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Testing Thermal Pads in the Fanless M1 MacBook Air

Linus Tech Tips · Demo · 9 min · 2021 · YouTube title: Fixing Apple's GOOD Engineering - M1 MacBook Air thermal pads
Why it's here

It is linked in laptop thermal threads for a layman's overview of why Apple limits surface temperature and why the mod is not simple.

What it covers

Linus Tech Tips opens up an M1 MacBook Air to test whether better thermal pads could improve performance in the fanless design. It looks at what Apple left on the table.