[tomjakubowski]

> I always liked how a MacBook would run exactly the same whether connected to the wall or on battery power. There were no modes, no management, no battery strategies to choose from like on Windows

macOS has had power management settings for years and years - used to be branded "Energy Saver"

[Toutouxc]

I’m almost sure that the first actual energy saving (i.e. affecting the CPU) mode was introduced in 2021 with Monterey.

[anamexis]

Intel Macbooks throttled the CPU with SpeedStep since at least i5, maybe earlier.

[Toutouxc]

Yes, but SpeedStep isn’t an optional power-saving mode that you can enable or disable, or that is enabled automatically on battery power.