Most of laptops still have fans these days. They just spin less because the machine is much more powerful. Maybe reading 100MB/s is not as concerning as 30 year

Most of laptops still have fans these days. They just spin less because the machine is much more powerful. Maybe reading 100MB/s is not as concerning as 30 years ago? My M1 macbook still gives me fan noise occasionally, like when I forget to exit an infinite loop. But I appreciate that most of the background tasks would not need my attentions anymore. Back in the days I didn't enjoy the LED or the sound of disks. They disrupted my workflow and not always actionable. I mean, I don't really need to know that the machine is working hard on reading the optical discs I just inserted. I will take action if the reading slows down my foreground program.