• microChasmB
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get the point of the video

    Other than…”Hey, you can mod a MacBook Air that uses less power and has fan-less cooling and take some things out of it that are needed and add another fan-less cooling tech that requires more power to get a slight processing power increase and burn your lap while using it. But hey!, it can be done!”

    What a waste of time.

    And to pose the question that Apple should use this tech? Why would they want the liability, reduced quality and sacrifice the lower power solution they have now?

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    1 year ago

    Someone has a vested interest in Apple buying or licensing this tech.

  • 00DEADBEEFB
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    1 year ago

    Looks like AirJet is sending out these things with sample modified MBAs so YouTubers can destroy functional computers and turn them in to e-waste to sell Air Jet’s products. As somebody else pointed out, PC World did a similar video on the same topic at almost the same time.

  • A-Delonix-RegiaOPB
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    1 year ago

    TLDW: This video shows this device called the “Frore AirJet”, which is an active cooler that uses piezoelectrics rather than fans to push air through at 1700 pascals.

    The Verge article on them: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/27/23975368/frore-airjet-apple-macbook-air-fanless-mems

    The LTT team had to do a lot of modifications (remove the speakers to use the speaker vents for airflow, and remove the MagSafe port, one USB-C port, the keyboard’s input cables, and the Wi-Fi antenna), but they were able to get the following results:

    Cinebench score Power usage
    Normal 15" M2 Air 8200 Around 14.5W
    Modded 15" M2 Air 8600 Around 19W
    M2 Pro 8700 Around 19.5W
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    1 year ago

    I thought this video was hilarious. It’s the techie version of watching Charles and Shaq talk about the nba. You shouldn’t take it too seriously.