2011 Macbook Pro power consumption
March 25, 2011 10:26 AM Subscribe
How can the new Macbook Pros use 90+ watts of power when they only have 85W power adapters?
I'm not good with electricity. Can someone help me understand?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4205/the-macbook-pro-review-13-and-15-inch-2011-brings-sandy-bridge/14
I'm not good with electricity. Can someone help me understand?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4205/the-macbook-pro-review-13-and-15-inch-2011-brings-sandy-bridge/14
the rest going out as heat.
Indeed, those white bricks get damn hot.
posted by tremspeed at 10:51 AM on March 25, 2011
Indeed, those white bricks get damn hot.
posted by tremspeed at 10:51 AM on March 25, 2011
I'm hoping that someone will discover a way to disable half the cores and the high-performance graphics card for times when you want to work quietly.
Unless I'm mistaken, you can use this utility to at least manually pick which graphics card you want to use.
posted by Zephyrial at 12:21 PM on March 25, 2011 [1 favorite]
Unless I'm mistaken, you can use this utility to at least manually pick which graphics card you want to use.
posted by Zephyrial at 12:21 PM on March 25, 2011 [1 favorite]
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Although if it provides 85W out while only drawing 93W, that's not too bad for a wall wart -- over 90%. I've heard that a lot of adapters are down around 50-60% or so, with the rest going out as heat.
posted by Kadin2048 at 10:45 AM on March 25, 2011