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Main two things for me that (in my opinion) Apple does better than others are 1) excellent trackpad and 2) no air vents at the bottom of the laptop. With those
by strathos 2y ago
Main two things for me that (in my opinion) Apple does better than others are 1) excellent trackpad and 2) no air vents at the bottom of the laptop. With those two things I find MacBooks to be very usable on your lap, like for example in trains, airports, or even in an outdoor chair.
- int_19h 2y agoMacBook Air (ARM) is fanless even.
- tmtvl 2y agoI had an ASUS laptop die to overheating, so fanless sounds terrible. Does that thing just shut down when it starts getting hot or something?
- dmonitor 2y agoIt gets less hot than my iPhone
- justin66 2y agoI don't think my M2 Air has ever reached a temperature you could describe as "hot."
- Wytwwww 2y agoIt's basically an iPad (hardware wise) with a bigger screen and a keyboard attached. Why would that be an issue?
- int_19h 2y agoIt just doesn't get hot. If I remember correctly, there's a massive heatsink there that distributes it all, and having an aluminum body probably helps as well. Either way it's the most comfortable laptop I've ever used for this exact reason (well, and the humongous haptic trackpad). Yet it's still fast enough to do development on it, never mind more mundane stuff like web browsing or watching movies. I'm not at all an Apple fan, but when people say that M* silicon is almost magic, they're not wrong.
- baq 2y agoIt throttles itself. You can install a thermal conductor on the package which makes the whole chassis into a radiator and the thing gets too hot to touch under load, but you get more performance.