That being said, 8-9W with closed lid is still high. Consumption for second monitor when it's idle shouldn't be more than 1W.
After seeing the title I got my hopes up, that it will work within 1-2W range for idle regardless of lid being closed. That would be a solution, 8-9W definitely is not.
I too looked at the title and thought someone had finally figured out how to get around having the laptop open and a monitor plugged in with no noise, but it seems like this basically makes no difference at all since it only works when the lid is shut. I've resigned myself to the fact that it'll never be solved, and hope to get this MBP replaced at some point
Will switch to Apple Silicon version of 16 when it comes out, but boy does that leave bad taste in mouth.
After buying Mac during a 4 year run of devices with unfixably broken keyboards and GPUs, that will not teach apple to focus on quality or repairability.
Of course, because you can dissipate enough heat with the lid closed.
>That being said, 8-9W with closed lid is still high. Consumption for second monitor when it's idle shouldn't be more than 1W.
I am not about that, because laptop displays draw more power than 1W most of the time. (I'm aware of those low power displays that Lenovo utilizes.)
And there are a couple of factors that I've forgotten.