macbook air overheat

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macbook air overheat

Do you think I should buy a new MacBook air 2020 or 8th gen MacBook pro? I hate to spend the extra money but looks like Apple goofed on the MacBook Air. Overheating slows the processing. What do you think?

Posted on Jul 3, 2020 1:07 PM

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Axel Foley

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Jul 3, 2020 1:14 PM in response to cahbaker

I am going to provide my experience with the MacBook Air 2020 8GB 256GB SSD i3. It undergoes near 8 hours a day use and mainly on productivity apps (for ex. MS Office Products). Works like a charm. No issues with macOS Catalina. I only have one extension loaded in Safari and one background app loaded at boot (OneDrive). I have had this MacBook Air for approximately 3 months.

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Axel Foley

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Jul 3, 2020 7:53 PM in response to cahbaker

Yes, actually have been using Zoom and Microsoft Teams often these days on almost a daily basis.

My standard day has the following apps open without issues-

Safari - 5 Pinned tabs and 2 unpinned tabs - Total 7 pages

MS Outlook

MS Excel - One 12MB Excel File

MS Word - One 11MB Document

MS Teams or Zoom

Messages

WhatsApp for Desktop

Contacts

Calendar

Axel F.

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cahbaker Author

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Jul 3, 2020 2:34 PM in response to Axel Foley

Thanks Alex. Have you gone on Zoom while maintaining certain productivity apps open at the same time? If so, any issues? How many programs have you had opened simultaneously without overheating?

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