Only the MacBook 12 was fanless from the Intel era, but I’m not too sure about that. Airs were never fanless while being Intel.
How can fanless intel macbook air make noise?
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
and that thing was a disaster.
wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately, yes. I’m looking for a compact laptop, a typing machine of a kind, I’d use for typing texts in nvim. So I don’t care how slow it is, but I’d like it to be thin and light, with USB C adapter for charger. Even the battery life is not something I need to be high, all I care for it to handle a single writing session, of an hour or two. Ideally, I’d prefer the laptop to be cheap, I don’t need a typing machine for a grand. This laptop could be perfect for the task, yet it’s a disaster. So far, one of the best laptops I could find is a used MacBook Air 11, can get one for €50 to €100 these days.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
They had fans in the Pro, nobody mentioned the Air specifically in this thread. The Air at that time had a crappy Y series Intel CPU in order to go fanless.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
intel airs did have fans anyway. when they switched to apple silicon they removed the fans.
The 12” macbook (not air or pro) was fabless but it was a severely gimped CPU and had major issues.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Ah okay I assumed that since the last Intel Airs used the same shitty Y series Intel CPUs they were also fanless. Now that I’m thinking though - those Airs were the ones that had fans that never really blew at the heatsink