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Repasting a MacBook

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258 points speckx | 5 comments | 11 Jul 25 12:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.843s | source
1. nottorp ◴[12 Jul 25 08:52 UTC] No.44540438[source]▶
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I use a laptop for real work as little as possible.

Long term high CPU usage goes on a properly silent and easy to repaste (and LARGE ofc) desktop.

As a consequence, the oldest laptop I have around (a 2009 macbook white) is just fine(tm) noise wise.

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2. kzrdude ◴[12 Jul 25 08:57 UTC] No.44540472[source]▶
Maybe a dumb question then, but is dust buildup just as much a function of work/use as of time? I guess that is reasonable.
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3. nottorp ◴[12 Jul 25 09:14 UTC] No.44540557[source]▶
I don't know, because right now I'm replying from my laptop while being on my balcony, which is open to the real world(tm) and thus has a lot more dust than the inside of my home.

I've used all my laptops like that and they're still silent [1].

[1] Silent, but the keyboard is broken on the old emoji keyboard macbook pro, may whoever designed it and stuck to it burn in whatever hell they believe in forever.

4. unsupp0rted ◴[12 Jul 25 16:53 UTC] No.44543293[source]▶
You are old fashioned. An M-series MacBook Pro is the most “work” machine almost anybody needs. Almost anybody.
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5. nottorp ◴[12 Jul 25 17:04 UTC] No.44543360[source]▶
Yeah I have one. And a mac mini plugged into 2 monitors. And a beige box running linux and windows, depending on what i need at the moment.