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I'd say the 16, but with a caveat. By itself it is a great machine. In clamshell mode with an external 4k screen it is a great machine. With the laptop screen o
by unvs 6y ago
I'd say the 16, but with a caveat. By itself it is a great machine. In clamshell mode with an external 4k screen it is a great machine. With the laptop screen open connected to an external 4k screen it is EXTREMELY noisy and hot.
~173 pages of complaints on Macrumors here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/16-is-hot-noisy-with-an-external-monitor.2211747/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/16-is-hot-noisy-with-an...
- bengale 6y agoWhat difference does having it closed make? I keep my on a stand but open just for slack really. It does make a hell of a racket when I’ve got a lot of containers running.
- mindajar 6y agoIn clamshell mode it only has to drive one display, so it demands a lower baseline of memory, CPU, GPU, ...
- asdff 6y agoIs the reality of the 4k era that if you want dual monitors and peformance that you have to go back to 1080p monitors? Looks like I'll be holding onto my $100 dell screens for a while yet.