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Re:MacBook Air M4 by mihular on Thursday March 06, 2025 @02:37PM (#43284277)
850W is an overkill and will affect efficiency. I'd go with less power.
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Re:MacBook Air M4 by whatagreatboy on Friday March 07, 2025 @12:57AM (#43287663)
Then you suddenly want a Nvidia GPU on the side and you need more power.
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Re:MacBook Air M4 by wyclif on Friday March 07, 2025 @09:42PM (#43297044)
Is 850W really "overkill"? I don't know. I suppose it depends on how likely it is you will expand and add devices.
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Re:MacBook Air M4 by Dylan16807 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @10:34PM (#43349864)
If I go look up an arbitrary 850 watt supply (seasonic focus gold), it looks like it wastes about 10% plus 5 watts anywhere from 0-60% load. So extra capacity doesn't hurt that one.
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