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When Linus Tech tips did a review and tear down of the last Intel MacBook Air the design had no heat pipe and was just passively cooled. The first MacBook Air w

When Linus Tech tips did a review and tear down of the last Intel MacBook Air the design had no heat pipe and was just passively cooled. The first MacBook Air with the M1 design was equivalent but with an updated motherboard that had an M1. The A12Z in the DTK is derived from the A12 which came out in 2018 so it probably was earlier than that.

watersb 4y ago
? My M1 MacBook Air is passively cooled, but has a heat pipe that feeds into a heat sink that's at least as large as the M1 system heat spreader. - Detail image: https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2020/11/19115445/MBA_M1_2020_49_v1-2048x1536.jpg https://valkyrie.cdn.ifixit.com/media/2020/11/19115445/MBA_M... - iFixit Teardown feature article: https://www.ifixit.com/News/46884/m1-macbook-teardowns-something-old-something-new https://www.ifixit.com/News/46884/m1-macbook-teardowns-somet...
- vondro 4y ago
  It's just a big piece of copper with decent thermal mass, not heatpipe.
foldr 4y ago
None of the Intel MacBook Airs were passively cooled. They all had fans.
- Keyframe 4y ago
  There was a Macbook however that was passively cooled.
  - sneak 4y ago
    I loved that computer, and I hope they make another one of that size.