Let me first say that I am pedantic when it comes to ANY noise coming from my apple laptops. So I am looking for any slight sounds that may be annoying to me. Here are my experiences with the 16" i9 2019.
Seems that the 2019 runs hotter.
Simple video viewing on youtube I notice my 2019 16" fan comes on more frequently than my 2017 MBP. By that I mean its noticable to my sensitivities .... its low, but audible. I would say overall 5-15% more frequent than my 2017 MBP Base ( which the fans didn't come on at all during YouTube ).
Is this normal / acceptable behaviour for a 2019 16" i9?
It is doing a lot more.... 16" screen + Touch Bar + i9 etc.... so it may all be down just to that.
I would have expected a newer model to be superior in all ways....... perhaps this is a failure of expectation?
I do not have much experience with the i9 laptops.
My 2017 was super quiet most of the time.... the fans only came on ( big time ) when I was doing music production ( streaming in 10+ audio channels ).
Seems that the 2019 runs hotter.
Simple video viewing on youtube I notice my 2019 16" fan comes on more frequently than my 2017 MBP. By that I mean its noticable to my sensitivities .... its low, but audible. I would say overall 5-15% more frequent than my 2017 MBP Base ( which the fans didn't come on at all during YouTube ).
Is this normal / acceptable behaviour for a 2019 16" i9?
It is doing a lot more.... 16" screen + Touch Bar + i9 etc.... so it may all be down just to that.
I would have expected a newer model to be superior in all ways....... perhaps this is a failure of expectation?
I do not have much experience with the i9 laptops.
My 2017 was super quiet most of the time.... the fans only came on ( big time ) when I was doing music production ( streaming in 10+ audio channels ).
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