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Can you have a totally silent T470? For me this is the killer feature in a working machine. I was one of the early adopters of x220, and its fan was annoying.
by nextos 9y ago
Can you have a totally silent T470?
For me this is the killer feature in a working machine. I was one of the early adopters of x220, and its fan was annoying. Everything else (aside from the trackpad) was perfect.
This is something Apple gets right. They use big fans at low revs, which are inaudible. Even Linus himself was using a MacBook Air for long time due to this reason [1].
Nowadays, a similarly silent machine (actually fanless) which is also quite cheap, Linux friendly and good quality is Xiaomi Mi Air 12.5 inch.
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/19/an-interview-with-millenium-technology-prize-finalist-linus-torvalds/ https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/19/an-interview-with-milleniu...
- dm319 9y agoMy T450s is silent at the usual activities. If you are doing something intensive it'll spin up the fan, which, while noticeable, isn't an annoying sound.
- chrissnell 9y agoMy T470s is almost always silent. I never hear it when doing the usual web surfing and software dev activities. The only time I hear the fans is when I'm doing the things that make Macbook Pros run their fans, too: video conferencing, compiling large applications, etc.