While in the days of Intel processors, the fan in MacBooks was active Air completely standard, with the transition to chips Apple Silicon with this cooling solution Apple u Airs said goodbye. Cool the basic chips Apple Silicon because according to him, a passive way is enough, thanks to which they can be MacBooky Air lighter, less prone to failure due to the absence of the previous moving componentonentu and as a result less noisy. However, with the arrival of M2 chips, voices began to be heard that passive cooling was no longer MacBooků Air It doesn't make much sense, as these chips are "throttled" much earlier than the M2 due to higher heating rates. Apple has not yet commented on the whole plot, however, the current test by the startup Frore Systems clearly proves that the criticism of the absence of active cooling on the spot is justified.
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Frore Systems is a startup focused on developing innovative smoothing solutions for computers. Its most famous work is AirJet Mini, a small, quiet thermal solution with a piezoelectric cooling chip, which, according to its creators, is supposed to be significantly better than classic active coolers. This is because it uses tiny membranes vibrating on ultrasound frequencies, which, in very simple terms, help to better dissipate warm air and subsequently cool it, thanks to which the device only heats up miniAnd it is this solution that Frore Systems engineers have now decided to implement in the experiment. MacBooku Air M2. The result is somewhat expected. In fact, the active cooling from Frore Systems can keep the insides MacBooku Air much longer at an acceptable temperature, thanks to which the machine can provide high performance in the long term. In the graph below, you can see how the Mac behaved with the passive cooling that it has as standard, and how it works with the active cooling added by Frore Systems. It should be added in one breath, however, that in order to be able to install additional cooling in the Mac, its chassis had to be modified, so do not count on buying an accessory in the future that will improve your Mac in this regard. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see what Apple let it slip through his fingers.
Do you want active cooling? Buy PRO, I have air and the fact that it is fanless was one of the main reasons for buying it. If you need high performance in the long term, buy the PRO, for me it makes no sense to deal with this Apple more very good what she was doing
Sure, if they COOLED the Mx ANYMORE EFFICIENTLY Air-y, the Mx Pro-čka would almost lack its – pro Apple above all PROFITABLE - sense ;)
See performance comparison in Linus' mod video - link in my post.
However Apple it's just about money. Air and PRO differ only in cooling. Shrunken Air it won't be enough for someone who works on a Mac, so it will go to the more expensive PRO. It's sad that the guys from LTT Apple they showed how it should be done.
The same as when 32GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD cost basically a few crowns today and Apple he wants an astronomical rocket for it :D It's simply their style, to sell the cheapest base for 2-3x as much as the competition and if you want to do something with it, you'll pay extra, and a lot, or you'll use an external drive and similar monkey bars... . sad that it Apple they still eat sheep, but in one sentence I will add that in the west these are ridiculous prices anyway, or even for someone who generates a profit. Some guy from up and down is on their ass, let him buy a bazaar in the base :D
Thanks for the info Jirko :)
These 2 Linus (LTT) real videos show + say practically everything else:
Their 15″ M2 Air FS AirJet mod vs 15″ M2 Air standard vs 13″ M2 Pro
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ji5kZ3VdFDY
How it works or the FS performance AirJet technology
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vdD0yMS40a0