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I watched and read multiple reviews and Dave2D seems to be the only one who tried to quantify the throttling to some extent, all the others only had useless sta
by heipei 6y ago
I watched and read multiple reviews and Dave2D seems to be the only one who tried to quantify the throttling to some extent, all the others only had useless statements like "The Pro will probably be able to sustain unthrottled workloads for longer thanks to it's active cooling" - No shit, sherlock. For me the fact that it only throttles after 8-9 minutes (!) of heavy use is going to be the deciding factor that will allow me to go with the Air (and actual physical function keys) over the Pro, so thanks Dave.
- runeks 6y agoCouldn't the Pro just turn on its fans after 8-9 minutes (to avoid throttling), thus giving the best of both worlds?
- molszanski 6y agoBest of both of worlds is: - active cooling - lack of a touchbar
- grovellogic 6y agoI've been wondering if someone could make an active cooling dock for the Mac Book Air. I was even thinking the M1 wattage is low enough that you could have a thermoelectric cooler lowering case temp down to room temp.
- 93po 6y agoI mean if you're desperate to get it to compile in 20 minutes instead of 25 for a particular occasion, you could just grab a bag of peas from the freezer and set the laptop on them.
- geerlingguy 6y agoGot $300 to spare? https://svalt.com/products/cooling-dock https://svalt.com/products/cooling-dock
- Siira 6y agoThe touchbar is pretty great if you program it yourself using, e.g., BetterTouchTool. I especially love the clipboard widget - works fantastic with VIM/EVIL.
- xenonite 6y agoThat would be the Mac Mini. But seriously, I share your opinion on laptop keyboards: regular function keys please.
- ashtonkem 6y agoThat's exactly what it does. But 8-9 minutes of full 100% CPU is a relatively rare occurrence for the vast majority of users. Developers might occasionally do that, but it will be very language and project dependent.
- rsynnott 6y agoI assume it does. My 13" 2016 MBP doesn't turn on its fans much unless it's busy.
- masklinn 6y agoSomebody on twitter reported that during Rust compilation the Air started throttling a bit (20-30% hit) after 3-4mn. The Pro doesn't throttle.