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0 pointsfalcolas11y ago0 comments

In short bursts, but for any prolonged computing, the air will pull ahead due to the active cooling.

I use an air as a development machine, and it works great.

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Cacti11y ago· 1 in thread

Well, to be fair, any prolonged, heavy computing will also kill the Air's battery. And the fan sounds like a freaking plane taking off.

falcolasOP11y ago

Shorter battery life vs. significantly reduced computing power (due to reduced heat dissipation). Personally, for the development use case, I'll take the reduced battery life; I can mitigate that problem with a power cable.

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