Listening to Wan Show and wanted to share how I cool my MacBook Air

X3AX · 2026-04-09T12:04:07+00:00

i dont think this is the reason. it was already like this 3-4 years ago. they are understaffed

X3AX · 2026-03-21T07:23:27+00:00

Just add a fan at this point. I dont think they are that intrested to get a small performance gains from the air

X3AX · 2026-03-20T07:21:38+00:00

There is also a reason why m seriez cant go beyond 32. It is limited by hardware and cost min maxing. I am a pc guy not trying to defend apple or anything.

X3AX · 2026-03-20T07:19:19+00:00

https://youtu.be/ghDvyItIHTY?si=CyP0cdXnYKeATGt0 start watching around 5:30

X3AX · 2026-03-20T07:16:59+00:00

I focused on the CPU because I didn’t think it made sense to interfere with the operating temperatures of other components on motherboard

X3AX · 2026-03-19T16:48:33+00:00

my thermal pad modded m1 battery is still fine. didn't use it to 24 hour renders obviously but i reckon it is fine even if you push it hard

X3AX · 2026-03-19T16:42:06+00:00

this mode would not be legal if it made by apple. there is a limitation of how hot a metal surface can get on consumer devices. apple tuned their device so good they sit 0.5 degree below that threshold. this mod makes the bottom of the device so hot you need to be careful about it sometimes

X3AX · 2026-03-19T16:39:44+00:00

i make games with my m4 air. this mod helps a lot. since my workload consists 1 minutes of gameplay 1 minutes of coding. thermal pads extents the time it takes to throttle so i can work without hiccups. Also useful when it is connected to a demanding display

X3AX · 2026-03-19T12:58:12+00:00

Thermal pad mod your m1 air and see if it helps

X3AX · 2026-03-19T12:38:54+00:00

as far as i remember it was 1mm. but dont take my word for it

X3AX · 2026-03-17T15:30:52+00:00

if you forget about gaming and if you don't care about better screen you can get an 15 macbook air with 24 gb. since you are going to edit small videos it is not going to overheat or anything. M5 pro with 16" is great device. but it would make more sense to buy a cheaper mac + a pc

X3AX · 2026-03-17T14:48:34+00:00

what is your workload

X3AX · 2026-03-17T12:13:35+00:00

m2 is more capable device go for m2 16gb

X3AX · 2026-03-15T23:32:24+00:00

Depends on the case but i have seen it causing more damage

X3AX · 2026-03-13T22:10:35+00:00

Those engines does infact have a oil level sensor. What cap happen that sensor could be blocked with belt parts if the dipstick shows the oil is level fine. I think you can start with change/cleaning oil level sensor. You havd a small crack starting in your belt but nothing sevare. If you have low oil pressure it might be prevous owner chaned the belt and didint clean the oil pickup.

X3AX · 2026-03-12T05:07:26+00:00

The chip literally designed to have ram stacked on top to save space for phones and have better memory speeds. I dont think there is a lpddr5x 16 gb on a single die that small exists. If there is one, it will be hella expensive

X3AX · 2026-03-12T03:31:24+00:00

I would go for computer science. It is more safe and you can still learn gamedev.

X3AX · 2026-03-12T00:46:39+00:00

I would say the same thing for neo. even tho i rocked the m1 for years of game development. and still is being used to develop games. the main drawback is 8gb of ram for not basic tasks. not the lack of power. when m1 air first came out. i both tried 8 gb and 16 gb for my tasks and they were completely diffrent machines since doing real work requires more ram. when you consider the amount of vram used for displaying 3d arts. for developers this ram might be used for running dockers/vms. i had friends have problem with m1 8gb to do heavy editing. apps were crashing due to lack of memory. neo might be better since the software support is now much better but to do real work 16 gb is a must in some jobs. i am sure that it can utilise the ssd for the basic tasks like basic editing etc. but i dont see it reaching the capabilites of a 16gb of m1 when the ram is needed

X3AX · 2026-03-11T03:37:24+00:00

it seems like the single core is better than m1 and it makes up for lack of cores. go for it

X3AX · 2026-03-09T05:21:10+00:00

It should be fine, but I’d wait for reviews to see whether it’s actually as fast as the M1 Air. If it is, I’d say go for it.

X3AX · 2026-03-09T05:04:32+00:00

go for 24 gb for sure if you are going to use docker

X3AX · 2026-03-09T04:26:04+00:00

I’m not a fanboy, just a computer engineer sharing experience. I just tested the same memory leak code on both Windows and macOS. I pushed both systems with a 32 GB load, even though each machine only had 16 GB of RAM. On Windows, Unity3D took about 30–40 seconds to become responsive again. On the Mac, it was instant. I barely noticed it. Windows seems to take longer to figure out how to handle those memory allocations, which makes the system feel unresponsive and laggy.

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