mbp better than an m2 mba? I'm guessing fans and battery life would play a big difference there but I'm not sure how big. If I have the money, I'll get the m2 pro, but otherwise what do you all think is the best move? Thanks!
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hey guys i bought this laptop couple months ago and today dec 4 the screen (bottom part where the name is written ) it started to crack like for no reason , and it still cracking I mean , laptop is good as new . was looking in the internet and couple of forums says this is very normal , I mean if its a defect hopefully they replace it , but the forums and looking at the internet it says I need to pay the for the display . anyone else having this issues ,pls share your experience
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I noticed that my 2018 15 inch macbook pro started running pour all the time using way too many resources for otherwise non resource intensive tasks and the computer was always scorching hot to the touch with the fans running 247. After exhausting all the basic fixes, I removed the bottom plate and removed the logiv board to expose the fans. I discovered one of the fans connector was fried and the fna obviously wasn't running at all. I purchased replacement parts but after several attempts to solder the connector to the socket it won't dry and stick in place. The metal prongs on the fan connector are f=very smal and it looks like the compoter socket might be missing at least one of the connecting prongs that gets attached with solder. I was wondering if this particular connector requires some kind of adhesive instead of solder like a conductive paste? I am very new to this kind of repair. I have pictures to help explain my issue. If you look at the socket without the fan connector attached, it looks like some of the conductive prongs are missing. If so, is it possible to apply new ones? And what with the material be? Thank you in advance for any help!
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14” M2 Macbook pro - better CPU or more RAM?
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Hi After 7 years, I’ve decided to upgrade my old HP laptop to a new 14” M2 Macbook Pro. I am planning on using it for programming/coding university, and for my side work. I work with professional sports team where I record the training,analyse the athletes’ technic and movement, and later I edit those videos together so they can view them and possibly improve. So my question is, Would I be better of with a 1TB, 32GB of RAM, base M2 Pro chip (10 CPU cores, 16 GPU cores) Macbook Pro, or should I get a Macbook with 1TB, 16GB of RAM, (one tier better) M2 Pro (12 CPU cores, 19 GPU cores)? There is only a ~$50 difference between the two configurations. I am on keeping it for a long time, just like I did with my old laptop. Thank you for helping me out.- 10 replies
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The only way I can make my Macbook Pro work with my Thunderbolt 4 dock + KVM switch is if I plug the dock directly to a 1440p monitor. Otherwise, it's just a black screen. Any ideas what's up, and how can I fix it? Even the mouse/keyboard isn't working. Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 dock HDMI KVM switch
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I know for a fact that macbooks around/before 2016 might have had a usb short circuit protection because I've seen these images online- and heard stories where people have connected Faulty/shorted USB-A cables to their macbooks which resulted in one of 3 things- 1.) USB port getting temporarily disabled until the cable is removed 2.) Macbook temporarily shutting down until battery cable is removed and re-attached 3.) Macbook logic board burning I would like to know if the above protection features still hold true for usb c macbooks. I specifically have a macbook pro 13 inch 2020. I would like to know what could happen if someone accidentally attaches a shorted usb c charging cable where the pins of the USB c interface are shorted with each other.....(can actually happen because they're only 0.5mm apart) into the modern (post 2017) macbooks. -Will the charging port disable until cable is removed? -Will the macbook disable until battery is removed and reconnected? -Will the logic board say bye to its owner? I would also like to know what additional protection macbooks have against similar possibilities, for eg. Short circuit is basically over current flow, what protection do macbooks have against, say.....over voltage, what if someone applies a voltage higher than normal at the USB c charging port. I'm asking all this stuff because not a lot of information is available about this in the public domain...so only people who tinker with Macs on a daily basis would be able to answer my questions. Thanks for helping me out and curing my curiosity!
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I am using a mid-2012 13" Unibody MacBook Pro, running OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), and my system has 8 GB of 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM, an Intel Core i7 processor, and the original 500 GB 5400 rpm Hard Disk Drive (yuck). Pretty standard, outdated setup. I recently purchased a brand new 1 TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD to clone my HDD to and replace for a substantial speed and storage upgrade. Currently, my 500 GB HDD has about 400 GB of content on it. I formatted the SSD in Disk Utility, using the "OS X Extended (Journaled)" Format, and the "GUID Partition Map" Scheme. Then I cloned my HDD to the SSD using Disk Utility in Recovery Mode, and then I opened up the MacBook Pro, unplugged the battery, and swapped out the drives. I plugged the battery cable back in, put the back cover back on, and booted up. It worked, but it was suspiciously slow. I would get the Spinning Beach Ball in between clicks, and the overall responsiveness actually seemed worse than with the ancient HDD. When I logged in, all my Menu Bar icons and Desktop icons loaded more quickly than with the HDD, but I was still getting the Beach Ball when I would click on things like the Logo. (I actually opened Spotify by mistake and was happy to see that it actually loaded everything in a few seconds, instead of a few minutes.) I also noticed that my Superdrive (CD/DVD drive) was making odd clicking noises, almost as if the laser reader thought there was a disc loaded into it. And at one point my fans revved up for a second. My CPU performance looked like a square wave, where for a moment it would be maxed out, then nothing, then maxed out, then nothing. My Disk performance didn't seem to indicate that the SSD was doing anything in the moment that I was looking at it. I attached pictures for reference, and I posted an Unlisted video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ALy6oZ1AIg0. After seeing these mixed results, I restarted the computer, in case the first bootup happened to be a bit more rough than future bootups. It took roughly five minutes of my laptop sitting on the gray screen for it to actually get through the restart to the login screen. When I logged in, the same weirdly laggy behavior continued. It's like the SSD is faster... when it feels like it. I'm confused. Is the 870 series too new for the mid-2012 MacBook Pro? Or are there drivers I need to install? Maybe I need a new hard drive cable? Or maybe 1 TB is "too large" for my MacBook to handle? Or did I seriously manage to zap the SSD with electrostatic while I was handling it? I did my best to keep myself grounded at all times by touching the aluminum case of the MacBook periodically, and I touched the SSD only when I needed to (while, of course, avoiding the metal contacts on the SSD). I would consider myself a tech enthusiast, but I am a musician and a music teacher first, so I'm sure there is something I'm missing. Quite possibly something basic or simple. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hello! I bought the Elgato HD60 and am trying to stream with my Macbook Pro (my PC is garbage and can't handle it). However, my Macbook Pro only has the USB C ports and I have only one USB C-HDMI adapter, so I don't know how to connect my laptop to the Elgato and my second monitor; one to stream from, one to play from. Is this as simple as buying another USB C-HDMI adapter? Thank you!
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Hey guys, so I'm fairly new to this part of the internet, and I want to buy a laptop that can run ProTools, Logic Pro, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Final Cut Pro. I am currently operating on a school chromebook and do not have access to any of the above mentioned programs at home, only on school equipment. my audio engineering teacher strongly recommended buying a macbook, and think this is a fine idea, however, I am having a very hard time finding one that has the minimum specs at my price point, I have about $800 saved up for a laptop, and I just found a refurbished 2017 macbook pro with an intel core i7, 16gb ram, and 512gb storage. It seems to fit all my criteria, its only $770. Is there anything I should know before making this purchase? I trust the seller, have gotten excellent refurbished stuff from them before. I don't really care about having an awesome laptop, I just want some thing that can run the things I want to learn how to use. Thanks guys!
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Trying to decide which MacBook to get. I don't do a lot of gaming right now but that would probably change if I had a more powerful computer. Right now I'm using a 2013 MacBook air. I don't need a bunch of performance today, but if I'm planning on using this thing for another 8 years then I want something that will be powerful enough for anything I plan on doing in the future (music making, CAD, maybe some light video / photo editing). Also, if it's only like a $600 upgrade from M1 Pro to Max, and that includes an extra 16GB of ram (although it looks like almost nothing benefits from extra ram on M1?), it seems worth it as long as the programs I'm using scale well with the extra cores (which seems to be the case for anything designed with M1 in mind). As far as gaming goes, though, it seems unlikely that many games, especially older ones, will be ported to MacOS / M1. I guess what I'm wondering is if I would have a better gaming experience with a base model M1 Pro + SteamDeck, or if an M1 Max would just be the perfect AIO solution. I think the M1 Max gets worse battery life, especially on the 14", so that's something to consider as well. The majority of the time I probably wouldn't need all that extra power. I just don't want to run into a situation where I don't have the horses for a usable experience. I guess I'm also wondering if a SteamDeck is even expected to outperform a base model M1 Pro? Should I just get a PS5 lol? Gaming PCs are just too expensive this generation.
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Apple Silicon took the world by storm with M1, but now we’ve got the next generation: M1 Pro. The 14 inch MacBook Pro is the next major redesign and Apple has gone all-out to make sure it impresses… Mostly. Buy Apple MacBook Pro 2021 On Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/NdTVcp On Best Buy (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/Z20fP9 On B&H (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/dYzSRY Buy Apple MacBook Pro 13 2020 On Amazon (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/pQKq5 On Best Buy (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/ADwbc3q On B&H (PAID LINK): https://geni.us/axdtQDd
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First off...yes its a macbook. I didn't anticipate getting this much into gaming when I bought it so now I have this small issue. This thing gets hotter than Satan's six pack at the gym when the game is running after a few minutes. hovers in the High 80C. I'm playing around with an idea of making a little custom cooler that sits on the bezel above the CPU. I want to get a piece of square piping, a small 20x20mm fan, and line the pipe with copper heatsinks that would draw up the heat. I'm still lost on a few ideas... Is it difficult to take a 3pin fan and tie into a basic USB-C connection so it can plug into my laptop? Should I get one fan to blow into, or suck out of the pipe? or one on each end? Is there any soft thermally conductive material I can attach to the bottom of the pipe so it doesn't cause any cosmetic damage to the laptop? Would somehow going for a small liquid cooled heatsink be better rather than all this? I've also thought about running some basic flat water pipes (if those even exist) over the bezel that hook up to a more conventional cooling set up? I could potentially use the liquid cooling setup when I build a more suitable gaming PC.
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I required a trade in for my macbook pro 2019, then I waited for 2months, but I did not get the shipping package. so I requested another trade-in. it worked, I get the package but forgot to unlock iCloud. Then they return it.(reasonable) after 10days, I got a message saying that my mac-trade-in worked, and will give me an apple gift card.(this is about the first trade-in which is 4months ago), I thought it was a scam. However, 3days after, I got a email from them, and I received the gift card. the question is, i still have the MacBook, and i also get the gift card that is "real". So should I use the gift card?
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Hi everyone, I have a very weird issue that causes my WiFi speed to drop dramatically when I connect a USB-C dongle, has anyone encountered a similar problem ? Setup Laptop: Macbook Pro 15" 2018 Router: FiberHome HG6544C - 2,4 GHz Wifi Dongle: Hama 00200107 Internet: 'Fiberlink' 1000 Mbps (optical connector) Test cases (used speedtest.net) 1. Laptop near router - no dongle ~ 80 Mbps 2. Laptop near router - dongle connected (nothing attached to dongle) ~ 80 Mbps 3. Laptop in next room - no dongle ~ 80 Mbps 4. Laptop in next room - dongle connected (nothing attached to dongle) ~ 25 - 30 Mbps I appreciate any help I can get with this one ! Thank you. Gabi
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I am trying to install Lubuntu 18.04 on a MacBook pro with no operating system. When I try to boot up I get these errors: [MODSIGN: Couldn’t get UEFI db list ] and Couldn’t get size: 0x800000000000000e When I try nomodeset it first it displays this error: [drm:radeon_init [radeon]] *ERROR* No UMS support in radeon module! Then is puts me into a loop of errors that do not end When I try to use the "try Lubuntu without installing" option with nomodeset it just stays in a never ending loading screen. I have a picture of the errors and my MacBook's specs below. MacBook Pro 15-Inch _Core 2 Duo_ 2.33 Specs (Core 2 Duo_Late 2006, MA610LL, MacBookPro2,2, A1211, 2120)_ EveryMac.com.mhtml
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Summary Apple Silicon Macbook Pro could launch as early as "Summer 2021." 16 inch model (J316) and 14 inch Macbook Pro (J314) rumored to have 4 thunderbolt ports and upgraded CPU: "Jade C-Chop" and "Jade C-Die" Apple Silicon Macbook Air: rumored to have a CPU very similar to M1, but faster, code named "Staten" Apple Silicon "Low End" 13 inch Macbook Pro: rumored to also use "Staten" CPU Apple Silicon Mac Pro rumored to "look like a smaller version of the 2019 Mac Pro," have a super-sized CPU: "Jade 2C-Die" and "Jade 4C-Die" Revision to Mac Mini (J374) rumored to get 4 thunderbolt ports and the same CPU as Macbook Pro J316 Apple Silicon iMac Processor rumors: Jade C-Chop: 8 firestorm, 2 icestorm cores, 16 GPU cores, up to 64 GB RAM Jade C-Die: 8 firestorm, 2 icestorm cores, 32 GPU cores, up to 64 GB RAM Jade 2C-Die: 16 firestorm, 4 icestorm cores, 64 GPU cores Jade 4C-Die: 32 firestorm, 8 icestorm cores, 128 GPU cores Staten: all cores the same as M1 except faster, and with 9-10 GPU cores Quotes My thoughts I'm pretty excited for when benchmarks are released of the 40-core Jade 4C-Die. Sources https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-18/apple-readies-macbook-pro-macbook-air-revamps-with-faster-chips https://9to5mac.com/2021/05/18/40-core-mac-pro-high-end-mac-mini-in-development/
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So I have an old 2012 Macbook pro that I ended up dumping an entire can of Arnold Palmer on one drunken night years ago and killed the hell out of it. Is it possible to tear the laptop apart, remove the harddrive and somehow access the files on my windows PC?
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Recently I decided to help some underprivileged kids that didn't have access to computers. I am donating 3 2012 MacBook Pro's to kids in my community and am looking to upgrade them before I send them out. I was wondering if between the RAM and replacing the HDD with an SSD which would be the better upgrade? HDD --> SSD 4GB RAM --> 8GB RAM Let me know. Thanks for everyone's help!
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Overall rating for this dock: 3/5 I bought this Dock for my 2019 16" MacBook Pro. The main concern I had going is was knowing if this dock was capable of running 2 external displays and charging my laptop that came with a 96W charger at only 65W. The answer is yes. But be warned, a few things I did not expect is that this dock is very loud and a 16" MacBook Pro can consume a lot of power under load. Let's discuss. To get 2 displays off this dock all your displays must be DisplayPort. I connected my main display over native DisplayPort and my other display off a Type C to DisplayPort cable. This setup works and I can set both displays to their native 1440p resolution and144Hz refresh rate. I tried to use a Type C to HDMI cable and that did not work, the Thunderbolt spec will only do DisplayPort natively, so you must use a Type C to DisplayPort Cable. Don't try to use any Type C to HDMI/USB hubs or DP to HDMI/C to HDMI cables off the rear thunderbolt port, they won't work. Also note, a 20Gbps Thunderbolt 3 cable, often found in 1m cable sizes, cannot drive 2 displays, you must use a 40Gbps cable and the included one is only 0.5m. As for charging, this dock will charge my 2019 16" MacBook Pro, but it does so only at 65W which is slow and is 31W less than my MacBook Pro wants to charge with. The important thing is that the MacBook is not having to use battery power to supplement insufficient wall power, granted this may occur if you're using the CPU and GPU together in a demanding workload, but I don't think the concern is very high. As long as you power your other accessories off the dock, and not your laptop, you should have no issues with charging and the longevity of your laptops battery. (Note: on further testing, running a Parallels Windows 10 VM can cause my MacBook to use battery for supplemental power. I recommend using your laptops included charger for demanding workloads.) Now for the noise, this dock is equipped with a blower fan, something I've not heard of with other docks. This makes perfect sense though since this dock can house 2x M.2 drives. Those drives, plus all the power delivery, and controllers means that this dock will get warm if you start to push it. I attempted to cover up the intake and exhaust vents on this dock with tape, which removed the "whooshing" of the fan but left the high pitch whine of the fan motor spinning. Pick your poison, but I think leaving it the way it is is a more pleasing sound than just high pitch whining. This fan is why I give this dock 3/5 starts. I suggest turning on the AC, wearing headphones, or playing some music over your laptops speakers. At half volume, my MacBook Pros speakers fully drown out the fan noise. I recommend unplugging this dock when not in use to save your sanity. Overall, this is a powerful dock for the price (I got it on Amazon for ~$230). The loud fan puts a real damper on what would otherwise be one of the best docks on the market. I would recommend it for the price if you accept that you're gonna have to unplug it while not using it and that while working you're gonna want some headphones or music to drown out the sound. I hope this review was helpful, its hard to find comprehensive information on this dock online so I figured I'd buy it and provide it.
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Hi guys, thank you for the time to respond to this topic. Right now, I'm trying to go to university to study Multimedia and in this course I will have programming classes, photo editing and graphic design... On the other side, I would like to start a side job where I'm starting to create images and drawings to sell in a near future. I was wondering if the MacBook pro 2021 seems the perfect solution or a drawing tablet or an iPad pro 2021? Thank you all in advance!
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I'm looking to get either a 16-inch MacBook Pro or Mac Studio and I'm trying to figure out what processor I need for video editing & graphic design. I will mostly be editing gameplay footage using Final Cut Pro X, and creating thumbnails/other similar content using Affinity Photo. Videos will generally be 1440p-2160p @60fps. I also want to get into photography/photo editing in the future. I have seen that the M1 Max outperforms the M1 Pro in photo/video editing since it has dedicated media engines built in to the SOC. However, I see mixed results whether the 32 core variant actually performs better than the 24 core. Either one will blow my current Intel MacBook Pro out of the water, but if the 32c is noticeably better, I'm fine with paying more. Appreciate your suggestions!
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Macbook M1 Pro 16inch interesting facts
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Hello, this will be a quick list of interesting facts that someone who's still considering buying the 2021 MBP should probably know. Laptop in question is equipped with the unlocked version of M1 Pro (10 core CPU, 16 core GPU), 16GB of RAM and 1TB SSD 1. 140W Apple charger will fast charge at 115W from 0% to 60% -ish, after that it drops of to 80W. When charged to 80% of higher, charging speeds reduce to just over 40W and continue to reduce to just 15W when above 90%. 2. Any off-brand 100W charger will be recognised as such, but won't charge at more than 80W. 3. With the included 140W charger, it takes roughly 30 minutes to charge from 10% to 60%, and another 80 minutes to charge from 60% to 100%. 4. Battery temperature rises above 40°C when fast charging, so I recommend using AlDente to pause charging when battery temp exceeds 35°C. 5. Fans do not spin under light loads (streaming video, document editing, web browsing), but do turn on at moderate loads and run @1400-1500rpm. You will not hear the fans run at this stage. 6. The system will let the CPU reach +95°C before it ramps up fans any higher than 1500rpm. It takes a sustained load at 50W SoC draw to force the fans into a range between 2400-2600rpm. You will hear a slight hum at that point, but only in a dead silent room. That means that you can push the system full blast and still be able to work at places like libraries without any issues. Even though the temperatures can be high, there's no thermal throttling to report of. 7. Average reported system power is around 7W, doing everyday stuff (screen at 250nits, streaming video). That allows for a pretty good battery life at 14 hours. Doing less intensive stuff like editing documents will drop that consumption down to 4-5W, which allows for a battery life at around 17h - confirmed by me. 8. M1 Pro consumes 50W when both GPU and CPU are pushed, 33W then only CPU is pushed and 25W when only GPU is pushed. I used Blender to confirm that. 100W charger will suffice for the M1 Pro, but M1 Max will drain the battery as well under heavy workloads, since it has around 80-90W SoC pull and over 100W system pull. 9. 16GB of RAM is actually more like 15GB that never gets fully utilised. MacOS swaps to the SSD early, at around 12GB of used space. The highest possible swapped memory is around 64GB, after which the system will crash. Usually, no more than 25GB of swap is recommended in order to maintain normal operation. MacOS uses around 6GB at all times, so that means at most 7-8GB of available RAM for anything you might do. After that, it's swapping to the SSD. If you use 3D modelling apps (with 16GB and 1TB ssd), expect around 10-15 SSD rewrites every year. Considering these SSDs can hold up to over 400 rewrites before showing bad sectors, I wouldn't worry about it too much. 10. When you leave the laptop to sleep, it will gradually consume it's battery, at a rate of about 4-6% per day. It's about 0.25W of power draw under sleep, which is really good, considering that all antennas are active to support the "find my mac" function. If you have any more questions, ask away Cheers- 1 reply
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I'm currently using a 2016 15" Macbook Pro for work with 2x 4K external monitors (either configured as 2x 4K, or 1x 1080p (Macbook Pro) + 2x 1440p), and it gets really warm and throttles a lot with Teams calls, VMs, PCoIP (PC over IP), web browsing, etc. Any idea what would be the most ideal cooling pad that'll help cool down the Macbook Pro?
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