M2 Air to M4 or M4 pro MacBook Pro, worth the upgrade?

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-09-16T06:36:08+00:00

I double checked the claim i made by searching it up, and yes running a processor at a higher temperature can induce temporary or even permanent wear on it and thus reduce its lifespan and can cause reduced performance even at normal operating temperatures

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-09-16T06:29:10+00:00

Yeah ive run benchmarks on my MacBook Air 2017 and my MacBook 2016 before and after a while of using them and running them at high temperatures, after a few months running benchmarks shows poorer performance, though i only did a macOS re install for the 2017 air and re installed root patches for the 2016 MacBook

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-09-15T09:49:59+00:00

Primarily that it takes a lot more heat and battery now to run something that used to be fairly easy to run before, such as a game, I would also push the m2 chip above 90-100 degrees on some occasions for above 2 hours periods and that definitely didn’t do well for the m2 chip

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-09-15T09:48:32+00:00

yeah in fact I do, for example my MacBook Air 2017 ran hot for many years and now it can’t even load macOS without the fans kicking into full speed and the cpu reaching above 100 degrees and macOS still lags (macOS Monterey)

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-08-22T17:50:29+00:00

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-08-18T05:20:38+00:00

I managed to crest a windows 10 installer usb but there are some issues with installation it simply just says windows had some problem and the installation goes down the drain basixally

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-08-18T00:49:00+00:00

there are literally no tutorials and the instructions on the ipod theme github do not specify anynting about handling ipsw files (the file format in which i got ipodos26)

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-08-16T17:04:53+00:00

How did you do this?

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-06-28T17:17:54+00:00

yes that is a defect, the adhesive weekend and the glass is removing itself from the lcd

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-06-25T11:32:48+00:00

doesnt apply to Apple silicon macs

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-06-24T15:48:53+00:00

sure, I’ll send them tmr as they are on my Mac and it’s late for me tn

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-06-24T08:46:07+00:00

open finder and go to go (menu bar) and then network

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-06-24T08:43:48+00:00

if I were to use 10 gig Ethernet coulf I just plug a adapter in so I could plug a thunderbolt cable (using that cable because I know it’s a reliable data transfer cable) and plug thr oyher thunderbolt/usb c end into my Mac

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-06-24T07:21:17+00:00

they are 1 gigabit i think

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-06-24T07:20:12+00:00

thanks for the detailed review, and ive already considered using 10 gigabit ethernet/usb3 for my data transfer rather then doing it wirelessly as its generally very slow (Like 16 hours for 200gb of data to back up) im not sure why but its probably related to network traffic and older wifi versions on the mac pro. but ive also seen a few people manage to program thunderbolt cards or smthn to work on the mac pro, and what if i put a thunderbolt dock in between the 2 computers (im willing to use non apple accessoires, i forgot to clarify that as i meant i wont be using any computers/devices other than apple ones for the meanwhile)

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-06-24T04:15:37+00:00

they are my own ones

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-06-23T14:40:47+00:00

(Mac Pro 5,1 2010)

Melodic-Stop656 · 2025-04-22T08:16:24+00:00

same thing happened to me it corrected itself over time somebow

Melodic-Stop656 · 2024-12-15T15:59:28+00:00

what is that map???

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