What adds to the problem seems to be that Intel was overly optimistic with respect to the ability of their Core M processors to run fanless. http://www.anandte

What adds to the problem seems to be that Intel was overly optimistic with respect to the ability of their Core M processors to run fanless. http://www.anandtech.com/show/9117/analyzing-intel-core-m-performance http://www.anandtech.com/show/9117/analyzing-intel-core-m-pe... In summary, yes they can run fanless when idle, but under load, they will be heavily throttled due to thermal constraints. Maybe next generation we can finally have truly fanless ultrabook-level performance.