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Fan & heat of the pro ?

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lumenz

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Nov 11, 2013
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gonna buy either the pro or air but i need to know this first

Which has a better fan and less heat
macbook pro (late 2013) or the macbook air (late 2013)?

(i get the feeling that the bigger pro has better airflow because its just bigger?
but because of the retina display it maybe gets hotter than the air?)
 
My iPhone gets hotter than my retina MBP, even when the rMBP is under full load it gets mildly warm.

Nothing like my old Core 2 Duo MBP, that thing would burn your legs.
 
lumenz said:
gonna buy either the pro or air but i need to know this first

Which has a better fan and less heat
macbook pro (late 2013) or the macbook air (late 2013)?

(i get the feeling that the bigger pro has better airflow because its just bigger?
but because of the retina display it maybe gets hotter than the air?)
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the display is not a factor in the heat in any way (technically the psu could get hotter but it's negligible)

it's all about your cpu and gpu heat, and the two fans run at the minimum almost all the time for me unless i try play a game, so it's super quiet but still cold
 
SimonTheSoundMa said:
My iPhone gets hotter than my retina MBP, even when the rMBP is under full load it gets mildly warm.

Nothing like my old Core 2 Duo MBP, that thing would burn your legs.
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That's music to my ears. My 17 inch 2007 MBP got so brutally hot that I had to put a pillow under it before I could comfortably hold it in my lap. In stark contrast, my 2010 MBA has always been as cool as a cucumber.

I have been trying to decide whether to replace the MBA with the new 13 inch
retina MBP or wait and see what the MBA looks like when Apple refreshes it next spring (maybe). I am just about convinced that the rMBP would be my best bet.
 
so now i still dont know which one produces the least amount of heat ?
13 inch pro or 13 inch air?
 
My 13" 2012 MBA never really gets notably hot, unless I'm really taxing the CPU by converting media files or something.
 
SimonTheSoundMa said:
My iPhone gets hotter than my retina MBP, even when the rMBP is under full load it gets mildly warm.

Nothing like my old Core 2 Duo MBP, that thing would burn your legs.
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Ditto. My 2007 would burn your legs, and my iPhone 4 gets hotter than my new MBP.

Zero fan noise as well. I have to closet myself in a room with no central air/heat on to hear the fan when compiling.
 
lumenz said:
so now i still dont know which one produces the least amount of heat ?
13 inch pro or 13 inch air?
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You won't notice unless you're doing something heavy. But the Pro has visible air vents. It's a non-issue, just buy the machine you want.
 
lumenz said:
so now i still dont know which one produces the least amount of heat ?
13 inch pro or 13 inch air?
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Your decision to chose one of the Macbooks should not come down to heat, because both of them stay pretty cool. The Air has the lower TDP chip while the Pro has a bigger fan and the better overall cooling system. (at least the retina version!)

Personally I'd go for a rMBP. Awesome screen, good performance and manages to keep it as cool as the weaker Air does
 
i bought the 13 inch mbp retina late 2013, i returned it because i could feel warmth/light heat over the keyboard. under heavy load the heat was more of course. overall i really like the macbook pro 13 but the heat irritates me.

now i wanna buy the mba haswell 11 inch, but does it have the same kind of light heat as the rmbp or is it a little bit cooler?

And i could feel the virbration of the speaker sound under my palms (palmwrist on the macbook) , is this normal?
 
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