Hey everyone, so with black friday coming up I stumbled upon a great deal for a Macbook Air 15.

My main concern is the longevity of this machine, I was looking into the 16-inch Macbook Pro since it’s safe to assume it’ll last you between 6-10 years if you take real good care of it. But I do wonder, with a fanless, thin machine like this one, with those specific specs I mentioned, how long do you think this laptop will last? Important to mention:

My main concern is the longevity of this machine, I was looking into the 16-inch Macbook Pro since it’s safe to assume it’ll last you between 6-10 years if you take really good care of it. But I do wonder, with a fanless, thin machine like this one, with those specific specs I mentioned, how long do you think this laptop will last? Important to mention:

I’ll be using the laptop for both personal use and work. I usually run a bunch of Chrome tabs at once, 2 or 3 apps at once running in the background. When doing personal stuff, I’d love to edit vacation family movies, manage my future small business start-up, and travel.

Maaaaybe I install a virtual machine or some ps2-ps3 emulators in the future just for fun or for whenever I travel (I often visit the mountains in France, and villages often don’t have WiFi around).

Anyways, thanks for your time and patience!

  • medes24@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Going off of the Intel era, Apple has typically provided seven years of software upgrades and two years of support for each OS upgrade - or in other words up to nine years total of software support. Hardware support exists on a comparable seven years based on the final sale date of a device.

    Under a normal load, an M-series chip is around 15-30°C cooler than an Intel Mac with a fan. Unless you are redlining your CPU every single day (in which case an Air is probably not for you) this will not be an issue. M series chips will also be more resistant to thermal paste decay owing to their lower temperatures.

    I run very comparable workloads to you on my Air and I rarely see my CPU tick above 40°C under load. My 2012 Mac mini idled at 65°C by comparison.