Oh look, a new fancy MacBook Pro 2018.

How come noone is talking about the extreme heat throtteling problem they have with the 2018 laptops?

They can't even hold their base clockspeed when doing compiling code. And they become extremely hot (worse then the last gen, which was already insane).

I know devs/creators/editors want the most powerful computer out there, but supporting something like this is just laughable.

Regards, disapointed customer who tested and returned the laptop after 2 days.

I am generally wondering why people who want the most powerful and up to date tech buy stuff from these kind of companies, which just offer standard builds for a ridiculous price. If I decide to already spend a ton of money on a new piece of tech, I'd get one where you can pick all the parts yourself, to get the most out of it and which is accustomed to ones needs. Maybe I'm just too picky in general though.

@hasu Erm, please tell me a laptop brand that allows you to pick parts and has decent performance after all (including battery life, trackpad usage and screen).

@potata https://www.nexoc.de/

I have two laptops from them. Both over 5 years old, still working fine. On one of them we were able to even change the Graphics card and expand the RAM once needed.

You can get a predefined one there or choose all the components.

@hasu And let me ask you how much does it weight? (in kg :) )

Coz, I've seen them before. Most of them are more than 4KG which for me is not portable at all. I carry my pc ALL the time :)

@potata the first one I got was far too heavy too, but it was intended to be movable just in case.

The second one is about 1.5-2kg. I don't remember. It's one from the business series so the case itself is rather light. I carry it around day to day since years and it's fine. Can't complain. Of course, the newer models would have a better battery.

What I appreciate is, that although this notebook is "thick" for modern standards, it is light weight and has all the ports without me needing adapters. So I appreciate that. Also I like ti that I can just open it up with normal screws and that it's not glued together.

@hasu True but you see, these are specific needs which don't always apply to everyone :) I'll be honest, I am a Apple hater big time but using their macbook pro 2015 for 2 years now and I love the trackpad/battery/screen/ports as they fit me very well. What I hate about it is upgradabilty, thermal issues and prices. Oh and not to mention the OsX - it's a monster of monsters...

So ye, it all depends on the needs :)

Because half the site loves MacBooks and the other half hates them. One day I’ll see a rant praising them and the next hating on Apple.

Personally, I will never purchase one of their computers for daily use.

@hasu agree. As well, I consider portability only sturdiness of the laptop and the weight

Thing is, these 6 core CPUs haven’t been designed for thin&light devices like this. Take a look at the Dell XPS 15, which is the device that comes closest to a MBP. That thing has lots of thermal issues too.

@norman70688 no idea. I'd contact their support and ask if I were you probably. I live in Germany so I don't know unfortunately

@norman70688 well since we are based here it worked for us.

Just take an i7 and not a damn i9 CPU.
Okay it’s pro but damn it’s a laptop.
Oooor maybe the grill feature was thought by Sir Jonathan « slim » Ive tho.

Compiling on a laptop? That's a hassle I do not need.

I'm glad you were able to return it. In my opinion, the last good MacBook Pros were in 2015 and I personally am not interested in an upgrade.

@datawraith

Eat shit, touchbar!

@ngBuild to be fair, I doubt angular and laravel eat nearly as much cpu as does running some big phat IDE and compiling large C/Java applications