@paulg I once used my 1st-gen MacBook Pro as a heater when I was stranded outside in 30 degrees for 5 hrs. 50+ open tabs & a movie = toasty!
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@paulg@danielghilea It’s one of the things that worried me about the new MacBook - how would you know Chrome was playing up with no fan? :) -
@idomdavis worrying , indeed :) I just had a play with the new keyboard yesterday, feels very weird at first
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@paulg@fyiemirozer I did not put that together, but you are right!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Have you disabled Flash in chrome://plugins ? I have, and the fan never comes on now.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg: The cooling fan on my Mac is often the thing that alerts me to problems with Chrome processes. This doesn't seem optimal.”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg If playing flash video it's a sure thing; HTML5 is less CPU intensive/abusive. At least there's explanation in this cases.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Be sure to avoid the new fanless MacBook. https://xkcd.com/1172/Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg same issue here. Moved to safari and there is a huge improvement in battery lifeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Truth: “
@paulg: The cooling fan on my Mac is often the thing that alerts me to problems with Chrome processes. This doesn't seem optimal.”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg me too. It's what made me switch to Firefox last week.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Get a plugin that deactivates and releases memory from tabs that you aren’t using so often -
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@jeremyhanks@paulg This one claims to do it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/toomanytabs-for-chrome/amigcgbheognjmfkaieeeadojiibgbdp?hl=en … Firefox user here though so can’t vouch for it ;-) -
@steve_e@jeremyhanks@paulg I use the great suspender. It's great. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg?hl=en … -
@MarkyPc3@jeremyhanks@paulg Awesome name for a plugin! :-) Thanks
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@paulg Soon, we'll reach a stage where Google Adwords will alert you... - End of conversation
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