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Please don't take this the wrong way, but if you're doing serious development and require resources to support Docker ... why did you choose to purchase the low

Please don't take this the wrong way, but if you're doing serious development and require resources to support Docker ... why did you choose to purchase the lowest spec'd laptop Apple has to sell?

nevi-me 6y ago
It's a fair question to ask. I have tinnitus at ~30 because of loud poor-thermal expensive work laptops. My work Dell's fan gets really loud, to the point where I can't bear sitting next to it. I got desperate as they couldn't do anything about it at work (nor could I). So, on the 22nd December, I went to look for an MBA as I'm now sensitive to even the slightest fan noise. At that time, there was a shortage of stock, so I didn't have much choice. I don't actually know if there's a 16GB option, as all I'm finding in my country is the 8GB. Nonetheless, even for the iMac, I think a max of 32GB would have been reasonable,
- Cu3PO42 6y ago
  There is a 16GB option, but you may need to configure it on Apple's online store.
- viklove 6y ago
  > I have tinnitus at ~30 because of loud poor-thermal expensive work laptops. I'm sorry, but I just cant bring myself to believe this statement. There's no way a computer fan can get loud enough to cause hearing damage.
  - nevi-me 6y ago
    How loud does a computer fan get when running at 100% fan, with a high pitch almost like a drill, in your experience? I've just tested with a sound meter app on my phone; granted this isn't the most accurate way of doing it. Silent in my room: 30db Fan on while running and GPU is activated: max 90db. I wish a computer manufacturer could guarantee what you're saying, because I could get a letter from my ENT doctor, take precise measurement; and sue the manufacturers for damaging my hearing.
    - viklove 6y ago
      Your computer fan is as loud as a lawn mower? You can't have a conversation in your room while your fan is running? What?
  - subsection1h 6y ago
    I have tinnitus as a result of running a 20" fan near my bed during one summer nine years ago.
    - randyrand 6y ago
      that’s scary. sorry to hear that. how close was it to your head? what kind of fan?

Please don't take this the wrong way, but if you're doing serious development and require resources to support Docker ... why did you choose to purchase the lowest spec'd laptop Apple has to sell?

nevi-me 6y ago

It's a fair question to ask. I have tinnitus at ~30 because of loud poor-thermal expensive work laptops. My work Dell's fan gets really loud, to the point where I can't bear sitting next to it. I got desperate as they couldn't do anything about it at work (nor could I). So, on the 22nd December, I went to look for an MBA as I'm now sensitive to even the slightest fan noise. At that time, there was a shortage of stock, so I didn't have much choice. I don't actually know if there's a 16GB option, as all I'm finding in my country is the 8GB. Nonetheless, even for the iMac, I think a max of 32GB would have been reasonable,

Cu3PO42 6y ago
There is a 16GB option, but you may need to configure it on Apple's online store.
viklove 6y ago
> I have tinnitus at ~30 because of loud poor-thermal expensive work laptops. I'm sorry, but I just cant bring myself to believe this statement. There's no way a computer fan can get loud enough to cause hearing damage.
- nevi-me 6y ago
  How loud does a computer fan get when running at 100% fan, with a high pitch almost like a drill, in your experience? I've just tested with a sound meter app on my phone; granted this isn't the most accurate way of doing it. Silent in my room: 30db Fan on while running and GPU is activated: max 90db. I wish a computer manufacturer could guarantee what you're saying, because I could get a letter from my ENT doctor, take precise measurement; and sue the manufacturers for damaging my hearing.
  - viklove 6y ago
    Your computer fan is as loud as a lawn mower? You can't have a conversation in your room while your fan is running? What?
- subsection1h 6y ago
  I have tinnitus as a result of running a 20" fan near my bed during one summer nine years ago.
  - randyrand 6y ago
    that’s scary. sorry to hear that. how close was it to your head? what kind of fan?