04-18-2022, 12:21 PM
jdc wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
I'm still confused why that model would make that noise. I can't imagine the same chip in the 16" MBP runs a fan all the time. Anyway, too bad it didn't work out for you.
You aren’t alone.
Especially since 16” MBP and Studio have identical performance.
With all the cooling — it should be able to outpace the mMBP. But nope.
Believe me, I'm scratching my head as well. If all of them are like mine, I don't see how Apple 'okayed' this and let it out the door. For a computer that I'd consider a peer of the iMac/iMac Pro, where fan noise (at idle) was scant/minimal, I don't know how they thought releasing this model with substantially louder self-noise would be OK. Or why its even necessary given that it doesn't have a screen and the CPU/GPU use less power/produce less heat. Who knows. As more of these get out into the wild, we'll no doubt have a more accurate picture of whether my computer is an outlier, or whether they're all like this.