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Ever since the M1's came out I've been wondering whether it's possible that the abysmal thermal performance of previous Macbooks was partly intentional (to make
by C-x_C-f 5y ago
Ever since the M1's came out I've been wondering whether it's possible that the abysmal thermal performance of previous Macbooks was partly intentional (to make M1's feel even more of a game-changer). If amateurs can come up with fixes like this, I'm sure that the engineers at Apple could have easily found a better solution well before the point of diminishing returns.
- make_mac_fast 5y ago> I'm sure that the engineers at Apple could have easily found a better solution I think they are pushing the limits of how much heat you can generate in such a thin laptop and not have it burn your lap. With the mod its already too hot to go on your lap so they probably ruled this out. It would probably require a full re-design to add a heat-pipe over re-organized VRMs. Not something they want to invest in with M1 coming along so maybe intentional there. I think it's also a misconception that big companies with huge amounts of cash can do anything if they want to. The fact that they have a logic board that has been reliable over so many years would create a massive incentive to only change small things at a time. Just look at the cluster fuck caused by just changing the keyboard.