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minus-squareDarren@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoMeanwhile, my laptop has no fans.
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agocould you elaborate? i don’t think current technology with more computational power than a phone can survive without fans
minus-squareDarren@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI have an M2 Macbook Air, which ironically has nothing to move the air about. It gets a bit warm if I play any reasonably demanding games on it, but it’s never thrown up any overheating warnings.
minus-squareDarren@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoApple have a long history of making computers that rely on passive cooling. The Power Mac G4 Cube is the prettiest example, though to be fair it was not a good computer, with many people retro fitting fans into them later. But they’ve got much better at it since then!
Meanwhile, my laptop has no fans.
could you elaborate? i don’t think current technology with more computational power than a phone can survive without fans
I have an M2 Macbook Air, which ironically has nothing to move the air about.
It gets a bit warm if I play any reasonably demanding games on it, but it’s never thrown up any overheating warnings.
huh! interesting
Apple have a long history of making computers that rely on passive cooling. The Power Mac G4 Cube is the prettiest example, though to be fair it was not a good computer, with many people retro fitting fans into them later.
But they’ve got much better at it since then!