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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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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.

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

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