Greg is trying to create controversy. What happened with the 10 core is completely logical and normal. Greg even spoke about it and then went right back to his over the top hyperbole. In his previous video, he praised the base M2 for staying cool during export. The guy is playing the YT game.apparently the 10 core GPU throttles so much it scores lower in a shadow of the tomb raider benchmark than the 8 core GPU model of M2
If a person's work entails sustained use of the CPU for video rendering and other CPU intensive tasks where time is money, said person should not be using an M2 Air. One the other hand, if a person does exporting and file transport albeit not continuously, the M2 will do just fine with that and a lot more.Ok could be but does it not prove you should stick with the base 8 core GPU on the MacBook Air?
I’m not saying it’s a bad laptop. It’ll be great for most people
Agreed, but said person should probably not pay the extra for the more powerful version of the M2 and maybe spend the money on extra storage or memory insteadIf a person's work entails sustained use of the CPU for video rendering and other CPU intensive tasks where time is money, said person should not be using an M2 Air. One the other hand, if a person does exporting and file transport albeit not continuously, the M2 will do just fine with that and a lot more.
That I agree with.Agreed, but said person should probably not pay the extra for the more powerful version of the M2 and maybe spend the money on extra storage or memory instead
It seems for the conclusion on the actual question, lap hotness, the answer is kinda no. The bottom part gets to about 33 Celcius. I'd say this is quite alright.Under sustained loads, where m2 is being throttled, does it get too hot to rest on your lap?
Those of us that dealt with hot Intel MBPs had all sorts of creative solutions.
Do you have a link, or do you remember the YT account? Thanks.I saw video where an export was being done, it was too hot for lap.
Do you have a link, or do you remember the YT account? Thanks.
“The hottest point on the bottom of the notebook measured 39.5 degrees Celsius (103.1 degrees Fahrenheit).”
Thanks, it's been years since I heard anyone use the word "ridonkulous." 🤣