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musicale ◴[12 Nov 20 03:06 UTC] No.25065953[source]▶

Kind of remarkable for a laptop without a fan. (Infamous fan-hater Steve Jobs would be proud.)

Power/thermal management looks very good - low heat and long battery life without sacrificing performance.

Presumably the Air will have to throttle performance for some workloads, but not in this benchmark apparently.

Was Steve Jobs an infamous fan-hater? What did he do/say?

1. wmf ◴[12 Nov 20 03:54 UTC] No.25066250[source]▶

Yes, Apple IIs and early Macs had no fans because Jobs wanted them to be silent.

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2. kzrdude ◴[12 Nov 20 06:55 UTC] No.25067202[source]▶

He was right in many of his extreme tastes, a fanless computer is so much nicer to work with. Many laptops are silent for common tasks now.

Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro