Do M4Pro Mac Mini fans activate during normal activities?

[GooseInTheCaboose]

When you have hundreds of safari/chrome tabs open, are doing Zoom calls, browsing your photo library etc., will the fans activate?

I’m talking about routine activities BUT heavy multitasking, or rather sloppy habits of leaving many basic things open at once.

Will this cause the fans to activate? And will it be a better choice to get the M4 regular non pro version if you multitask a lot and don’t want fan noise?

 

[Davefevs]

I’m no techy, but multiple chrome tabs used to run my MPB hot and drain the battery.

 

[GooseInTheCaboose]

Same... they made my old Intel MBP fans go like crazy.

I am wondering if this will happen with the new MacMini M4pro, and if this is something I want to avoid is it better to get a regular M4 Mini? Or a M4Pro Macbook Pro perhps?

 

[Che Castro]

Why would someone have 100s of tabs open

 

[GooseInTheCaboose]

Why would someone have 100s of tabs open

Well, for me, research + shopping + career stuff/opportunities + planning vacations + fun stuff/blogs I read + recipes + hobbies...it just adds up!

I leave lots of ongoing things open. Sometimes I leave a recipe open that i use frequently lol. I know it isnt ideal but this is just a habit I have had for years. I know I cant stop so I dont want to get a machine where it will be a problem causing fans/noise all the time

 

[Frazzle]

Buy a MacBook Air and you can be sure it will not turn on the fan. It doesn't have one.

 

[MacCheetah3]

For your workload, I’d recommend gong with...

10-Core CPU
10-Core GPU
24GB Unified Memory
512GB SSD Storage

…Bumped up to 32GB Unified Memory. Of course, you can configure more storage as needed/desired.

Unless you know 32GB is (surprisingly) not enough (i.e., yellow or red memory pressure after having everything open loaded for a day or some otherwise lengthy period).

Anyway… My point is the processing performance should be plenty and it would be a config cheaper than even the base M4 Pro mini.

 

[yalej]

When you have hundreds of safari/chrome tabs open, are doing Zoom calls, browsing your photo library etc., will the fans activate?

I’m talking about routine activities BUT heavy multitasking, or rather sloppy habits of leaving many basic things open at once.

Will this cause the fans to activate? And will it be a better choice to get the M4 regular non pro version if you multitask a lot and don’t want fan noise?

Never had the fans audibly activate doing anything except 4K gaming. Mutiple tabs, multiple apps, zoom, won't even make it blink (M4 Pro 14/20).

 

[Chuckeee]

Will this cause the fans to activate?

I believe the question is how fast the fan is spinning. The fan is usually always spinning while the unit is on, the fan’s RPM is slow enough that there is no noticeable noise.