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19 negative opinions (19 in english) on the Apple MacBook Pro soundproofing have been found. There are also, on the same issue, 16 positive opinions.


Negative opinions in english :

Ciao - June 2007 :

"... Advantages: Powerfull, reliable, made in apple Disadvantages: Noise and heat Recommendable: Yes Detailed rating: Speed Look & Feel Comfort & Portability Robustness & Durability Value For Money more Memory / capacity Good Ease of use Easy Range of ..."

Engadget - April 2010 :

"... effort. Sure, it's nice that there's hardly any fan noise ever, but at some point the laptop becomes hot on top as well, causing our left palm and wrist to sweat -- we'd say that's as good a time as any for the fan to kick into gear. Keyboard, ..."

Notebookcheck - December 2010 :

"... simply take their toll from the cooling system. Fan noise characteristic in Sony's Vaio VPCZ11X9E/B: Fan off - purple; without load - gray & yellow; only graphics - magenta; games & CPU load - orange & blue; extreme load ' yellow Loudness Idle 29 ..."

NotebookReview - February 2009 :

"... a little over enthusiastic that accounts for the fan noise, so i have adjusted the settings, but 80% cpu usage is still high for Skype. God help my little INTEL N270 1.6Ghz in my Netbook it will be killed. __________________ 'All that is necessary ..."

Hardware Zone - July 2010 :

"... it affect overseas users as well! they having noisy fan as well.. __________________ tohchr View Public Profile Find More Posts by tohchr Today, 07:24 PM # 19 Snoweagle Arch-Supremacy Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,342 tohchr wrote: Till ..."

Engadget - February 2009 :

"... Sadly Apple is not good in any of them. Macbooks fans are really noisy, I cant barely ear my clients when we skype. Report Name Email Reason SUBMIT - Reply %ChildReplyHTML% View Replies //--> Posted Feb 17th 2009 7:55PM Low Ranked Your Gateway is ..."

Notebookcheck - September 2010 :

"... Optimus notebooks, too. to top Emissions System Noise Both case fans in the area of the display rotate steplessly with 2000 - 5370 revolutions per minute depending on the load. They always remain in the lowest level without load and are only ..."

NotebookReview - January 2009 :

"... well and boots fast Battery life is acceptable Cons: Computer can get noisy OK speakers Screen viewing angles are poor Touchpad buttons are stiff Design is love it or hate it Construction is entirely recycled plastic No eSATA If there is ..."

Engadget - November 2006 :

"... using it for months and really notice the CPU fan noise when I'm using the notebook away from my desk. One caveat, the fans in it get noisier over time. Report Name Email Reason SUBMIT - Reply %ChildReplyHTML% View Replies //--> Posted Sep 8th ..."

Notebookcheck - February 2009 :

"... 45.4 °C Average: 38.1 °C Room Temperature 21 °C Noise Emissions The noise of the fan is and always was an advantage of Apple notebooks . The designers focused more on a quiet operating noise and accepted higher case temperatures. In standard ..."

NotebookReview - June 2009 :

"... range. Though, the tradeoff for this is much noiser fan. This will give some heads for people who are using Windows in Bootcamp. For those people who are using Windows in Virtual machines. -Performance is compromised. Expect around 10-20% ..."

Engadget - May 2006 :

"... in with the firmware that seems to fix both the noise from the fan and the electric hum, which is NOT the fans NOR is it the hard drive. The firmware reduces the noise from the fans and reduces some issues with the electronic hum that the MacBook ..."

Notebookcheck - August 2009 :

"... 6 °C Room Temperature 23.5 °C System Noise The fan noise in our strong 2.8 GHz model remains agreeably low . The established maximum of 48 dB was only measured in states of extreme load after a longer period of time. Merely 40 dB were ..."

NotebookReview - June 2009 :

"... 2.5-3K RPM and according to many users, the fan noise is very significant. Other than that, I can't think of anything else performance wise that might affect the macbook Pro. __________________ For Sale: 30GB 1.8" HDD+Retail Unactivated ..."

Engadget - April 2006 :

"... 10:31PM Bought one tonight, serial W8613,,,, no fan noise or processor pitches. No problems at all that I can see. Reply Neutral Steven Sloan @ Apr 3rd 2006 11:08PM hmmm, replacing those that got uncomfortably hot. I wish i could have gotten my ..."

Notebookcheck - August 2009 :

"... 2 °C Room Temperature 23.5 °C System Noise The fan noise in our strong 2.53 GHz model remains agreeably low . The established maximum of 46 dB were only measured in states of extreme load after a longer period of time. Merely 40 dB were ..."

NotebookReview - June 2009 :

"... out at 77C through 30 minutes of Fur Benchmark. Fan noise is excellent as well; virtually silent when idle or low load, very acceptable levels with high load. This is probably one of the quietest laptops I've heard when it is rendering 3D. I have ..."

Engadget - April 2006 :

"... notoriously hot for what they do. I'm sure the fan noise would kick up a few notches if you run this thing at full speed in a MacBook Pro, considering how thin these laptops are compared to the others. Reclock at your peril. Reply Neutral ..."

Notebookcheck - May 2010 :

"... than is necessary . to top Emissions System noise The two fans in this new MacBook Pro 15 remain quietly in the background, as you would expect of an Apple notebook. They mostly run at 2000 rpm, particularly when running Mac OS X. This ..."

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74.97% positive opinions
(791 opinions, 70 sources)
Positive points screen, performances...
Negative points overheating, soundproofing...

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