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Agreed. I think heat dissipation is often overlooked while making a buying decision. Regarding overall portability, I think the 13 inch MacBook air is a good c
by deepGem 10y ago
Agreed. I think heat dissipation is often overlooked while making a buying decision.
Regarding overall portability, I think the 13 inch MacBook air is a good compromise. The new 13 inch MacBook pro is about the same weight, but obviously a lot more powerful, and is smaller in dimensions. It's a breeze to work on planes with this machine.
I'd rather see the next iteration of MacBook Pros with better heat dissipation and longer battery life than with 1 mm improvement in thickness.
- rz2k 10y agoThinner implies a better ratio of surface area to volume for dissipating heat. Though, I suppose a laptop could be thicker by including empty space with fans and airflow to exhaust the heat out the sides rather than conducting it through the surfaces touched by users.
- deepGem 10y agoRight, also heat dissipation is a function of the processors. I don't think Intel has any processor offerings in the i5 and i7 families which will enable fan-less laptop design. Asus seems to have swapped the Core M processors with the i5 and i7 families in their latest Zenbooks. At 700$ this laptop is a steal. https://www.amazon.com/UX330UA-AH54-13-3-inch-Ultra-Slim-Processor-Speakers/dp/B01M18UZF5/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487056102&sr=1-1&keywords=asus+zenbook https://www.amazon.com/UX330UA-AH54-13-3-inch-Ultra-Slim-Pro...
- dilemma 10y agoWhy would thickness matter for heat dissipation? It's not a block of copper so it's not relevant.
- snovv_crash 10y agoYou don't increase the surface area of a laptop by making it thinner. Sure the ratio changes, but I'm not sure how that is relevant.