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Is there a laptop comparably silent, though? I have a corporate Lenovo X1 Carbon (6th gen) which feels like having a vacuum cleaner on all the time. In comparison my private 13" MacBook Pro (2018) is absolutely silent unless running some simulation.

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You should try disabling processor boost. This causes Windows to drive processor hard even for no apparent reason and fans go nuts. To do this, merge this registry key, go to Power mode Options, CPU and then set Processor boost mode to disable from Aggressive.

https://github.com/sytelus/pcprep/blob/master/windows/proces...

I have the same X1, same with two others on my team, and none of us are experiencing any fan issues like yours. Its silent most of the time, even with CPU intensive work.

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