MacBook Air 2020

[stupidog]

looks like kena purged liao. there's only 1 page on e  Clinic main page n it's not there

weird ah i tot only me cannot see the thread.

i tot usually only EOL product then will remove thread ?

but this is mbp 16" still so new ?

 

[plsbanthem]

YouTube already has a lot of videos on the heat problem. dunno why apple release this mba. maybe I can also buy one to try and return it within the return period.

yeah i hv accepted the mba. Called Apple to cancel the return yesterday. It is okay after all.

 

[Almond_Sugar]

This MBA 2020 is not worth buying at all. Just running chrome alone will cause the processor heat up to 100c.

I think topping up 300 dollars for a Macbook pro is better. Hope the 2020 MBP model gets released in may.

 

[plsbanthem]

This MBA 2020 is not worth buying at all. Just running chrome alone will cause the processor heat up to 100c.

I think topping up 300 dollars for a Macbook pro is better. Hope the 2020 MBP model gets released in may.

I thought of waiting for the MBP too but decided against.

Thats because:

a cheap low end laptop with mac os
light weight laptop
i do not use cpu intensive apps

I have whatsapp, facebook, twitter, trading account, google news, edmw and etc on on Safari and I have yet to hear any fan noise.

The heat is mainly at the metal part above F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 buttons. Which I think is present at all mac laptops.

 

[Almond_Sugar]

I thought of waiting for the MBP too but decided against.

Thats because:

a cheap low end laptop with mac os
light weight laptop
i do not use cpu intensive apps

I have whatsapp, facebook, twitter, trading account, google news, edmw and etc on on Safari and I have yet to hear any fan noise.

The heat is mainly at the metal part above F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 buttons. Which I think is present at all mac laptops.

Errr ok but keep in mind if it runs at 100c constantly, the laptop isn't gonna last for long.

 

[twosix]

This YouTube shows it does not run at 100c all the time, even with 4k60 YouTube.

 

[plsbanthem]

Errr ok but keep in mind if it runs at 100c constantly, the laptop isn't gonna last for long.

nope.... it does not run 100c constantly...

 

[*adiBOY]

This MBA 2020 is not worth buying at all. Just running chrome alone will cause the processor heat up to 100c.

I think topping up 300 dollars for a Macbook pro is better. Hope the 2020 MBP model gets released in may.

That’s because you are using chrome

Nobody uses chrome on macOS. It’s one of the worse apps ever to be on macOS.

 

[Almond_Sugar]

That’s because you are using chrome ******************

Nobody uses chrome on macOS. It’s one of the worse apps ever to be on macOS.

Do I have a choice? Since Safari 13 all the ad-blockers are down. The remaining ones suck at blocking ads.

Firefox's zoom sucks on MacOS.
The alternative left is basically Chrome.

But the point is this, you replace chrome with iMovie, spotify, it's still going to run at close to 100c and spoil quicker. Simply because the fan isn't connected to the heatsink which is ridiculous. Even the 2015 air's heatsink is connected.

 

[*adiBOY]

Do I have a choice? Since Safari 13 all the ad-blockers are down. The remaining ones suck at blocking ads.

Firefox's zoom sucks on MacOS.
The alternative left is basically Chrome.

But the point is this, you replace chrome with iMovie, spotify, it's still going to run at close to 100c and spoil quicker. Simply because the fan isn't connected to the heatsink which is ridiculous. Even the 2015 air's heatsink is connected.

You have alternative, which is to use Edge Chromium. Same as chrome but much better security.

And MacBook Air is not the only laptop to have thermal issue with this chip. The inherent issues come with Intel who has poorly designed a poor chip.

Anyhow, you might want to return your unit and get another one to make sure you didn’t get a lemon.

 

[szeli]

Do I have a choice? Since Safari 13 all the ad-blockers are down. The remaining ones suck at blocking ads.

Firefox's zoom sucks on MacOS.
The alternative left is basically Chrome.

But the point is this, you replace chrome with iMovie, spotify, it's still going to run at close to 100c and spoil quicker. Simply because the fan isn't connected to the heatsink which is ridiculous. Even the 2015 air's heatsink is connected.

what do u mean adblockers r down?

 

[Almond_Sugar]

what do u mean adblockers r down?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple...ri-but-unlike-chrome-users-didnt-say-a-thing/

 

[szeli]

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple...ri-but-unlike-chrome-users-didnt-say-a-thing/

u prob did not finish reading e article?  just changed e backend. I'm still using AdGuard for Safari n it's working.

 

[Icterine]

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple...ri-but-unlike-chrome-users-didnt-say-a-thing/

That's false. I have been using Safari for 5 years with AdBlocker on. It still runs flawlessly today with the latest version. Safari is overall a more fluid experience than Chrome. I only use Chrome if I want to stream 4K or 8K Videos on YouTube; features that aren't available on Safari.

 

[KayElf]

How long usually take from Processing to Preparing to ship?

 

[twosix]

That's false. I have been using Safari for 5 years with AdBlocker on. It still runs flawlessly today with the latest version. Safari is overall a more fluid experience than Chrome. I only use Chrome if I want to stream 4K or 8K Videos on YouTube; features that aren't available on Safari.

Same here. I have adbplus running in safari. And safari uses less power than chrome. I also use Chrome only when need 4k YouTube. Too bad no 4k Netflix.

 

[MilgaussSC]

That's false. I have been using Safari for 5 years with AdBlocker on. It still runs flawlessly today with the latest version. Safari is overall a more fluid experience than Chrome. I only use Chrome if I want to stream 4K or 8K Videos on YouTube; features that aren't available on Safari.

yup. i use safari 90% of the time. i use wipr as my adblocker.

anyways to anyone looking to pick this macbook air up, if your use case is only basic stuff. a few tabs, music/spotify, email. This laptop is fine. The temps are just too high for my liking for menial tasks and the fan is just annoying. For a company that usually loves to market their products as silent and thin and light, them not including a heatpipe to prevent the fans from spinning up too much is just weird. I understand the design of the fan, as it is acting more as a case fan than a direct CPU fan, however just adding a heatpipe would have cooled the CPU so much better and allowed it to stretch its legs more. The laptop stutters alot for me too. Sometimes i wake the laptop up in the morning, my apps are stuttering. I dont know if this is a catalina issue or a macbook air issue. But my 2015, 15inch macbook pro didnt have this issue. In my 6 days of using this laptop, its given me more issues than my 2015, 15inch has in 4 years. I would really recommend waiting for the 13inch macbook pro refresh. Even if its just a keyboard refresh and nothing more, I would still recommend you to wait haha. Its rumored to be in may. The prices will stay the same probably but the storage will be doubled. So you could probably get a 256gb/8gb mbp13 for maybe S$2199.

https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac/macbook-pro-2020-3781171/

As off right now, on the apple singapore store, the 2thunderbolt 3 model with 128gbssd and 8gb ram is $1899, 256gb ssd model is $2199. Im gonna guess that they will be making the macbook pro 13 all come standard with 4 thunderbolt 3 ports to differentiate it from the macbook air. So my guess would be a new 13inch model with 256gb ssd and 8gb ram for 2199. or at most $2299.
That gives it a wide enough gap in terms of price vs the $1449 MBA 2020 and far enough from the base $3499 16inch mbp. As for me I will be aiming for a 512gb and 16gb model. Hopefully that will be priced at $2599 or $2699


Also keep in mind, if you watch alot of youtubers doing all these benchmakrs and testing of temperatures. Please remember that their ambient temperatures is very different from ours. We are always in humid 29 - 33 degree weather. Thats why their temperatures are almost never consistent. Got one youtuber say 90, one say 100, one say 75. Its so varied that i feel like they're not talking about the same laptop even. They all fail to point that ambient temperature plays a part too.

This YouTube shows it does not run at 100c all the time, even with 4k60 YouTube.

 

[1scape]

yeah i hv accepted the mba. Called Apple to cancel the return yesterday. It is okay after all.

hey guys i have received my quadcore i5 256gb mba 2020 today. while upgrading the os to its latest version, i do feel the top part of the keyboard area about f4 to f8 getting hot for a while but it didn't last long.

playing youtube videos and surfing 3 tabs so far .. temperature feels fine.

havent hear any fan noise yet

i am going to test this with more heavy browsing to see how it goes before deciding to get a refund or not.

not thinking of moving my stuff over from my 2011 mbp as i prefer a clean state.

 

[isuzui]

Yeah it’s good to have more real local reviews rather than those foreign youtuber s.

The MacBook Pro might be coming out in May but the price highly be in the high side of the thousand at least so might not be everyone budget.

Can see that most of the guys here are getting the i5, how about the ram? 8gb or 16gb?

 

[twosix]

The hardware is the same here or overseas. The difference is in the weather and usage pattern.