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Re:MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for ... by virtualwhys on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:09AM (#17514731)
How's the fan noise on the 5520 during basic usage? Browser, email client, text editor, etc.

Have an old M4700 here, thinking of upgrading to the 5530, but am not sure what thermal effects of going slimmer/lighter has had on the new design.

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Re:MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for ... by dijit on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:45AM (#17515099)
For easy tasks it's silent, it's very rare the fans roar, but they do roar when doing something that pins cores at 100%.

(example: compressing things for more than 3~ minutes with xz)

Once the fans are spinning it's rather loud but around the same level as a 15" macbook pro (which my colleague has)

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