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stuart2102

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May 29, 2011
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hello there just wanna ask why sometimes i can hear noise like fan on my macbook pro this is not usually i heard on my macbook, may i know what this is mean? why sometimes it happen a noise like fan?
 

kevinkyoo

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Feb 5, 2016
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MacBook doesn't have a fan, unlike most laptops. When you hear fans, that means that the computer is trying to both disperse and "exhale" the heat out of the laptop to cool it down. This is when you do intensive tasks that would cause the computer to work harder, thus causing it to be hotter.
 

stuart2102

macrumors regular
Original poster
May 29, 2011
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MacBook doesn't have a fan, unlike most laptops. When you hear fans, that means that the computer is trying to both disperse and "exhale" the heat out of the laptop to cool it down. This is when you do intensive tasks that would cause the computer to work harder, thus causing it to be hotter.
oooh okay thanks for this info, but as what i've experience now my macbook is turn off and when i open it after 30minutes i heard a noise although i do have lots of youtube open does it matters for the youtube around 10 of them buffering to cause for my macbook to work harder?
 
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