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Apple Researching 'Deployable Feet' to Enhance MacBook Pro Cooling
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I wasn't the one who brought M1 Macs into the discussion so maybe take your own advice before lecturing others
Yup my ASUS gaming laptop has the hinge that lifts the rear of the laptop off the desk. Absolutely necessary in this case as this laptop moves a lot of air, and the air intakes are on the bottom of the laptop.
Nope, mine does...2019 13" MBP completely maxed out (company computer) run Outlook, Teams, a Teams meeting, Excel and vMix or Wirecast at the same time and....it has a fan....oh boy does it have a fan!
Very good point, lets see what they are like when there is an equivalent to the full blown, maxed out MBP 16"....8 core i9, 64GB RAM, Radeon Pro 5600M 8GB RAM, 8TB SSD. so in the "unified RAM" world that would be 72GB RAM.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.
TRUTH!!! I mean for gods sake, would a couple mm of thickness really be THAT bad of an idea??? Hell, this would also increase battery size I'm sure but allow some breathing room everywhere else.
Then again, worrying about this with M1 chips inside is kind of pointless. Thank god.
That's a MagSafeWell at least they show what appears to be a HDMI port in the picture
Good.
Yes, a bit weird.
ABOUT EFFING TIME MAN!!!! Touch bar is TRASH!
Non-issue.
Good.
Jony Ive was useless for everything except making things look pretty. All of the devices Apple sells are tools, not fashion statements. They're supposed to be practical and functional.
It's also true that more efficient cooling means being able to push performance even harder. For a MacBook Pro it makes sense to squeeze out performance the most.
That might come as a surprise to you, but Apple's chip aren't magic. They have to abide to the same physical laws Intel does. And that means the generation of heat when they perform at high levels. Apple's chips has a better performance/heat ratio than Intel's, but that does not mean they don't produce significant amounts of heat at all.
The current M1 MBP and Mac mini already show that the Apple CPU can get very hot when pushed to the limits. This will only get worse when the expected high-performance 16" MBPs will come out with more powerful versions of the Apple CPU.
I already have a set of slick-looking kickstand feet on my MacBook Pro and it's a life-changer. I bought them from Amazon for like $10.
Everyone frustrated, is more like it.
What we all want, but don't realize it:
Make Apple AIR razor thin and fanless and very cheap, then use it as a thin client wirelessly connected to a new portable Mac Mini with optimal thermal design, ports, fans, and GPU. Gets the hot CPU and HDMI cables off our laps, but still have all the power on our laps.
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One solution , lure everyone onto M1.
It's dealing with the past that's the problem But that's not ideal either... And i gess no one wants to wait 'that' long