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Not to cause any arguments or anything but comparing an Apple Intel laptop go their new ARM units isn’t a great comparison because I swear apple started thermally gimping them several years before releasing the M1s to make them look even better.

Seriously. The thermals the the last couple of intel apple laptops are atrocious. And I mean from a design standpoint point. With shitty coolers and fan arrangements etc. its kinda wild.

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Perhaps the simplest explanation is they just wanted to optimize for size and weight as much as possible, and the copper/aluminum budget is a natural target.

Probably. But that’s not as fun of an answer! :)

This feels somewhat charitable considering they made other aspects worse for several generations, then brought back good stuff for the M1 launch.

> I swear apple started thermally gimping them several years before releasing the M1s

I'd certainly hate to have had an Intel Mac that was louder and hotter than it already was.

I think this conspiracy theory could go the other way: they let the thermals go nuts in old intels to make the M1s look better.

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