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[Linus Tech Tips] "Apple please watch this." (Installing fanless active cooling in the M2 Air, at the cost of most of the I/O) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 11 months ago by A-Delonix-Regia@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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[–] A-Delonix-Regia@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (7 children)

TLDW: This video shows this device called the "Frore AirJet", which is an active cooler that uses piezoelectrics rather than fans to push air through at 1700 pascals.

The Verge article on them: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/27/23975368/frore-airjet-apple-macbook-air-fanless-mems

The LTT team had to do a lot of modifications (remove the speakers to use the speaker vents for airflow, and remove the MagSafe port, one USB-C port, the keyboard's input cables, and the Wi-Fi antenna), but they were able to get the following results:

	Cinebench score	Power usage
Normal 15" M2 Air	8200	Around 14.5W
Modded 15" M2 Air	8600	Around 19W
M2 Pro	8700	Around 19.5W

[–] Sandurz@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

All that for a relatively tiny bump? I thought it would be a lot more drastic

[–] EnderOfGender@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the 13" macbook pro is no longer being made, so you can't get this sustained performance in M3 and newer

[–] Nashville_Hot_Takes@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The MacBook Pro now has the base M3 available.

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