MacBook Air: Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet...

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MacBook Air: Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet...

Why is Macbook Airs maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 meters)?
I´m going mountain climbing this summer and most basecamps are higher than 3000 meters? I was thinking about taking Air with me because it´s so light and thin but if it doesn´t work after 3000 meters...there is no use for it.

Does anyone know how high altitudes will affect MacBook Air?

Posted on Apr 11, 2011 5:13 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 11, 2011 6:35 PM in response to Mika K

dont even know why they say dat maybe its cause of the thinner air i duunno if u want to know more u can just call apple to find out 🙂

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captfred

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Apr 11, 2011 7:39 PM in response to Mika K

This article might shed some light:

http://www.highaltitudelife.com/electronics.htm

and a more technical article:

http://www.electronics-cooling.com/1999/09/adjusting-temperatures-for-high-altit ude/

Regards,
Captfred

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sirfaba

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Apr 12, 2011 9:18 AM in response to captfred

captfred wrote:
This article might shed some light:

http://www.highaltitudelife.com/electronics.htm

and a more technical article:

http://www.electronics-cooling.com/1999/09/adjusting-temperatures-for-high-altit ude/

Regards,
Captfred

Message was edited by: captfred

Interesting reads. Learn something new every day. Thanks.

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HWSJR

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Jul 19, 2011 7:51 AM in response to Mika K

I have experience using Mac's at 10,100 ft. I had an original MacBook Air that would consistently overheat and shut itself down, resulting in a corruption of the hard disk. The MacBook Air was unusable at that altitude. I do not know about the current version MacBook Air, but suspect it would have the same issue.

I now use a MacBook Pro 15" current version and I have had only one minor file corruption problem which was repaired by disk utility. The issue seems to be with cooling as the fans seem to work longer and harder.

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