I can vouch for this! Added a 1mm pad to the A18 and SSD chips around the same time, and my Neo is noticeably snappier. It gets moderately warmer to the touch but it’s not even remotely close to uncomfortable to place on my lap for longer periods of time (I’ve used it for around an hour at the longest on my lap). I (may) have been noticing slightly shorter battery life since the A18 uses more power, so look at this mod as a sort of “High Power” mode.
My Windows gaming laptop (MSI GF63 THIN 9SC w/ an i7 9750h and a GTX 1650 Max-Q) is made of mostly plastic, I’ve undervolted both the CPU and GPU, locked the CPU to it’s base speed (2.6GHz) and replaced the thermal paste with PTM 7950 and that laptop is STILL uncomfortable to place on my lap even when not doing anything intensive. I’m pretty familiar with what an “uncomfortably hot” laptop feels like and I can’t stress enough how far from that the Neo is, even at it’s worst.
Is it needed? Honestly no, especially given that it’s likely to (slightly) shorten day-to-day battery life. Otherwise it’s literally free performance with no risk for those who want it and can’t afford/don’t want the jump from the Neo to the Air (Which, for me, is over $500 from the 512GB Neo to a base M5 Air, with student pricing or over $200 to a Refurb M4 Air lol)
