Can you hear the fan on a MacBook ? Apple Notebooks?

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Can you hear the fan on a MacBook ? Apple Notebooks?

PostThu Jun 08, 2023 8:03 am

I am just curious, when you work in Davinci on an MacBook, the white notebooks from Apple.
can you hear the fan?
Working hard: strong / a bit / never
Not working hard: strong / a bit / never

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Re: Can you hear the fan on a MacBook ? Apple Notebooks?

PostThu Jun 08, 2023 9:09 am

The only time I hear it on my Macbook M2 Max with Resolve is during a long render, but even then it's very quiet and not infuriatingly loud like my previous Windows laptops.
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Re: Can you hear the fan on a MacBook ? Apple Notebooks?

PostThu Jun 08, 2023 9:21 am

On my 2020 i7 MBP - I only recall hearing it when it's really stressed and I don't recall ever hearing it during editing / colour grading. If you do stress it though the fans are quite audible.
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Re: Can you hear the fan on a MacBook ? Apple Notebooks?

PostThu Jun 08, 2023 9:30 am

I can’t hear it at all on my wife’s MB Air M2.
It has none ;-)

And on mine (see sig) it’s not loud at all, even during a massive render in 3D.
While editing and grading, it’s silent.
Now that the cat #19 is out of the bag, test it as much as you can and use the subforum.

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Re: Can you hear the fan on a MacBook ? Apple Notebooks?

PostThu Jun 08, 2023 9:40 am

When I was using my 2020 M1 MacBook Pro for daily post work it was silent except during renders.
Other than that, its got to be nearly 15 years since I last saw Apple producing a white notebook... I'm guessing you're not planning on trying to run modern Resolve on one of those! ;)
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Re: Can you hear the fan on a MacBook ? Apple Notebooks?

PostThu Jun 08, 2023 10:13 am

Most have missed that! I remember now, and it was as heavy.
Now that the cat #19 is out of the bag, test it as much as you can and use the subforum.

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Re: Can you hear the fan on a MacBook ? Apple Notebooks?

PostThu Jun 08, 2023 10:14 am

IstvanOnFire wrote:I am just curious, when you work in Davinci on an MacBook, the white notebooks from Apple.

:o
I guess you're not trying to do anything related with Resolve on this 2003 computer sold with default 10.6 Snow Leopard :lol:
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Re: Can you hear the fan on a MacBook ? Apple Notebooks?

PostThu Jun 08, 2023 10:16 am

Only during long rendering I can hear the fan, but it's acceptable as said before, my old WIN PC is really loud for the same job.
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Re: Can you hear the fan on a MacBook ? Apple Notebooks?

PostSat Jun 10, 2023 7:59 am

Thank you for all these feedbacks !!
I have Windows and Ubuntu, but I am thinking about to switch to MacBook.
I just wanted kidding around, because MacBooks are always in this color "almost white"..

have a nice day !

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