This is MacRumors, there is one allowable opinion.People can have different opinions, that's what these forums are. I guess I just lost that need to tinker as I got older.
This is MacRumors, there is one allowable opinion.People can have different opinions, that's what these forums are. I guess I just lost that need to tinker as I got older.
I did! But it's more fun to mod.pretty cool ... but it would be cheaper to upgrade to a new M1 MacBook .... never heard the fan on mine and its crazy fast. No matter how much load I throw at it, its super quite and no signs of slow down.
I think you are right about Apple's obsession and proper cooling, but Intels just run hot.The results of Apple's obsession with thinner. None of this would have been necessary if they made it a few mm thicker and had proper cooling. Form over function. Meh. I'm waiting on a thicker MacBook with ports.
No no, VM is only used for configuration and is shut down unless I am changing a parameter; once the config is uploaded to the pump, the pump manages both its own speed as well as the fan curve automatically based on two temp sensors that connect to the integrated controller. The Pi0 is only used for reporting, because the pump presents as a USB device. It's not actually required for operation. A sufficiently-motivated person could hack in an ESP32.Not a good approach. Kill the raspberry, and forget about VMware that will add even more heat. Keep the pipes and radiator add a switch for circulation and get done.
Just saying hello from my M1 MacBook AirPretty cool, but also seems like a waste of time/resources. I would imagine anyone would be better off just moving to an M1.
Tried all that! Only other thing that continued to work to keep fan noise down after many hours of abuse was throttling CPU TDP with Volta, but that made the machine slow. So, water cooler. Plus - and I cannot emphasize this enough - modding stuff is fun!Nice but maybe just get some fan control software. Apple wishes its machines had no fans (a neurotic leftover from the Jobs era). Though it is nice to have a machine that isn't constantly inhaling and exhaling Covid particles. Just get iStatMenus. Make temp zones, low, low-mid, mid, mid-high and high. Set low to always be on at just above your average lowest temp, should be about 150 F. Then set each zone at 10 degrees warmer than the next. Adjust the fan speeds in those zones to your liking.
Your fans will stay running more often but the overall temps will be much lower. You'll find that fans running more often at lower levels is much less annoying than Apple waiting until the last second (trying to hide the fans) only to have to unleash them at full blast, grabbing everyone's attention in the room. Sad programming, really.
Because I don't just go with off-the-shelf solutionsWhy didn't he just get one of these?
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Of course, he probably didn't have one of those lying around.
YES! A thousand times yes.Maybe the fans are silent now, but is the water pump that much quieter?
I’m feeling a bit slow. It took me a minute to wrap my mind around this.The fan noise never really bothered me; it was the mid-work flights that were irritating.
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Eventually, the battery dies, and the thing comes back down.
I'm waiting for a battery-powered Mac Mini with plenty of ports and proper thermal design, that connects to a thin quiet laptop wirelessly or with one USB C. Trying to fit the CPU inside the laptop just has too many performance and usability tradeoffs.The results of Apple's obsession with thinner. None of this would have been necessary if they made it a few mm thicker and had proper cooling. Form over function. Meh. I'm waiting on a thicker MacBook with ports.
Apple solved nothing. That is exactly what was said when they switched from PowerPC to Intel. But you need to be old enough to remember that.Apple solved this problem by designing energy efficient CPUs. A few mm won't save you if the cpu is running at 300watts.
Ha. I just love people who walk right up and slap the cuffs on themselves. LOL!just shows how much Intel sucks ... M1 does not have these issues
And snagged so many fools with self-applied handcuffs. LOL!Apple designed the M1 instead.
Most of these kids have no clue whatsoever what a PowerMac is, or that the PowerPC runs the latest and greatest Mars rover.Some Powermac G5's were liquid/water-cooled. So we have seen it in the past.
Sure, if you like to wear handcuffs as a fashion statement.Pretty cool, but also seems like a waste of time/resources. I would imagine anyone would be better off just moving to an M1.
Data crunching? Sounds like one of those meaningless phrases used by people who like to impress others with alleged IT knowledge. Virtually every benchmark out there shows Intel stomping on the M1 by as much as 6:1. Adding a letter to the name of the CPU won't do much to close that gap.I have my MacBook Air M1 and an Intel Gigabyte laptop.
When the M1X comes out, I will sell both but for the time being the M1 does not match a 45 watts Intel at data crunching. I understand Apple as added a lot of transistors specifically for video editing and it is paying them in spades on the marketing front as reviewers mainly cares about that.
It’s called COVID lockdownPretty cool, but also seems like a waste of time/resources. I would imagine anyone would be better off just moving to an M1.
I would think weight would be the main objective. That it’s thin is a by product of said objective. I have many female colleagues clamouring for light notebooks for work due to the need to carry the notebook around meeting customers.The results of Apple's obsession with thinner.
That doesn't seem to hold true when you think about M1 Macs. Better Mac performance than the highest Intel Macs with no appreciable heat or fan noise to speak of in the same form factor. Cake and eat it too.The results of Apple's obsession with thinner. None of this would have been necessary if they made it a few mm thicker and had proper cooling. Form over function. Meh. I'm waiting on a thicker MacBook with ports.
Um. No?Virtually every benchmark out there shows Intel stomping on the M1 by as much as 6:1.