The results here do not set a general rule, they merely show that a laptop is not a desktop in terms of reliable performance. The 2017 MacBook Pro is very likely to outperform earlier models for some tasks, possibly by a good margin, especially GPU-intensive tasks. NOTE: performance is task specific, not some hard rule. But it seems that it runs deeper than that, with a design which is inherently unsuited for computing tasks lasting longer than 10 seconds or so, in terms of reliable performance. It seems fair to ask: has Apple degraded the 2017 MacBook Pro as a tool that can offer reliable performance? By making it more thin, its ability to shed heat is impaired.
Something is muddled in the latest models. These do not occur with the 2015 MacBook Pro. This dirty little secret is not mention in the “brag sheet” aka specifications.Īs well, there are strange delays at times with the 201 (and 2017) MacBook Pro that MPG has never experienced with the 2015 MacBook Pro-multi-second pauses launching a simple application like Script Editor. Apparently the GPU cannot handle sustained loads, and must be severely throttled back after at most about 30 seconds. Disabling the GPU results in identical performance when tasks use the CPU instead.
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Update 16 July 2017: it turns out that this is a GPU throttling behavior.
No such pattern was seen on the iMac 5K or 2013 Mac Pro. For example, with 20 iterations of of the Photoshop sharpening test, the 20 MacBook Pro decline in performance within 5 to 30 seconds, with up to 28% slower speed. While testing the 2017 (and 2016) MacBook Pro, a consistent pattern was noticed in that performance declines with each iteration of a test. MPG tested a fully-loaded 2017 MacBook Pro with 1TB SSD. Suggested accessories include the OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock and 1TB Envoy Pro EX. MPG gets credit if you buy through those links.We’re not sure the integrated Touch Bar on the front of the machine makes a lot of sense, but Apple’s new iMac coming later this year is said to include a new keyboard and we’d love to see the touch screen come to a standalone Apple keyboard like the company detailed in a recent patent.- Send Feedback Related: 2015 MacBook Pro, 2016 MacBook Pro, 2017 MacBook Pro, GPU, laptop, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Macs, Photoshop, post processing, video The concept also has an SD card on the front, and USB-C, USB, FireWire, LAN, and HDMI on the back. There aren’t a ton of specifics or suggestions on how this would be achieved in such a box, but we can only dream that Apple is reaching for something similar when it said “modular.” The box includes side doors that can swivel and rotate to open, 2 slots for full-size graphics cards, replaceable hard disks and SSD drives, and, well… a slot for replacing just about everything.
The concept takes a form-factor somewhere between the Mac mini and a smaller version of Apple’s old “cheese grater” Mac Pro design. Imagining the possibilities, the folks over at put together the concept below. Will it stick with a design similar to the current cylinder, aka the trash can? Or perhaps it will return to a more classic Mac tower or box design, or something new entirely, in order to accommodate the machine’s so-called “modular” design that will allow easy upgrades for key components. Following Apple’s pre- announcement of a new modular Mac Pro it has in the works, there has been a lot of speculation about how Apple could implement such design changes.