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They didn’t sabotage them. The CPUs just didn’t align with Apple’s goals. It’s not like they gave the M1 CPUs the cooling that Intel didn’t get. My Mac Mini M1 never spins up its fans and everything is fine. I love it. If it did, I’d consider it a downgrade.

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I don't think Apple "sabotaged" them but it is true that the M1 series came with very different thermal design parameters than the terminal Intel models. Apple's Intel laptops would ramp chip power to the max as soon as anything happened. Apple's M1 ramps very, very slowly, dwelling for hundreds of milliseconds at each voltage before stepping up. These are decisions that are in the OEM's hands and not dictated by Intel.

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