I can do 3D rendering on my M1 16" MBP and have the fans running loudly.
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Svalt Debuts New Heatsink Cooling Docks for MacBook Pro
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At a push been known to use a couple of plastic bottle tops when on the road to raise the rear of the notebooks. Once I picked up a few pair of these problem solved.
At home have pair of Rain Designs mStand's and a no name adjustable aluminium stand that could probably support a Mac Pro let alone an MBP given it's build & weight LOL.
The Svalt stands looks to be a decent product, with far too many jumping gun without remotely understanding how the current notebooks cooling works. Downside is pricing, equally your paying for a functional cooling stand that makes a statement, produced in the US in relatively low numbers...
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At home have pair of Rain Designs mStand's and a no name adjustable aluminium stand that could probably support a Mac Pro let alone an MBP given it's build & weight LOL.
The Svalt stands looks to be a decent product, with far too many jumping gun without remotely understanding how the current notebooks cooling works. Downside is pricing, equally your paying for a functional cooling stand that makes a statement, produced in the US in relatively low numbers...
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I know the origin of the term; my point is that this is not normally what anyone means when they use the word "dock" in this context, given that it almost always means the kind of "docking station" with exactly that. For example, searching Amazon, I can't find anything on the first several pages like this that doesn't call itself a "stand" or a "holder," and even those are very far and few between actual docking stations when searching for "dock"s.
Maybe there are regional variations in usage, but it strikes me as unusual in at least my idiolect. (The fact that it's priced more than all but the fanciest Thunderbolt docks doesn't exactly help, but that's another issue...)
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I agree. A laptop dock implies some kind of plugging-in connection. This is a cooling stand.
That's incorrect for Macbook Pro. You can tell by the way it is -feel the air being pushed out the back of the machine. I do this all the time.
The openings along the side of the device are for speakers and air intake, regardless of the status of the lid.
Cool stand, cooling is not really necessary , would never add another fan / something that makes noise to my table.
Been working with an M1 Max 16" and with an M1 Pro 14" for a couple of years already - number of times I even heard the fan can prob be counted on a single hand.
Most of my work day is with the laptop connected in clamshell mode on a vertical stand with the "back" (you know , where the vents are pointing in clam shell mode ....) pointing up.
Been working with an M1 Max 16" and with an M1 Pro 14" for a couple of years already - number of times I even heard the fan can prob be counted on a single hand.
Most of my work day is with the laptop connected in clamshell mode on a vertical stand with the "back" (you know , where the vents are pointing in clam shell mode ....) pointing up.
What a weird dock solution to use a MBP upside down from its normal cooling orientation? Everyone questioning this product is right. I have never had my 16” MBP get that hot to warrant a external heat sink and fan, given the dual fan arrangement that hardly ever runs.
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It's kinda painful to look at. Make it stop, make it stop....Their definition of "seamlessly merging" and mine are not the same
My 2018 MacBook Pro was running so hot the system slowed the processor, so much so it was unusable. I guessed dust might be an issue and took it into Apple. They cleaned it out for free, problem solved
It goes up. Thats why notebooks have fans - They blow it out bec there is no "up" inside where it can leave. Even fan-less systems work that way; the cooling part below heat the air up and it runs up, making place for the colder air to cool the part down ;-)
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. It really serves no purpose to have the dual fans blowing out in a tight space pointing downward to the desk where you need an additional fan and heatsink to augment that orientation.
If someone claims its for a neater cable arrangement use something else like a hub.
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Overheating MBPs of a certain age is a well-documented problem, just search for "MBP CPU throttling".
To those who question how a MacBook Pro could ever be driven hard enough to require something like this, behold! The 2020 13" MBP, one of the last of the Jony-era, thin-above-all-else MBPs. It boasts hot Intel CPUs and inadequate cooling. If you run it in clamshell mode and you use a CPU-heavy app regularly (step forward, Zoom) then you will find it running sufficiently hot that MacOS will throttle the CPU to manage the temperature. What does that mean? Well, your mouse will stop moving smoothy, Zoom will falter, etc, etc.
It would be like buying a car and it won't go above 50 in warm weather. Talking of which, sunny weather my Mac is barely usable. In very hot weather, I gaffer tape it to a gym fan. Note that the fans are clean, confirmed at Apple Store, non-clamshell isn't a good option for me, a Mac Studio would be tricky to use on the move, etc, etc.
I'd love to know if this thing actually works!
To those who question how a MacBook Pro could ever be driven hard enough to require something like this, behold! The 2020 13" MBP, one of the last of the Jony-era, thin-above-all-else MBPs. It boasts hot Intel CPUs and inadequate cooling. If you run it in clamshell mode and you use a CPU-heavy app regularly (step forward, Zoom) then you will find it running sufficiently hot that MacOS will throttle the CPU to manage the temperature. What does that mean? Well, your mouse will stop moving smoothy, Zoom will falter, etc, etc.
It would be like buying a car and it won't go above 50 in warm weather. Talking of which, sunny weather my Mac is barely usable. In very hot weather, I gaffer tape it to a gym fan. Note that the fans are clean, confirmed at Apple Store, non-clamshell isn't a good option for me, a Mac Studio would be tricky to use on the move, etc, etc.
I'd love to know if this thing actually works!
You have an M1, so you don't have this problem. In hot weather running a CPU hog like Zoom, you can fry an egg on a 2020 13" M Intel MBP. MacOS will then throttle the CPU in an attempt to manage the heat.
Congratulations on owning an M1, you can't do what you describe with a late-mode Intel MBP.
Do you have any sources or diagrams you could show me? From the teardowns I've seen, it only exhausts out the back, in the space along the screen hinge...
You haven't been looking at the 14/16 inch MBPs then, their side vents are very wide and can't be missed (you can feel them digging into your hands if you hold the laptop by the sides).