Using three models of Apples flagship over the past three years, I don’t think this is a case uniquely restricted to the authors machine. All Macs with thunderbolt 3 (the slimmed down form factor) seem to have processors that don’t like hot/humid climates a lot. When I’m home in the US, things are fine, but while traveling on work to places in Asia like Singapore I need to be in a room with air conditioning and good ventilation near the machine or the fans simply kick into high gear.
I made a conscious choice to avoid the top of the line i9 and chose the i7 instead for the last of the 15 inch Pros (mid 2019) looking at the thermal rating on Intels website (45w vs 60-something if I remember correctly)
The 16 inch ones are simply ridiculous with this. Even at home in the US, I have a desk fan pointing at the machine alone so it doesn’t heat up too bad.
I made a conscious choice to avoid the top of the line i9 and chose the i7 instead for the last of the 15 inch Pros (mid 2019) looking at the thermal rating on Intels website (45w vs 60-something if I remember correctly)
The 16 inch ones are simply ridiculous with this. Even at home in the US, I have a desk fan pointing at the machine alone so it doesn’t heat up too bad.