In this episode of the Full Nerd, Gordon Mah Ung, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, and Adam Patrick Murray dig deep into the nuances of how Intel’s most powerful Core processors work—and announce a giveaway for one of the best CPUs available today. Plus, we get to dump on Apple!
Yep, we start things off with the outrage du jour: The nasty throttling that occurs when you load up the beastly Core i9 processor in the new MacBook Pro. Gordon’s been helping Macworld dig into the issue. Rather than rehash all that, we delve into how overall laptop design and thermal concerns can greatly affect system performance, especially when you try to cram a monster like the Core i9 into a slim, trim MacBook. We compare Apple’s performance against beefier Windows laptops like the Alienware 17 R5, a hulking rig that gives Core i9 room to roar—and leaves the MacBook Pro’s performance in the dust.
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