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Same. I got the 2024 15" Macbook Air when CostCo had it for $849.00* Hadn't purchased a laptop new since college scholarship decades ago. This machine continue
by ProllyInfamous 7mo ago
Same. I got the 2024 15" Macbook Air when CostCo had it for $849.00*
Hadn't purchased a laptop new since college scholarship decades ago. This machine continues to make an immediate impression. The entire thing is thinner than just the bottom of my college CoreDuo. It also lasts 8x longer, on battery.
I just use mine as a tertiary machine (i.e. bedtime reading/podcast), but if you ever want to run the machine hard long-term, you can use 1mm thermal pads between the heatsink and bottom of external case (and then it'll never throttle).
- zuhsetaqi 7mo ago> if you ever want to run the machine hard long-term, you can use 1mm thermal pads between the heatsink and bottom of external case (and then it'll never throttle). That will spread the heat to the battery and degrade it much faster.
- ProllyInfamous 7mo agoThe inverse is true: This removes heat from the internal compartments (which logic board heat sink and battery co-habitate [0]) by transferring it outside via heat conduction through the case. There is no detectible heat increase (to touch) — consider the heat masses relative sizes (processor v. entire metal case). [0] See <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXY9tCBpf48&t=188 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXY9tCBpf48&t=188> — thermal pad placement goes between four central screws (above processor) As a thought experiment: how would ejecting heat from the inside increase its temperature?