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Physically having room for the chip and having enough space that you can actually run it without running into thermal issues are different things. Laptops have
by mattnewport 8y ago
Physically having room for the chip and having enough space that you can actually run it without running into thermal issues are different things. Laptops have a bigger surface area to get rid of the heat but thermals are still a challenge for laptop design. I don't know for sure that Apple couldn't have pulled it off but the issue is not just physically having space to cram the chip in, it's being able to run it cool enough.
- nik736 8y agoI doubt that's the reasoning, but even if they could've made it slightly larger. No one cares if their mini is 5mm larger on one side.
- scarface74 8y agoWell, anyone who has a rack of Mac Minis probably appreciates them keeping the size the same. I know Mac Mini Colo does.