Yes I want this machine with deployed jet plane feet and rocket exhausts. Very Transformers robots in disguise.
This news article is about thermals. Either stay on topic or create your own thread on your own topic. 🙄No. M1 Macs have an entire list of issues on their own
Looks more like MagSafe 2 to me.Well at least they show what appears to be a HDMI port in the picture![]()
Seems like a few years late.
Well at least they show what appears to be a HDMI port in the picture![]()
Yeah, I mean, look at those 4:3 screens..This is old or not happening
Then why are we here? *drum roll, rim shot*I thought Mac's don't have fans anymore.
no, they dont have issues with thermals/coolingNo. M1 Macs have an entire list of issues on their own
We haven't even seen the more powerful M something based laptops yet, how can anyone use the lowest performance M1 based laptops as indicative of not needing fans.The M1 MBA doesn't, but the others do, including the new M1 Mac mini. The next MBP most certainly will.
This is a prerequisite for Apple to consider using Intel parts again...This sounds like something designed for a MacBook with Intel processors, not the cool Apple Silicon chips.
Maybe Intel will work with Apple again! /s
I've always...especially at home...used laptops in my LAP! Of course confront the heat dissipation issue from all corners but, if this is necessary, what about fan noise???
Apple is researching the use of "deployable feet" on the MacBook Pro to aid cooling, according to a newly-published patent application.
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The patent application, first spotted by Patently Apple, is titled "Deployable Feet for Display Articulation and Thermals Performance" and outlines how a MacBook Pro could feature feet that move to raise up the rear of the device. Apple's deployable feet are able to extend by at least 3.8 millimeters, thereby significantly increasing airflow underneath the machine.
The filing explains how, in one embodiment, the MacBook Pro's display hinge could be connected to the deployable feet, so that the feet deploy relative to the mechanical movement of the lid.
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In other embodiments, the feet could be deployed via a gear train, pneumatics, electro-mechanics, or simply flipped out manually by a user. The filing also suggests that the entire base of a MacBook Pro could expand, rather than individual feet.
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The patent application explains that deployable feet can be an "efficient means of cooling the device" without taking up internal space with large components such as fans, ensuring that the MacBook remains "thin and lightweight while simultaneously including numerous features delivering high performance."
In an embodiment where the deployable section is larger, the patent states that "the deployable feature can at least partially define a vent when deployed," potentially adding a dedicated vent as well as increasing natural airflow underneath the device.
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In addition, Apple explains how the deployable feet tie into the Mac's software. When in a deployed position, the Mac's processor may be permitted to get hotter to deliver better performance, due to the increased airflow. In Macs that do feature a fan as well as deployable feet, the fan's speed would be "at least partially" determined based on the extent of the deployment.
The filing also addresses the potential waste of space within a MacBook that deployable feet could cause. It proposes that when in the deployed position, the internal space used to store the feet may be repurposed to be "usable by an antenna or a speaker."
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The design has the added advantage of giving the display hinge more clearance to rotate, as well as improving the angle of the device for typing and raising the height of the display for greater comfort.
While Apple's patent applications cannot be taken as sure evidence of what the company is intending to add to its devices, there may be good reason to suggest that a feature such as deployable feet could be implemented on MacBooks at some point in the future.
Apple is demonstrably interested in passive cooling. The company has explored passively-cooled laptops starting with the 12-inch MacBook in 2015, and most recently with the latest MacBook Air, which features no fan or vents on its base for cooling. Moreover, as the internal components of MacBooks are becoming more compact with the advent of Apple silicon, alongside improved battery life, it is perhaps more likely that deployable feet could be justified within a future Mac laptop.
Apple is believed to be working on high-performance custom silicon processors for future MacBook Pro models. Unlike the M1 chip, which generally runs very cool and powers Apple's entry-level Macs, the next-generation Apple silicon expected to come to the MacBook Pro is likely to have much more demanding thermal requirements.
Deployable feet could be one way in which Apple is able to improve the thermals of its passively cooled MacBooks, as well as enable even higher-performance on its Pro machines with active cooling, at some time in the future.
Article Link: Apple Researching 'Deployable Feet' to Enhance MacBook Pro Cooling
I have the same model and rarely hear my fans after a good cleaning and new thermal pasteI have a late 2013 MacBook Pro that can't even handle running Amazon because of the CPU Cooler. It will turn on after a couple of minutes of looking at Amazon.com. When it kicks on, it literally sounds like an airplane.
my late 2016 MBP is like that, yet my work Lenovo T13 just gets on with it.I have a late 2013 MacBook Pro that can't even handle running Amazon because of the CPU Cooler. It will turn on after a couple of minutes of looking at Amazon.com. When it kicks on, it literally sounds like an airplane.
If ain't HDMI 2.1, I'm not interested.Well at least they show what appears to be a HDMI port in the picture![]()
"You're holding it wrong."I've always...especially at home...used laptops in my LAP! Of course confront the heat dissipation issue from all corners but, if this is necessary, what about fan noise???
OR: Have detachable feet, sold separately, and charge.....!!!!! (some percentage of MacPro wheels price).