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new macbook fan, is it noisy?

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sawtooth420

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Jun 7, 2007
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Hi,
I want to buy the new macbook 2.0
but it's extremely important to me to know
how is the fan: does it start often, is it noisy?
Is it constantly on? How's compared with previous macbook?
I work in a litle space and do audio recording,
and i'm trashing my notebook just because of it's fan noise!
Hope you understand...
Thanks
 
I would like to also know this. I am eager to buy one now. But I dont like noisy laptops.
 
Although I have checked them out in store and they seem to run pretty cool, I obviously couldn't get an idea of the fan noise. Would love to know how they fare for noise when doing some processor intensive stuff....

ShadoW
 
Oh, go write an email or invent a meme on 4chan or whatever you're using your overpriced email-checking-machine for.

The guy records audio, I'm sure he thinks it's relevant.
 
So, you rather don't want people to know the MB's are lacking FW-input?

Yep, I sure was dead wrong on that one. Boy, that sawtooth guy will be all happylike when he's gone bought himself a brand new silent MB for recording audio, only to discover he can't bloody use it for recording audio.

Even if he hasn't got a FW audio interface, he still records audio, and is definitively in the market for one either now or in the future, so yes, I'd say it is very much relevant.

Even though he's not directly asking for it, it's still a friendly gesture to inform people about the lack of FW in the new MB's.
 
Milk*is*tasty said:
Really, how are you gonna connect your audio interface to the MB? With firewire?
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Milk*is*tasty said:
Oh, go write an email or invent a meme on 4chan or whatever you're using your overpriced email-checking-machine for.

The guy records audio, I'm sure he thinks it's relevant.
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Milk*is*tasty said:
So, you rather don't want people to know the MB's are lacking FW-input?

Yep, I sure was dead wrong on that one. Boy, that sawtooth guy will be all happylike when he's gone bought himself a brand new silent MB for recording audio, only to discover he can't bloody use it for recording audio.

Even if he hasn't got a FW audio interface, he still records audio, and is definitively in the market for one either now or in the future, so yes, I'd say it is very much relevant.

Even though he's not directly asking for it, it's still a friendly gesture to inform people about the lack of FW in the new MB's.
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I thought this thread was about the fans in the new MacBooks??? Yes, No???I'm pretty sure the guy is aware that there is no FW in the new MacBooks... especially with all the whining threads about it. So that being said.... gtfo.

So back to the OP's question... I would like to know too if anyone has tested this.
 
I have found that the only way to keep fan noise, hard disk noise or whatever other noise a computer might generate off recordings is to move the computer away from the microphone.
 
eye.surgeon said:
OMG will the firewire crazies please take it outside.
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Totally agree, yes!!! :mad:

BTW, I have the MB and MB Alu right here next to one another in a quiet hotel room in Austin, TX and the MacBook is at least twice as loud! :eek:

It's that brick construction, I tell you! :p
 
I thought this thread was about the fans in the new MacBooks??? Yes, No???I'm pretty sure the guy is aware that there is no FW in the new MacBooks... especially with all the whining threads about it. So that being said.... gtfo.

So back to the OP's question... I would like to know too if anyone has tested this.
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No, this thread is about a guy trying to record audio with a new MB.

I work in a litle space and do audio recording,
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I'm sure all you people using Apple cause it looks good with your purse doesn't care, but that doesn't mean other people don't, so please, let the information flow freely, yes?
 
acfusion29 said:
Mine hasn't come on in programs that made my fans go nuts on my blackbook.
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What kind of programs if you don't mind sharing. I'm too concerned about fan noise because my current white MB's fan drives me crazy on EyeTV, flash etc.
 
Once again my friend and I tested his new 2.0 against my black 2.4 and my black ran a little cooler on Final Cut, opening numerous open apps at once, and watching movies. This was done in real time side by side. As far as the fans mine didn't come on as much due to his heating up more with those apps going.
 
If you guys want to post some free programs that are small that I can download, I'll test them.

Fans haven't gone on once when I'm on Youtube, and I also was watching an HD clip from Apple's website, and the fans didn't go off...
 
Milk*is*tasty said:
No, this thread is about a guy trying to record audio with a new MB.
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You must have not passed reading comprehension in school :confused:... it's not about a guy trying to record audio with a Mac, I'm sure he already knows how to do that. The dude asked about fan noise BECAUSE he does audio work... he didn't say "hey, I do audio work on a mac... whats the pros and cons of this new MB?". Anyways this argument is retarded haha. OUT.
 
I have yet to have the fans come on, or at least if they have, they are silent. In my late 2007 model MacBook, the fans would come on while watching Youtube or other flash based content. I watched several videos on Youtube with no effect.

Civilization IV was also a guaranteed fan noise maker. I will be testing that out tomorrow.
 
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