Re: mjg59 | Skylake's power management under Linux is dreadful and you shouldn't buy one until it's fixed

Andrew McGlashan via luv-main <luv-main@luv.asn.au> writes:

This looks like a very big OUCH for latest generation of Intel based laptops! -- desktops might be okay though.

http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/41713.html

Note the second part, which says unless you implement power saving, Intel thinks your CPU might overheat and melt. I think that part matters even for mains-powered Skylake systems.