[Bud]

Not at all, actually. You're forgetting the heavy use of MacBook Pros by recording engineers and musicians. For them, having a machine that is fast without generating the incredibly annoying constant fan noise of the vast majority of PC laptops is a crucial feature.

So no. Definitely not. The user should be able to toggle this. As Apple has wisely chosen.

[alx__]

Indeed, having this as a opt-in feature is best

Nothing worse than trying to concentrate on something when "helicopter mode" suddenly kicks in :)

[my_usernam3]

I like the option for both! Or even customizable. I had a laptop with a dedicated Nvidia card, and I could tell which programs to run on it, or whether i wanted to always on or always off. I loved it, was super easy to configure out the box as well!

[stephencanon]

Yeah, I kept my old fanless G3 PowerBook long beyond it’s apparent sell-by date for live performance stuff, where a fan was a non-option.