My new MBA

[is2myMBA]

You've heard it once, probably a thousand times but sorry you'll hear it again.
I GOT MY MBA! and most importantly i love it. I'm indeed a child with his new toy. I've been admiring it all day, glazing upon it as i walk in and out of my room, embracing it within my arms grasping to feel its featherweight attributes. Ok. haha i'll stop. But the little thing is so amazing, so portable! Though I'm a first year uni student and my bank account now has almost nothing in it, it was well spent. I got the bottom line 1.6Ghz 2GB, 120 HD, nevertheless its very nice.

One question for you folks though, i went over to my friends place the other day and he installed various programs and one of them was 'fan control'. Is there a way i may utilize this software to maximise the fan's potential in regards to noise minimising etc?

Thanks in advance!

 

[alphaod]

Well 'Fan Control' lets you set the minimum fan speeds of your computer in order to control the temperature; as the fan spins faster, the noise level will increase. You can't drop the fan speed below certain thresholds.

Therefore, you can't really control noise levels beyond the defaults of the computer. If you want a computer that isn't noisy, you pretty much just need to cool off the computer.

 

[musicpenguy]

Here is what I have done -

Install SMCFanControl

Then run the attached script by simply putting it on your desktop and double clicking on it and hit continue - this will when you want to turn down the fans - make the maximum speed 4000RPMs - it will resume normal speeds after sleeping or things such as that. It has worked like a charm for me!

Hope this helps
(SMCFanControl does not need to be running for this to work but must be installed)

 

[Gadgetman99]

Congrats! I know you are probably caressing it's silky smooth surface right about now. Probably closing it, picking it up and marveling at it's thinness... Seriously, the "bottom of the line" 1.6 with 120g is pretty sweet. Looks the same as the others, and is plenty capable. Enjoy!

 

[is2myMBA]

Thanks

Thx for the responses guys!
Also one more thing! Is it okay if i constantly hibernate the laptop? As in, i use it for the whole day, (connected to the adapter) and then when i sleep i just close the laptop allowing it to hibernate (connected to the adapter) etc. I'd like to deter from activities that might hinder the MBA's battery performance or well, anything at all.
Thanks again,

 

[LAS.mac]

You've heard it once, probably a thousand times but sorry you'll hear it again.
I GOT MY MBA! and most importantly i love it. I'm indeed a child with his new toy. I've been admiring it all day, glazing upon it as i walk in and out of my room, embracing it within my arms grasping to feel its featherweight attributes. Ok. haha i'll stop. But the little thing is so amazing, so portable! Though I'm a first year uni student and my bank account now has almost nothing in it, it was well spent. I got the bottom line 1.6Ghz 2GB, 120 HD, nevertheless its very nice.

One question for you folks though, i went over to my friends place the other day and he installed various programs and one of them was 'fan control'. Is there a way i may utilize this software to maximise the fan's potential in regards to noise minimising etc?

Thanks in advance!

Glad for you.

However, I'm sure that as soon as Scottsdale will see this thread, he'll start ranting about your mistake to not buy an SSD MBA...

 

[Rai Saix]

Glad for you.

However, I'm sure that as soon as Scottsdale will see this thread, he'll start ranting about your mistake to not buy an SSD MBA...

He has an extremely valid point though!

Neverthless, congrats on your new toy!

 

[iBookG4user]

Thx for the responses guys!
Also one more thing! Is it okay if i constantly hibernate the laptop? As in, i use it for the whole day, (connected to the adapter) and then when i sleep i just close the laptop allowing it to hibernate (connected to the adapter) etc. I'd like to deter from activities that might hinder the MBA's battery performance or well, anything at all.
Thanks again,

As long as you do the monthly calibrations you should be fine in that respect. I rarely shut my MacBook Air off and any time I'm not using it, the computer goes to sleep.

 

[couto27]

congrats for your new air
warning for you and all mac users , be carefull when playing with fan control , if for some reason you use fan control and something burn or goes wrong in that moment , the apple warranty dont cover you.

fans are very important, if you increase the fans to 5000 , of course they will never stop , but also you never no is something is wrong
i have that experience in black screen of death last year. i just increase the fans to maximum and everything would seem ok(apparently)

 

[musicpenguy]

I simply monitor the temperature and what I have found at 4000 RPMs it is pretty much as effective as it is running full blast. The temperatures are always very good.

So I don't think there is an issue running fans at 4000 - if you need to rev em up simply shut the lid and that will undo the script and rev em up to do whatever heavy task you may be doing.

Any other thoughts from others?

 

[Scottsdale]

Congrats... MBA is true love while a MBP is lust at initial power, then realize an MBA could have done it all and been so much more fun... true love.

 

[is2myMBA]

Glad for you.

However, I'm sure that as soon as Scottsdale will see this thread, he'll start ranting about your mistake to not buy an SSD MBA...

Hey Scottdale didnt rant!haha
Yeah, i would've gotten the SSD over the HDanyway however, as a uni student myself my financial capabilities are quite low so i had to go with the bottom line MBA. Nevertheless, i love it. I appreciate all of you guys input! I think i'll just leave the fan as it is to avoid any problems.

Thankyouall!

 

[Jobsian]

Congrats dude, welcome to the ranks

 

[Rampant.A.I.]

Thx for the responses guys!
Also one more thing! Is it okay if i constantly hibernate the laptop? As in, i use it for the whole day, (connected to the adapter) and then when i sleep i just close the laptop allowing it to hibernate (connected to the adapter) etc. I'd like to deter from activities that might hinder the MBA's battery performance or well, anything at all.
Thanks again,

If you're actually going to be messing with the fan settings that cool the chip and motherboard because it's noo noisy, I'd say sleeping the machine is the least of your worries.

But, it's a good idea to put it to sleep, and only shut down when you're going to be leaving it for an extended period.

Glad you like your new Air!

 

[dwd3885]

Hey Scottdale didnt rant!haha
Yeah, i would've gotten the SSD over the HDanyway however, as a uni student myself my financial capabilities are quite low so i had to go with the bottom line MBA. Nevertheless, i love it. I appreciate all of you guys input! I think i'll just leave the fan as it is to avoid any problems.

Thankyouall!

should've gotten the MBA refurb. SSD and 9400 graphics for $1249

 

[Zorn]

should've gotten the MBA refurb. SSD and 9400 graphics for $1249

$1349 actually. When I saw this post I ran to check if the price had dropped so I could get an adjustment but it hasn't.

 

[Scottsdale]

The absolutely CRITICAL component to the MBA IS the 9400m. The SSD just makes the experience much faster. The 9400m makes the MBA incredibly capable at all levels. I realize not everyone can afford the top of the line. And, the only time I criticize buying HDD is when someone buys new for $1499 over a refurbished for $1349 with SSD. Some people make poor decisions based on new, some make poor decisions based on ignorance, but when people make a decision based on what is right for them or what they can afford, I NEVER criticize. If someone buys the original, with Intel and Merom combo, then I might criticize that us original owners learned our lesson so new buyers don't have to.

As I said before, best wishes with your MBA.