MacBook i9

[kodaro]

Thinking about grabbing a 2018 i9, 32gb ram Mac book. Any thoughts from owners? Running a lynx Hilo, push 1, faderport 8, USB midi hub and console 1 as peripherals.

I could also get an i7 but the Delta in price isn't a huge amount and I want the best setup I can get. Currently have a really loaded Xeon Dell precision whose specs are killer but gives me nothing but CPU overload issues and non sense.

I Just want to make music and not fight problems everyday...

Thoughts?

[scheffkoch]

…i‘d (and will) go for the 2.6 i7 since there are too many reports about the i9 running very hot and therefore throttling and having the fans kicking in very early…

[kodaro]

I heard that this was resolved by Apple.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.digita ... oblem/amp/

Any users here who can give an update?

Thanks.

[scheffkoch]

…with the software update it got a little better mainly due to the fans ramping up earlier…when you do video or gaming then i9 + the new vega gpu should be the best option, but for music tasks i would go for the „lightest“ gpu to save power…