{"id":20617,"date":"2022-07-20T22:19:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-macbook-air-seems-to-be-missing-a-heat-sink\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T22:19:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:19:46","slug":"the-macbook-air-seems-to-be-missing-a-heat-sink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-macbook-air-seems-to-be-missing-a-heat-sink\/","title":{"rendered":"The MacBook Air Seems to be Missing a Heat Sink"},"content":{"rendered":"
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the new MacBook Air<\/span> is an excellent laptop, but one considerable shortcoming might dissuade power users from purchasing Apple’s least expensive notebook. If you’ve been keeping tabs on the latest model, then you know the limitation I’m referring to: heat management. Under a heavy workload, the fanless MacBook Air with M2 gets toasty and, to protect itself, throttles performance.<\/p>\n

Why exactly does that happen? We know the MacBook Air, like the Pro model, lacks a fan and relies instead on the efficiency of its M2 processor. What we didn’t realize is that it doesn’t even use a heat spreader<\/em>. This revelation comes from the fine folks at iFixit<\/span> who tore down a MacBook Air and found it void of cooling parts. Sure, there is a healthy heaping of thermal paste and graphite tape, but no room was spared for heat sinks. <\/p>\n