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Anton Spirin2017-11-21 13:25:44
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Anton Spirin, 2017-11-21 13:25:44

Does the Macbook Pro 2015 15'' MJLQ2 (with integrated graphics) get hot when using IDE and browsers with two external monitors?

I'm thinking of buying a Macbook Pro 2015 15'' MJLQ2 for work. I work with two external FullHD monitors in PHPStorm / Webstorm, a bunch of tabs in Chrome, Opera, FF and Slack Desktop browsers.
Now I have a slightly upgraded, five year old Asus N56vz. When the monitor is connected to VGA, the integrated graphics work and everything is fine, but the second external monitor via HDMI only works through discrete graphics - it gets very hot and, accordingly, the laptop makes noise, and if it gets too hot, then brakes are observed. Moreover, with the beginning of the heating season, the issue of strong heating became very acute and I think it is urgent to move to another working machine with 4 cores, ssd and 16GB of RAM.
Actually a few questions:
1. Will Macbook Pro 2015 15'' MJlq2(Integrated Graphics) heat up with the above load?
2. Will Macbook pro 2015 15'' discrete option be better or worse?
3. Advise if you know a version of a working laptop to which you can connect two external monitors with ssd and 16Gb of RAM
, devoid of the disadvantages of ASUS N56 (HDMI only works through discrete graphics) and on which Linux will stand up without problems (Ubuntu family, Mint for example), well, no it will make a lot of noise and get hot.
Thanks in advance!

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Anton Spirin, 2017-11-29
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I confirm the words, Andrey. Macbook Pro 2015 15" MJLQ2 is great for working with advanced frontend and two external monitors without getting hot.
Simultaneous Webstorm with real-time flow and prettier checking, Slack, Chrome with developer console, PhpStorm with open base and Opera browser with a bunch of tabs do not heat the laptop.The fans are almost inaudible, even if, with all this, you watch videos on
Youtube.But RAM for all this takes 12Gb.
But you can force the laptop to turn on the fans, for example, by actively working with the disk by running yarn install (npm install) in a large project. Fans make noise when they start up at full speed, loudly and in some kind of tonality unlike other laptops. By the way, it works with the disk very quickly compared to the old laptop, which had a non-slow SSD from Toshiba and support for SATA 3.
In general, I am very satisfied. Great car for work. Quiet, fast. The system is convenient, although it lacks some of the pluses of Linux. I didn’t check out the keyboard, because I use the external mechanics of Vortex Race 3.
The monitor is gorgeous, though it is not used.
The headphone input supports a headset.
You can plug in two monitors via mini Display Port, with Dell U series monitors these are included and no adapters are needed.
Definitely recommend to buy.

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