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Fixing Apple's GOOD Engineering - M1 MacBook Air thermal pads

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Linus Sebastian tests whether adding thermal pads to the fanless M1 MacBook Air improves performance and explains the regulatory limits on laptop temperatures.

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What people say. Engineers reference this video to explain laptop thermal design, safety regulations, and the trade-offs of fanless cooling.

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On “Thermal Pad ‘Mod’ Makes M2 MacBook Air Faster Than 13″ M2 Pro”

LTT Tech literally did a video with an identical thermal pad mod a year and a half ago with the M1 Air. link to this video TLDR - Adding the thermal pads wouldn't pass regulatory muster.
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On “Thermal Pad ‘Mod’ Makes M2 MacBook Air Faster Than 13″ M2 Pro”

To be clear, the real reason Apple don't do this themselves, is because there are legal regulations preventing them from selling products that are any hotter to the touch. According to the IEC, metal contact surfaces on machines are considered unsafe above 55.5C. And unmodded, Apple's notebooks already scrape up against that upper limit. With the mod, they go quite a bit over it — well into "causes pain to touch" territory. (See: link to this video )
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The same “issue” was present on the M1 air. LTT did a video on it. Same as this article. He didn’t recommend the mod. link to this video
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