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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on March 14, 2026, 18:25:09

Title: Apple tries to hide that the power adaptors of MacBook Pro models are insufficient
Post by: Redaktion on March 14, 2026, 18:25:09
Apple offers the same power adaptors for its MacBook Pro models for years now - 96W for the 14-inch model and 140W for the 16-inch model. Our reviews of the latest M5 generation show that they are insufficient, and that Apple is not very transparent about it.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-tries-to-hide-that-the-power-adaptors-of-MacBook-Pro-models-are-insufficient.1249028.0.html
Title: Re: Apple tries to hide that the power adaptors of MacBook Pro models are insufficient
Post by: asdfsdaf on March 15, 2026, 07:24:09
Yeah. Let's include a charger that 99.99% of people will never use. Great idea... /s

This site is descending into being a joke.
Title: Re: Apple tries to hide that the power adaptors of MacBook Pro models are insufficient
Post by: 1mantisphoenix on March 15, 2026, 09:18:57
Quote from: asdfsdaf on March 15, 2026, 07:24:09Yeah. Let's include a charger that 99.99% of people will never use. Great idea... /s

This site is descending into being a joke.
It's bait to read the our in depth review article
Title: Re: Apple tries to hide that the power adaptors of MacBook Pro models are insufficient
Post by: Lars 1234 on March 15, 2026, 10:49:51
Quote from: asdfsdaf on March 15, 2026, 07:24:09Yeah. Let's include a charger that 99.99% of people will never use. Great idea... /s

This site is descending into being a joke.

It would be very annoying to not be able to use a very expensive laptop because it needs to charge and the charger is not strong enough to charge and work at the same time.

This thing is 2-4 times the price of my Acer 7480u and that has no problems charging and working at the same time.

They do the same thing with the iphone, the charger thermal throttles to survive.
Title: Re: Apple tries to hide that the power adaptors of MacBook Pro models are insufficient
Post by: jtruman941 on March 16, 2026, 06:31:40
Quote from: asdfsdaf on March 15, 2026, 07:24:09Yeah. Let's include a charger that 99.99% of people will never use. Great idea... /s

This site is descending into being a joke.

You're joking right? Or are you that much of an Apple fanboy/girl/person?

You can't, on the one hand, advertise your products to be 'perfect' for professional use, which often times requires peak performance (which let's be honest can often require that 0.1% that seperates the 99.9% to the 100%, and overhead on top, also say that a professional's go to device is an Apple device for those very same reasons, and also on the other hand go "99.9% of people will never use this".


Title: Re: Apple tries to hide that the power adaptors of MacBook Pro models are insufficient
Post by: Ruffus on May 19, 2026, 12:47:38
So... I just spend 15 minutes trying to find what kind of more powerful PSU the author used to arrive at that conclusion and how would it be compatible with 16" Macbook M5 Pro/Max... was it 36V@180W, 48V@240W? Apple only acknowledges 28V@140W support, so how would you even test that? Are you sure the extra wattage wasn't just from bigger PSU inefficiency? Did the tested Macbook report correct charging power in System Information? You got to back this kinds of claims with more details...
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