u/CautiousXperimentor

Disclaimer, I’m a newbie in matrix, so maybe something that I ask are too basic. Also, I’m not willing to host a server because it’s difficult, I have a dynamic IP, etc.

I want to build the community for a group of people to organize all our work, similar to Slack or discord. However, if you don’t pay Slack premium your old messages get deleted, and discord is a privacy hell as many of you know.

So I chose matrix, and the first step is choosing a home server for my community and the registration of my username and the username of my colleagues. From what I’ve read choosing the right home server is crucial, as it is very difficult or impossible to change afterwards, and if that server closes permanently, all your content and community can disappear, correct me if I’m wrong.

I need to do the process for them as easy as possible as I’m a bit more techy, they aren’t, and need the process to be as straightforward as possible.

And the first step for them and for me is to choose a server to establish ourselves. A reliable server that isn’t likely to be closed anytime soon, preferably located in Europe, and being private and reliable and and quick and easy to set up with not much hassle (I think usually only an email is needed). And also that supports the latest matrix protocol which I think is matrix 2.0

Of course, the first thought was to just stay in matrix.org server, but I’ve been reading that it is only meant as a demo, and it’s usually quite crowded, slow, and it’s probably going to get worse.

The step of choosing a home server is the one that presents more friction in order to adopt this communication channel (matrix protocol), so here I am looking at the long list shown at https://servers.joinmatrix.org/ and trying to choose one.

Question: if I register myself in one of those less crowded home servers, and open my community there, even if the other users register their domain main in matrix.org, are they going to have a laggy experience, or that just applies to the creator of the community (me)? In other words, do you think it will be easier and more convenient that I open the community on a third-party server and my colleagues get their domain name from matrix.org? Or do we register our domain names on the same home server? What advantages does this provide?

As for the servers, the first one in that list -jonasled- looks appealing for me, as is located in Europe, Switzerland, and looks quite healthy, i’m not sure if the registration will be tricky.

Do you have any recommendation of European server that meets the requirements that I listed such as being reliable fast and located in the European continent? Thank you.

EDIT: I just found in the matrix.com website that there are a few more official servers such as Continuwuity, Synapse Pro, Tuwunnel… are those service recommended for what I’m looking for, or are they as crowded and slow as matrix.com?

Hello,

Maybe the correct title of the post should be “Planning to get an M5 MBA, but i need to know if the heat is going to be a problem for its long time health” but that was too long. I know the M5 is a hot chip.

I’m planning to invest in a specced up MacBook Air. No, please, don’t recommend me the MacBook Pro because it has a fan, you’re almost spending that much, yada yada… I don’t want a MacBook Pro, for reasons I don’t think necessary to delve into here.

However, I have a worry that I need to know about.

Many sources suggest that the M5 MacBook Air gets hotter than the M4 MacBook Air, and it makes sense. And this is a long term purchase, an investment in technology. I plan to keep it and use it for the next ten years. I know it might sound crazy, but previous Macs have lasted me that much.

The think that worries me about the heat, is that some people with older models of MacBook Air say that, with the constant temperature variations, the logic board suffers, and after a couple of years they start seeing more and more beach balls and some other issues that may indicate the laptop is dying. This could well be the case for the M5 MBA as the M5 chip is particularly hot.

So… I know you may be a bit biased towards the MBA in this sub (I love that machine, that’s why I want to get one), but it’s a high money investment, and I’d like you all to be honest with the issues the heat may bring with it.

Yes, I said not to recommend me a MacBook Pro, but the alternatives would be getting a cheaper, lower specced MacBook Air, or wait for the M5 Mac mini which has a fan and meets my needs as well. I know you may be wondering how a Mac mini meets my needs and a MacBook Pro doesn’t… two factors are weight and price; there are more, but that’s not relevant.

TL;DR: Do you experience any issues with your old M2 or M3 MacBook Air after years of cycles of high temperatures? Do you know of anyone whose MacBook Air may have died prematurely? Do you think improving the heat dissipation (I.e. putting it over a heat conductive cooling surface) may make the M5 get too hot by not throttling and, in doing so, damaging the NAND or the logic board?

I’m willing to read all about your theories regarding the possible hazards of heat for the fanless MacBook Air, and the M5 MBA in particular.

Thank you for reading.