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They should measure temperature and noise when testing new laptops. In addition to disk speed and processing power, it's the most important features for me. My
by thomasfl 16y ago
They should measure temperature and noise when testing new laptops. In addition to disk speed and processing power, it's the most important features for me.
My 2 year old MacBookPro gets boiling hot after an hour.
- glhaynes 16y agoI agree. These things have become the most important thing about a computer for most people... C2D vs i5 = I couldn't care less. Happily, the reviews I've read of the Air have universally said that fan noise and heat are both minimal.
- Encosia 16y agoI went to the local Apple store to investigate that for myself. They had an older MBA sitting in a corner, which was hot enough on the bottom that I nearly dropped it. The newer ones, which people had been using all day, were no warmer than my iPad gets (and significantly cooler than the iPhone tends to get). Hard to tell about the noise. The store was too loud.
- Encosia 16y agoJust to follow up on the noise, if anyone's interested (or happen to notice this followup comment at all), noise is not an issue. I received my 13" about 24 hours ago, and only heard the fan briefly while it was syncing my entire Dropbox. Otherwise, it has been absolutely silent (and not even warm).