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Based on what people that have both say, when the Air would throttle the Pro’s fans become slightly audible. I also prefer the design of the Air, so it was an
by lucian1900 5y ago
Based on what people that have both say, when the Air would throttle the Pro’s fans become slightly audible.
I also prefer the design of the Air, so it was an easy choice for me.
- qwerty456127 5y agoI see. I personally am a PC user and I have a habit of controlling the throttle manually (it's not necessary but easy and handy). I have been doing this for almost 20 years, using handy 3-rd party panel applets and system's (both Linux and Windows) built-in tools. So I'm surprised to learn MacBooks still don't allow manual throttle control. I usually prefer to keep my thermal regime below of what the vendors pre-define.
- lucian1900 5y agoAll intel MacBooks I’ve used allowed controlling the fans manually, at least. It’s not relevant for the M1 Air since it has no fans, of course.
- qwerty456127 5y agoI don't mean controlling the fans. I mean voluntarily throttling down the frequency of the CPU (and telling it it should not up-throttle even when the load goes high) so the computer actually stays cold even without the fans.
- lucian1900 5y agoSure, you could do that too at least on Intel ones. Generally it makes sense to do it indirectly with the fans. It’s really not needed on the M1. The only time my Air got warm was in a game.