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If the body was a heatsink, it would be extremely hot to the touch. https://hothardware.com/news/make-your-m1-macbook-air-perform-like-macbook-pro https://hoth

• nandomrumber 7mo ago
  From your link: Essentially the bottom cover of the MacBook Air becomes one large heatsink Anyway, the author claims: you are the type that likes to work with the MacBook Air on your lap it will be quite a bit more toasty than before. Does toasty mean extremely hot? The Apple M4 CPU is, if I recall correctly, capable of converting 20 watts of electrical energy in to heat, at full throttle. Is that likely to bring the back plate or a MBA above 45 degrees? You’re probably right, with sustained workloads it could. Everything’s a trade off.
  • necovek 7mo ago
    In a Notebookcheck test, they got the bottom plate up to 43C, and top plate near the screen up to 45C: https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-passively-cooled-M4-SoC-makes-the-competition-look-old-Apple-MacBook-Air-13-M4-base-model-review.1002534.0.html#c13214514 https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-passively-cooled-M4-SoC-ma...