> There is NO REASON to upgrade the hardware.

> Just for context: prior to upgrading my mac would average around 74°c

If you refuse to use lighter-weight software, then yeah, it's time to upgrade your hardware. An average of 74°c means that you have ~20°c of headroom before hitting the Intel chip's junction temp and shutting off the hardware (or causing permanent damage). Your laptop should be idling much cooler even if it's one of those godawful Intel i9 16" models that runs hotter than Satan's jacuzzi.

Eventually MacOS will switch away from ACPI/UEFI power/temp management to use their custom devicetree drivers. Even the hacky Opencore workarounds won't fix the experience on your laptop, it will likely only be worse-supported from here on out. Backend architecture like libdispatch has probably already begun this process on Tahoe.

You've either got to downgrade macOS, get a new laptop or switch to an Intel-friendly OS. I'll leave the choice up to you.

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srevenant 9 hours ago | parent [-]

The point being it works without temp problems in Sonoma. Not Tahoe.

This discrepancy indicates they've changed the software so it works worse.

	▲	bigyabai 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> This discrepancy indicates they've changed the software so it works worse. This is what I just said. Apple is switching to devicetree power management in libdispatch, which Intel chips do not support. Processes will eventually stop being efficient on Intel hardware and focus on ARM efficiency, and it's quite possible that this is already happening in Tahoe.