[bserge]

Yeah, the thing is it doesn't only happen in prime95. Nowadays it's any prolonged use where the CPU is fully used, like video editing or gaming. Give an inch and they'll take a mile, as the saying goes.

Temperature junction throttling is a last resort. No laptop should rely on it in normal operation. Of course, both HP/Dell/Lenovo/etc and Intel benefit from increased sales so they don't care.

[d110af5ccf]

Counterpoint - during typical (consumer) usage hardware spends most of the time idle. Hardware capable of sustaining the maximum workload indefinitely is likely to have a lower maximum in practice. Unsustainable bursts are likely to provide higher overall performance for typical workloads, so it makes sense to optimize the hardware design for those.

[bserge]

I guess, but workstation class laptops still overheat, so again, piss poor design.

[brokenmachine]

I'd be willing to bet that a "workstation class" laptop that had sufficient cooling to run continuous benchmarks without overheating would be quite unpopular in the market, because of the weight/size burden.