Ofc its overpriced, and going to be thermal throttling, as always.,(reply>), So is Apple stupid or do they think people buying an i9 are stupid? I at least researched it.,(reply>), Thank you for the reply. You lost me on the word discrete though, but I get the basic idea. Is it so bad that basically upgrading to the i9 over the i7 is essentially doing nothing with your additional money spent due to this throttling? Or perhaps Apple has improved the fans etc. to compensate for the cooling needed for a 6 core i9?,(reply>), I know most specs for computers, just not the CPU. What is throttling? It's the the beachball effect when a computer slows down? And due to the CPU getting too hot?