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

[@alynoser]

Hmmm, they seem to have forgotten the beginning of the vid

[@practixal]

@@monstie2795 sureeeeeeee

[@MK-bn9ti]

I'm pretty sure the first part was just to show Linus breaking something again.

[@TheLucidLuxray]

@@monstie2795 I'm not really a Star Wars fan, so no subs from me. Good luck with your channel, though.

[@erictheawesomest]

I was the 421st like... I'm not proud of what I have done..

[@margison]

@@monstie2795 Hopefully 0. Earn subs legit instead of spamming other vids\channels.

[@frederickreynolds845]

I love how the video starts with “But” Edit: The video was fixed. Only people who watched in the first 2 hours saw

[@zyansheep]

Apple---- but good Edit: better*

[@joupoes6092]

lol

[@wojtkievideos1838]

me too haha

[@angelobotha6564]

Makes me feel like i walked in on a conversation i wasn’t a part of

[@quarterokay2964]

But... is that really a problem

[@RossCampoli]

Missed the chance to call the scientist’s “delicate bits” his “tech tip.”

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

Oh lawd yes

[@che-weihsieh975]

@Oliver Hobson it’s a copypasta, how good do you wish it could become? A copylasgna would be better I guess, more layers of bullcrapping involved.

[@colinpye1430]

@@leobustos740 Just report it as spam, rather than replying and keeping their message alive long after it has been removed.

[@loogymario4247]

@@technoraver99 ayy man, that’s crazy but who asked?

[@mccookies3664]

@@technoraver99 i'm looking around but i can't seem to find who asked

[@d_eexe]

I've had honey for several years and it's saved me, in all honesty, $0.00 🥴

[@shiskeyoffles]

They spend a fortune for users to download a free application that is of no use I just don't get their business and feel sorry for the investors

[@collisionsyt6909]

@@shiskeyoffles if you check their terms of service they take your data and sell it to the online shops in exchange for promo codes

[@shockwaverc1369]

honey almost got my account blocked for bot activity

[@sadpanels107]

Oh

[@Htiy]

@@collisionsyt6909 damn what a shitty way to make money. They should’ve just done ads or some shit

[@alexdecorte8233]

when you're so early the video still starts with "but"

[@Tawnee323]

Lol it’s still like that even 20 minutes later

[@mataskart9894]

@@Tawnee323 they obviously can't change it now, they either stick with it or delete the video and re-upload it, getting even more hate and questions on why the hell people got 2 notifications.

[@octavio3839]

What what in the butt

[@System3200]

@@mataskart9894 youtube lets u change the vid

[@bloodrush545]

This seems like a mid-sentence edit...odd.

[@starwarssith]

"We're not going to throw a water cooler on it, that would be silly" Man I miss old Linus

[@youxunliu5904]

Nah this vid is something u would also do at home, but he could bring another vid showing all the weird ways

[@mixswist]

my local laptop brand create peltier kit for their laptop and it around $70

[@HalloweenJoni99]

@@mixswist that's not very smart. Peltier modules are highly inefective and hardly make sense on a desktop. On the device that runs on the battery I think they make more harm than good

[@shockwaverc1369]

how do you overclock a mac ?

[@umangmalik]

He'll do it eventually, he can only resist his innate drives for so long

[@SD18-videos]

I like how it went from "don't burn your junk" to "this valentine's day..."

[@MrMischelito]

now I get it :D

[@The_Galaxyshark]

Don't burn your junk, also don't cut it

[@technoraver99]

some ideas for a better planet Matthew 5: 27-28 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Luke 17:1 And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! better stop producing / uploading / watching "music videos".. (or similar videos, pics, profile pictures, thumbnails, title names, headlines, usernames + harmful comments, bad words, lies, disrespect, harmful lyrics etc! on social media + everywhere else too. "Temptations to sin" / seduction etc. must stop) start deleting? censoring etc.? destroy your smartphones, cams, data storage devices etc? would be better. remove temptations / seduction + other evil things from TV, magazines, radio stations, broadcasting etc? would be better. many young people are watching those videos (or reading / typing harmful comments, or doing other bad things!) etc. all over the world. and its NOT ok! parents? (or people in authority): intervene?! seriously wait.. there is more: harmful drawings / comics / animations etc, clothing / styles / hairstyles / behaviour, facial expressions, gestures, dancemoves, acting, exercises, sports etc. harmful things in video games, news, reports, interviews, vlogs, tutorials, movies, series, trailers, entertainment shows, (+ backgrounds + surroundings), books, art, artworks, calendars, posters, business flyers, catalogues, leaflets, packagings, stickers etc. (words, speeches (+ voice types, vocal color etc), music, sounds, visuals, references! etc.) harmful things in stores and online shops, advertisements + advertising, commercials... + better stop online dating and other harmful things! maybe.. support ocean or river! clean up organizations? (i think it is of high importance) (in india, pakistan, africa etc) + support animal welfare (animal shelters (money for food or new fluffy dog beds? blankets?, small fluffy carpets? (+ washing machines?), pet vitamin supplements, + pet supplies (dog toothbrushes?), pet toys, dog hairbrush? (parasites!) bath towels?, medical checks, dental care? / nail, paw care? etc. pet heating pads? heated dog houses? (for winter or in cold areas), pet cooling mats / pads (on hot days, summer etc), diesel powered portable generators? (outdoor electric power generation) (to run vacuum cleaners, washing machines etc), solar lamps? (smart lighting solutions), transport vehicles, maintenance work etc. + other improvements, additional staff + volunteers, more safety, beautifications? etc. topiary? + animal rescue ? (dog rescue projects in india?), animal hospitals? (in poor countries or districts) or homeless people in your area? (btw governments should help these people! seriously. fast / adequate / individual support?!) support some of them? as an act of goodwill. + always be careful: corona etc.! or become a firefighter, volunteer firefighter (+ driver? (pump operator), paramedic or ER doctor? ER nurse? ambulatory care? or shuttle service? (for people with disabilities) + be cautious: corona, hepatitis, tuberculosis etc! become an instructor? (fire and rescue?, emergency medical services?, advanced driving techniques?, advanced first aid?, psychological first aid?, wound care management!? + preventions (decubitus!, contractures!, thrush!, periodontitis!, loneliness?? etc) (nursing homes / home care / hospitals etc. + training seminars for employees) + hygienics?, high angle rescue techniques?, first aid for pets?, basic pet care?, junior firefighter programs?) start reading medical books? (anatomy? / physiology? / ECG interpretation? / EMS (paramedic books?) or nursing books? or blood banking and transfusion medicine? or dental engineering? medical or rescue engineering? medical dictionary? (illustrated) become a dog trainer? (rescue dogs, avalanche rescue dogs, therapy dogs) education? + watch out! dogs, cats etc. can transmit / spread corona! become an animal rescuer or animal doctor? + watch out! CORONA! (protection, safety measures etc.) caution! they say: Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people! maybe... plant a tree? many trees? a walnut tree?? in a park, garden or backyard? a walnut tree = food source (for birds etc) + oxygen generator. + provide water for animals in summer? fresh water source? or bird bath? or food? (daily? or several times a week?) use checklists to improve efficiency? snowy days? become a snowplow driver? (volunteer?) or towing service worker? or pharmaceutical supplier? + be cautious: corona! new technologies + other cool things: Far-UVC light (222nm) efficiently and safely inactivates airborne human coronaviruses?? (+ flu virus and many other?) do research? progress? + installations? (in offices, busses, trains, restrooms, elevators, classrooms, corridors, stairwells, hospitals etc?) .. could save lives. + improve immune systems? (food nutrients?) + portable plexiglass virus shields? (for counters, offices, workplaces, waiting rooms, buses, trains, passenger cabins etc) + air purifiers? (with HEPA filter) + limit the number of customers in stores, shopping malls, buses etc?, keep distance + distance floor markings?, + keep windows / vehicle windows wide! open for ventilation? + stay at home? amazing tools for rescue workers: portable hydraulic StrongArm (r) for firefighters etc. ( jawsoflife com ), hands free thermal vision (in mask imaging system), in mask heat vision (temperature display etc) or c-thru technology. + there are more amazing tools! high rise rescue solution? SPARS parachute rescue system? ( cosmic-rs com ) fireproof clothing? + fire escape hoods?! (fire escape hoods and fire escape masks are designed to help you to escape from a burning building. each of these fire escape masks and hoods allows you 15 ? minutes to flee through the toxic gases / smoke) smoke detectors with LCD display?, CO detectors?, fire blankets?, fire extinguisher? (+ fireproof clothing, cap, gloves, safety glasses etc?) (+ fire extinguisher selection chart?) fire suppression systems? smoke extraction? fire protective coatings? (or anti corrosion?), seat belt cutter? useful gift idea? for family or friends etc. (or useful teaching books etc.) support fire and rescue departments / services in poor countries or districts? (new helmet lamps, safety clothing + shoes, new equipment, fire escape hoods, thermal monitoring? (thermal vision will help you to track down a fire's source and smouldering fires in dark. glowing embers as well as fire hot-spots can be detected and fighted very fast and efficiently! + mobile infrared cameras could detect hidden hotspots or locate people in smoke-filled buildings), first responder kits etc. / communication devices (wearing! portable radios), new vehicles? a turntable ladder?? training verhicles? new motorcycles? (+ customizable / agility / more efficiency, + difficult terrain / crowded areas etc), new firefighter / rescue helicopters? (certain areas) new reanimation boards (for nursing homes / hospitals etc), new lifters? (patient transfer solutions), protection equipment / protective gear (corona), medical oxygen??, ventilators?, AEDs + first responder kits, pulse oximeters, diagnostic penlights, glucometers? (+ strips), + various batteries (or battery charger?), blood pressure cuffs, stethoscopes, weight scales, label machines? (for clothing or other personal things), rescue blankets?, stifneck collars?, thermometers, neck pillows, heating pads / cooling packs (or aspirators + tubes, IV poles, (+ IV (intravenous) nutrition), breath exercisers, electric shavers!, nail clippers!, glasses cleaning cloths, non-slip socks! and many other good things + health care products (high quality products?) etc, compression bandages, medical dressing (+ anti pressure sores (decubitus!) elbow / heel protectors / pads / comfort cushions etc), CPR training simulators?, disposable ambu bags?, new rollators + replacement parts (+ hip protectors etc), wheelchairs + replacement parts (footrests, leg rest, headrest + cushion, armrest pads + comfort pillows?, cushion pads etc. to prevent pressure sores!), gel pads for shoes + back heel pads etc (+ improved skin inspections?! + treatment + reports + regular checks (+ photo documentation? with digital camera (disease / wound / injury processes! etc), anti decubitus air mattress for additional prevention?, + prevent hand contractures? (hand / wrist / finger splints?, hand therapy ball exercises?), auxiliary eating spoon and fork? (stroke hemiplegia rehabilitation training) comfort grips cutlery? (great for parkinson / disabled, suffering with tremors and trembling hands etc), medical alert system solutions?, own phones for all employees? (more efficiency / more safety), electric armchairs (more comfort), ergotherapy? (useful + less loneliness! + caution: corona!), water dispensers (less dehydration) (+ caution: edema / pulmonary edema / other diseases etc.), outdoor corner sofa + table? (garden, terrace / + all weather proof) + electric awning?, lighting solutions? + cool floor / garden lamps? (solar?, waterproof), teamwork + helping each other? (+ watchfulness, attentiveness, helpfulness, care, + honesty, accuracy, + giving helpful tips / hints, + politeness, being thankful, being focused), + preventing back injuries? (employees! / patients) (lift and carry properly. (+ teamwork? / use tools and aids?) + gymnastic exercises for a strong back?, (+ protect (treat carefully) your joints, elbows, kneecaps etc! + your nerves!), + energy and resource saving concepts?, tasty / healthy food? (+ additional: instant soups?, ready meals?, canned foods? for hungry employees / night shift etc), (+ vegan cooking books? give it a try? at home?) + other improvements, beautifications, more safety, comfort etc. + spreading good mood? (less sadness etc) (+ please be careful: corona!)

[@The_Galaxyshark]

@@technoraver99 couldn't have put it better myself

[@tiagorax]

yeah... nice product placement!

[@Frank-cm5zt]

I'm a big fan of you guys actually digging deeper into the engineering choices made by the manufacturer. Instead of just saying you improved the benchmarks and saying Apple engineers could have done better. Proves to me that there is a great team behind this channel. Great content.

[@shapelessed]

They've done real work but these thermal pads have a downside of damaging the battery through higher temperatures. The temperatures on the battery gas vent can reach values that are theoretically going to degrade it faster.

[@aussie_boosh]

'35 degrees is an unreasonable ambient temperature' **cries in Australian**

[@ecarter2747]

To be fair, Linus is too young (and Canadian) to remember that "the Australian sun is hot enough to fry an egg [on a can of housepaint]". Aussie CPU == 4-burner BBQ; get some pork with Apple sauce on your fork, boys!

[@nicholasvinen]

There is a reason why engineers generally use 55°C as the ambient temperature for validation. It isn't that uncommon to reach 45°C in the shade summer and that's in the cooler southern states. And you have to consider the air being heated by the device itself, direct sunlight etc.

[@SuperFlawless2010]

@@ecarter2747 to be fair, show me a house or a building that wouldn't have AC on 24/7 in Australia. Not taking your laptop outside to be microwaved by the sun is just common sense :P

[@ecarter2747]

@@SuperFlawless2010 Not everyone can afford that; the power/water used for air-conditioning (even for just a single room, let alone an entire house) is expensive, especially in rural areas; AC is something many of us try to use as little as possible. Not all of us live in the suburbs. :P

[@xavierkira]

*cries in Malaysian

[@estuhr]

Linus, one correction, the IEC 60950-1 was withdrawn on December 20, 2020. It was replaced by IEC 62368-1. The limit is now 48°C at an ambient temperature of 25°C from chapter 9.

[@nicholasxuu]

so, 3 degree more space for next year's model. We're gonna see a 5% performance boost for long duration jobs!

[@richmahogany1]

NEEEEERRRDDD!!

[@jamesmedeiros7240]

Erwin doesn't fuck around with his IEC codes, get it right Linus.

[@estuhr]

@@richmahogany1 Yes, and an engineer.

[@OutOfRangeDE]

Interesting how they give the manufacturers more room just so they can deliver better performance in newer models. I doubt that they now just found out that this temperature isnt too hot for the human body.

[@jacobshort2468]

Did they hit the record button late, or...?

[@practixal]

@@monstie2795 sureeeeeeee

[@bettercallai_]

@@monstie2795 shut up

[@KazunaiOwO]

it finishes the title

[@bettercallai_]

@@monstie2795 shut up before your mom gets here

[@betafi4535]

@@monstie2795 nah fam

[@cpxcth]

"oh, and we have LTT store underwear" "cool" "let me show you" "NONONONONONONONO"

[@killajsg6663]

Let him show his tech tip

[@UniQwer]

Y E S

[@ichabodlorax7585]

I guess *HUFF* the Macbook air isn't the only *HUFF* thing that's overheating. *HUFF*

[@GadgetAddict]

I was planning to do this with my 2013 MacBook air but decided against it because I was worried about the batteries being heated and damaged.

[@dirge44]

@@jack99889988 not enough though

[@joelhinchliffe4119]

@@jack99889988 that would just allow the the base of the laptop to more easily transfer heat TO the battery from the heat it absorbed from the heat sync with the pads now on it

[@wolontong]

@@ANSARI5X5 thats kind of a hard job because battery exist on smartphones and their cpu often heat up like a lot. so since battery exist on those devices, having damaged battery kinda unavoidable.

[@edrumsense]

It's an apple product!... The batteries will get damaged very early in any case

[@pr0nGren]

there is a better solution. sell the crap and buy a real pc

[@nogoat]

I expected Linus to say "ding dong" instead of delicate parts.

[@Levitations]

I wanted him to say gentlemen sausage

[@AnontheGOAT]

Meat and two veg

[@AnontheGOAT]

@@Levitations hey hey, this ain’t top gear and he ain’t Jeremy Clarkson 😆

[@Shrek_Has_Covid19]

ballsack

[@guiagaston7273]

Same

[@JoaoPedroRomao]

linus: i would not like to use this in my lap for 1 hour me: laughs in my 2009 laptop that gets 80º using google

[@Montisaquadeis]

90+ on an old Thinkpad T420 just sitting on the desktop and yes that was with a cleaning of fans/heatsinks and thermalpaste being reapplied to the system. CPU was a i5 2520m and gpu was the Nvidia NVS 4200M

[@flameshana9]

@@Montisaquadeis That's the same cpu as my dad's laptop. It's running super hot now too. That sucks that even after all those steps it's still overheating.

[@JoaoPedroRomao]

@@Montisaquadeis the most interesting is that even with that regulation for eletronics, most of the cpus used on laptops have high working temp

[@Scyth3934]

LOL my macbook (2009) hits 104 C when I'm watching KZbin at 720p for more than about 15 mins

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

@@Montisaquadeis I have a T520 and it's quite comfortable to use

[@harrymu148]

next episode: we get a metal protective case and sticking a thermal pad there

[@CJ-vs5mj]

Then put it on a metal laptop stand that is on top of a metal stand. With thermal pads in between everything 😂

[@kawabalik5080]

My thermal paste is sus

[@kawabalik5080]

.¡Awevof!. DIUM DIUM UDMM DUNM DIUMM DIMM DUMM DI DI DUM

[@harrymu148]

@@kawabalik5080 idk but that reminds me of Dumdi Dumdi by g-idle its a pretty good summer bop

[@Kristibek]

Congrats you invented desktops (/s)

[@Oceanborn712]

Honey still hasn't found me even 1 valid code when shopping online. All it does is annoy me with slowing down shopping while it goes through a ton of invalid codes.

[@nothin1456]

Yah it seems to be for really specific stores and retailers.. I still have never found 1 code lol

[@mattlikespandas7019]

I’ve found alot

[@rand0mtv660]

I think it works mostly for US based retailers and I think my friend mentioned he had some luck on aliexpress and gearbest when buying some random stuff

[@Dizastermaster.]

Yeah its worked for me tbh

[@Sir.Craze-]

@@Dizastermaster. I, uh. I would hope you would be honest about that... Thanks?

[@RevelSix]

When you're so early you see all the comments talking about the start of the video being a mistake not realizing that it's just a preview

[@pyro1324]

This preview trend that has started across youtube is just annoying. Just start the video damnit!

[@F7INN]

No it isn't because there's also no intro

[@alexdavis9324]

@@pyro1324 it has been around for a long time. It's not a new trend.

[@juanitopantuflapantufla2605]

Alex Davis its still annoying though

[@PedroBastozz]

@@juanitopantuflapantufla2605 lol

[@Jay-nz1dj]

i love how everyone in the comments is talking about the intro, but not about the scientist who burnt his dingaling on a laptop.

[@kozygeorg]

this story is so old so a lot of people already know it

[@Michael-OBrien]

And it’s not validated

[@jamesbrancopratt3820]

Excellent application of the word ding-a-ling!

[@Beregorn88]

Neither of them happened...

[@eruiluvatar236]

@László Buzas A bepis?

[@dan_1150]

Just completed this exact same mod to my 12-Inch MacBook (Early 2016) with amazing success. Idle temps down from 65c to 42c, stress testing 73c+ down to stable 59c. Used 0.5mm GELID Solutions GP Extreme Thermal Pad cut to a square to fit over the unbelievably tiny cpu heatsink, and I removed an equally sized square from the black thermal insulating tape from the back plate, to provide improved thermal conductivity. Fits together like a glove! Thanks Linus!

[@photoshop9546]

Did it affected to your battery?

[@zacksstuff]

I weirdly got recommended the "fixing apple's engineering in one hour" video this morning... And then this drops.

[@htetnaing9597]

Someone else actually watched the series in an hour and this popped up aha. Weird

[@Aepek]

The ad afterwards..... “don’t burn your junk”. Than a Valentines Day ad🤣🤣🤣 Dennis you edited this great👍🏻👍🏻

[@NoobixCube]

“Unreasonable ambient temperature”, he says, as I’m sitting here in Melbourne, Australia, remembering all the days we’ve had over 40 C. There’s a few every summer.

[@Alex-us2vw]

No air conditioning in Australian buildings?

[@bradleysmith855]

He means like in the office, not outside

[@3.5mmJack]

@@Alex-us2vw When it gets to 40C and above anything other than refrigerated cooling becomes pretty much useless. Also since everyone is using their coolers at the same time variable power cost goes up, brownouts occur to maintain stability of the grid, and power companies offer rebates if you cut power by 1/2.

[@CommodoreFan64]

You think that's bad come to S. Carolina USA, where it can be 115f aka 47C with 95% humidity making it feel like well over 120f aka 49C that if you are outside longer than 5 minutes will take your breath away, give you heatstroke, and a major sunburn without sunscreen, and then don't forget about the mosquitoes that can carry all kinds of nasty stuff. so when I'm outside in the summer doing yard work I'm covered in sunscreen, bug spray, wearing a brimmed hat, and a cool rag around my neck along with taking breaks every 20 minutes or so for water like crazy, as our grass can grow as high as your knees in just a couple of weeks with all the pop up thunderstorms we get as well. Far as A/C from about March/April to around late as Oct. we have the A/C going in my house along with most if not all the ceiling fans, and even various floor fans to keep it cool even with blackout curtains.

[@Jakey4000]

I miss those hot Australian days, used to sit out in the yard on my plastic chair and soak up all those delicious rays, for some reason here in NZ the heat just burns you too fast even though it's no where near as hot. Hottest day this year was 36, and listening to everyone complain that they hate it when anything gets past 25 is quite funny

[@annahenrietta9517]

Use this mod on your Air + a fan laptop stand thingy and you've got an actively cooled Mac Air with triple or more the thermal mass. Linus should do a video benchmarking that.

[@youtubeemail1549]

And then you have to carry that stand around diminishing the reason people buy macbook air in the first place

[@Arthsinghnita]

@@youtubeemail1549 for home buddy

[@TheBlackbird132]

@@Arthsinghnita but how would it affect when we bring it out of home? Dissipating the thermal across the cover plate and risking the battery temp when no laptop fan cooler around. Thermal pads use is a bit controversial for sure. With thermal pads but risking the battery temp (i’m talking about out of home situation) or without thermal pads but the laptop would perform worse, choose your poison wisely.

[@dfcx1]

This actually makes sense since on the go you'd be trying to preserve battery life anyway thus generating less heat, at home you'd be plugged in so having a fan to cool it all down isn't that big a deal.

[@eliasbutcher859]

I'n my experience it does not get hot at all, I'm also rarely benchmarking when im out and about with my mba m1

[@DogeMLG420]

Linus: "we forgot to mention LTTstore.com" Also Linus: (unzips) Me: Oh no

[@utkarshdhingra6755]

😂😂😂

[@handlemonium]

Would be funnier if it was woven out of the excess thermal pads.

[@waverleyjournalise5757]

Linus: "As counterintuitive as that might sound, it has air right in the name" Apple: "that's what's called a pro gamer move"

[@aar6538]

I see what you did there

[@OutOfRangeDE]

I see

[@foxplanaz]

Missed opportunity to say “burned his dongle”!

[@zach_c]

heheh i raised it from 69 likes to 70

[@lsudo]

@@zach_c bruh

[@vagabond0078]

Burned his tech tip

[@foxplanaz]

C’mon! It’s Apple! You have to say dongle!

[@tobiasboh3370]

I may consider this when my warranty runs out, but so far I've not really missed the performance (Unity development for iOS is my most resource-heavy task at the moment). The fanless design was what drew me to this laptop first and it really is a crazy experience having so much power be completely silent.

[@bbnazir]

i was thinking Linus was going to tease us with a water-cooled M1 Macbook Air.

[@darunealbane]

Have an "addon" that fits between back shell and comp to add an active cooler

[@superslimanoniem4712]

@@darunealbane yeah, the pads inside like he showed, then a laptop holder that lifts the macbook up enough to put it on a water block with another pad. I'm curious as to how that would work.

[@darunealbane]

@@superslimanoniem4712 my main bitch with newer laptops "super light/thin/ect" ... beef them up by 10% .. pop in some xtra power and cooling ... then you can have a kick ass laptop

[@ScottTancock]

Personally, I was expecting either an aliexpress vapour chamber or liberal application of a dremmel to create 'micro-fins'.

[@brennanyama]

0:20 Tehcnically it's "passively convecting heat away", not "passively radiating heat away". It is true that a tiny amount of heat is lost due to radiation, i.e. the surface of the macbook does reject some amount of heat as photons (this is what IR cameras pick up on to sense temperature), but the vast majority of heat rejected is due to passive convection, not radiation. And before someone tries to argue this, I will also point out that "radiators" as most people know them are actually water-to-air heat exchangers, which chiefly utilize forced (or passive if there are no fans) convection. So calling them "radiators" is actually a very poor name. Just look at the fourth sentence in the wikipedia entry for Radiator: "Despite the name, most radiators transfer the bulk of their heat via convection instead of thermal radiation." Yes I am an engineer and I am great at parties. Jk don't be silly I don't go to parties.

[@ahmedifhaam2669]

good point, maybe LTT should do a m1 MacBook Air temp test in a vacuum chamber, to see if there is a temperature difference, just for the LOLs XD, and see how much is actually radiated out XD.

[@majusmonster]

Do you work for apple, Better yet are you jimmy nutrition?

[@bigd5899]

@@ahmedifhaam2669 since its made from aluminum it will probably not make a big difference if any. Aluminum is a great insulant, it does barely radiate any heat to the air around it.

[@adityajoshi617]

not convecting conducting😂

[@Papinak2]

@@bigd5899 aluminium is opposite of insulant, otherwise it wouldn't be used to make heatsinks. Heat radiation can be improved slightly by black coating (which is why passive radiators are almost universally black)

[@Fuddifadu]

Just when I thought “hey wait no promotion of ltt store”. One sec later: “Linus almost showing his junk”

[@someshshine]

Wish he flipped it out 😍

[@anthonygutierrez8767]

@@someshshine 😳

[@pythonl0rd584]

@@someshshine bro?

[@Ruby-cn4fp]

@@someshshine Ayo?

[@Cargo_Bay]

@@someshshine lolz

[@markiep8477]

"Don't burn your junk" into Manscaped promo. Linus is really taking care of my bits!

[@mubeenurrahman2743]

Just need to water cool the M1 chip and see how much power it really has 😭

[@uglybozo]

Underrated comment

[@brettweerasooriya3776]

It’s not throttling. So there would probably be no difference.

[@brettweerasooriya3776]

@Bronze HD I’m referring to the original comment above regarding the idea of water cooling it. If it’s not throttling and is able to maintain its clock speed using thermal pads, then no. Because it’s not throttling. Continuing to cool it further will not reap benefits in terms of any form of performance. Unless it were to be over clocked and therefore needed to be cooled further to maintain that clock speed continuously.

[@adhamfouad68]

If we can overclock it then yes water-cooling it will be a great idea to see how far we can get

[@sriramsridhar761]

There wouldn't be much improvement tho Because there's a power limit in hardware side

[@VanethReaper]

I have to say, I'd be super curious how this mod would perform when the laptop is put on top of one of those "laptop cooling Mats" with the fans in em. Given the thermal properties that aluminium holds, and having an active cooling solution added on top of this mod might yield some interesting results.

[@utkarsharyan]

At that point you could just get the pro

[@glitchy_star_classes6276]

Utkarsh Aryan idk where you live.. but the pair together costs less than 20$ near my area.. so i dont think i can get a pro..

[@VanethReaper]

@@utkarsharyan I'm speaking from curiosity only, if the thermal pads alone can make that much of a difference. I'd be curious to see what adding any form of active cooling solution to it would yield for results. Linus has done far dumber and costly things "for science" before after all lol.

[@Matt-Hazel]

I'd like to see the results from this too. If you can pay an air price for a pro performance, might be cool to see.

[@FemmyFoxxo]

@@utkarsharyan You could but then there is the cost of getting the dust out of the system. If you can get better performance for longer than the pro I do not see why you should add a point of failure and a source of dust to the system. When all you need is some thermal pads and an external fan.

[@roniromero1313]

"Don't burn your junk" solid life advice i say

[@flameshana9]

I've done that--don't ask how. But it was no big deal. You get over it in a few days and forget it even happened.

[@StaticVapour590]

Most thing to be worried about is the battery temperature from now on, not sure how much it affects the lifespan of that battery

[@Henrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

so it's like: "worse performance or roasted sausage"

[@handlemonium]

Trick's on you: I don't use a laptop on my lap.

[@zadsazhad]

@@handlemonium we'll be fine

[@karigori6415]

OVERCOOKED

[@BoSaGuy]

Joshua Cheng no one should, it’s so uncomfortable, and scary that the laptop will just slide off.

[@13namtiH13]

Sausage with eggs

[@arilevon]

I feel honored to be here to see the video that’s starts with “but”

[@chrism3790]

"There's no fan in the Macbook Air" Well that sounds weird.

[@Matt-sc6gg]

Fan, air! Yeah Ikr

[@handlemonium]

Who needs a fan when you can have a laptop that doubles as an electric leg heater?

[@OhSoTiredMan]

@@handlemonium or room heater.

[@handlemonium]

@@OhSoTiredMan *kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4iveqBqjbGDd6c*

[@Nova_luvs_yu]

I feel like this would be a good pair with those laptop cooling pads with fans

[@jthoward]

Honestly I'm really happy that apple went ARM. Aside from keeping intel on their toes, I hope that it will drive more app devcelopers to start supporing ARM instruction sets directly; hopefully it will even carry over to Windows on ARM.

[@JontesTechTips]

Microsoft have tried for a long time with getting windows to work on ARM. But intel have taken them to court and without the hardware to "force" users to go to ARM when there are better x86 processors out there. it's just been really hard

[@tunahankaratay1523]

There is a huge existing software library for Raspberry Pi. If manufacturers made ARM laptops that ran Linux, the problem would be solved.

[@AurumFaber]

@@JontesTechTips and with that Intel went from lazy but cool to super uncool

[@waltonks8172]

@@JontesTechTips Yeah, back then Microsoft force users to only use apps from it’s own app store on Windows 8 RT. The lacks of professional app in Microsoft Store is also the problem. And UWP software were only able to distribute on Microsoft Store only.

[@jthoward]

@Cyro1 yeah if they could find some way to do what Apple did and implement the x86 memory schema on windows that would be great, but I could see issues with compatibility with current software.

[@swehunter2000]

that was the weirdest start of a video.. i thought i ended up in the middle xD

[@ebridgewater]

The proofing workstream didn't work on this occasion ☹

[@tipoomaster]

Damn LTT just outdid Dave2D's short intros of "Ok, so" with jumping right in to "BUT"

[@srki22]

Linus, THANK YOU FOR USING CELSIUS instead of FAHRENHEIT, the whole world (except US) is grateful.

[@greengohm]

Hey LTT, mind sharing precise specs of those pads? Specifically their thickness?

[@ebolas84]

would interest me too...

[@jeffdunehew]

seconded

[@sushimshah2896]

2mm should be fine I suppose

[@jeffdunehew]

it looks like there are only .5, 1, 1.5 and 2mm that seem to be the common sizes. I'm going to just try the 1mm

[@ebolas84]

@@jeffdunehew would be great telling us the result... thx

[@djcallofduty2473]

Linus: loses $20k in GME. Also Linus: this is fine

[@justabrokeredneck]

i’m sure he makes that in a week or two so it’s so skin off his back

[@vedaryan334]

Some people lost a million or more. And linus makes good money than those who yolod. Doesn't mean this is any less commendable. Good job Linus.

[@MK-bi1hj]

The man spent 50k just to screw over some rich people lol

[@Sir.Craze-]

Old meme

[@cryptogods5428]

@Saami Zakir Stock: *Down -200%* "diAmOnD hAnDs🙌💎"

[@huzaifaimran9468]

"by now you know honey is safest way to save money" Even Linus thinks this ad is noise now

[@kylehagertybanana]

All ads are noise

[@levygaming3133]

@@kylehagertybanana I mean I got an ad for Patagonia that was just silent text. Also have no idea why I got an ad for patigonia, like I’m ever going to buy their stuff.

[@undoubtedlyso4542]

@@levygaming3133 nah bro a sign you need to go mountaineering

[@babygirlcat88]

jpNewPic88.Men

[@pawelwityk1963]

No kidding especially because it doesn't work whatsoever, never found a single working coupon online shopping.

[@st8kout961]

I just finished running Cinebench after the mod and my 10 minute score went from 7067 to 7687. The bottom panel got a bit toasty but it's hardly a burn hazard. I can understand Apple's reluctance to making them this way from the factory, because they didn't want people complaining that their notebooks run too hot, not realizing that the panel is acting like a heat sink.

[@selenix]

Your battery will die of temperature

[@thequantaleaper]

@@selenix No worse than using your laptop on a warm summer day. Much better than most cellphones when on a charger while being used. The batteries can take it occasionally without much fuss. And chances are the heat dissipates before it even spreads low enough and wide enough to affect the air around the batteries.

[@KaBKa3cKuuMaJlb4uKTO]

@@thequantaleaper There are Lithium polymer batteries and they are dying at 35°C. Your "Custom heatsink" will not only cool the chip, but also heat the air inside (they are no way to go out). Hot air and contact with HOT "Custom heatsink" is the worst that you can do to the batteries. I hope you understand my bad english.

[@eduardoavila646]

What about on top of a cooling pad? Does it improve even more?

[@st8kout961]

@@eduardoavila646 Eh, maybe, but you'll reach a point of diminishing returns. I wouldn't spend money on a cooling pad just for this if you've already done the mod. You can only improve the heat transfer just so much.

[@salvobeats_]

Every conclusion to a linus video: Well, yes but no.

[@edrumsense]

Yesn't

[@pariscloud2907]

I love that LInus wears LLT store underwear and is ready to pull his pants down at a moment's notice to advertise.

[@pepperbean243]

Apple engineers: Thank you, we'll patch this exploit

[@handlemonium]

*proceeds to add a fan*

[@magi5587]

@@handlemonium soldered and glued on because environment and stuff

[@silaseth]

I'm sure Apple engineers will just capped performance of the chip instead🙈

[@maggyy_]

@@silaseth ?

[@sayadiyeojhenries.815]

@@maggyy_ I think he meant artificially limiting the performance of the macbook air

[@masoneaminc.5216]

"Your Balls Will Thank You" - This is already worth it buying.

[@aleksaleks8342]

Petition: Upload your script as captions(subtitles)

[@CarlosStorms]

They can enable a setting so we can caption it and they approve before it shows. No expense in their part.

[@ThinkBeyondTheBox]

Would have liked to see how much the mod improves performance with the use of a laptop cooler since it now pulls air over the bottom of the MacBook

[@Xaluber]

What’s funny is that even with the Air thermal throttling it still outperforms most thin and light Windows notebooks in the same price class.

[@Bremend]

What are you comparing it to, ultrabooks?

[@level19barb16]

It is pretty impressive. And I'm not an apple guy by any means. But I look forward to what they do next.. like pc chips that aren't power/thermal limited? Apple seems like they're getting back to being revolutionary instead of evolutionary. Good on them. I still don't think I'll be buying anything of theirs but it's exciting to see

[@ThePC007]

Nothing funny about it. They just finally ditched x86 and Microsoft failed on that front pretty miserably so far.

[@ritawant988]

Sjnd

[@b_man-25]

Ironic that the Macbook Air is the one without airflow

[@M4dg04t]

"Gentleman's Sausage" is the term you're looking for.

[@Mournful3ch0]

Thank you, Jeremy Clarkson

[@PaulTheFox1988]

Pork sword is my favourite euphemism for a tallywhacker. :D

[@TheDanis9910]

"Or maybe make it better" *Grabs NH-D15 and slaps that big boi on top*

[@charleskuhn382]

The beginning was weird

[@osurukgurmesi1752]

Agreed

[@almeviyerida7032]

Hot Thighs

[@FrancescoDondi]

I think I found the solution: covers! My Lenovo Yoga runs hot occasionally, besides being a bit too spiky to hold (eeh modern design); so I forked out 40 bucks for a fake leather cover, which works beautifully for both problems. Users already go crazy for covers for Apple products, it would be a slam dunk. Then when you need performance, you put it on a $499 iCooler dock. Perfection!

[@joboboman4619]

this is exactly the reason why this channel has remained trustworthy. The detail that you guys caught of them HAVING to insulate the chassis and thermally throttle due to regulatory temperature reasons. Any other channel would simply call them out and say its complete bullshit and that they could be handling passive cooling better. thank you for doing research and thinking outside the box of "big company evil"

[@calebgebhard7863]

the fact that custom watercooling is now "low hanging fruit" for you guys is awesome

[@fischer-felix]

"The air will reduce it's clock speed" Interesting physics phenomenon

[@DarkPlaysThings]

Did you even take physics class? That's clearly Isaac Asimov's 5th Law of Relativity.

[@fischer-felix]

@@DarkPlaysThings omg I'm so stupid! How could I forget that!

[@AmaraTheBarbarian]

@@DarkPlaysThings I thought it was Aldin's theory of thermodynamics?

[@dannylee6072]

This is actually a pretty decent hack for people who tend to spend a lot of time with their laptop docked at home. All you'd need is a quiet laptop cooling pad with a fan, found commonly anywhere online, and you'd have an actively cooled M1 Air during long encoding sessions. The fact that the pad cools the laptop from the bottom perfectly matches the heat transfer to the bottom case cover.

[@beginnerguides8664]

Love that Guy for like these Things @ 2:42 So Funny

[@TrappedFortnite]

😂😂😂

[@nomade1450]

Hahahah

[@royking1]

As you have now been able to transfer heat to the exterior, you could now utilise a laptop stand with a built-in fan or maybe cooling gel pads on the underside (like the ones you get for migraine etc) for a short term solution.

[@34asianthepodcast12]

Linus: cools a laptop that almost never overheats us: This was not the thing we wanted but it was what we needed

[@mattlikespandas7019]

@@monstie2795 shut up

[@christophmayer3991]

Well, it never overheats because they throttle performance and by that "turn down the heat source". That's like improving the MPG of your car by putting a brick below the gas pedal. Technically it does work, but it's certainly not an engineering miracle. And neither is Linus removing said metaphorical brick.

[@marylou9148]

The heat problem in the case or the battery problem can be solved by placing the MacBook Air on an aluminium disc about 4-5 mm thick and about 200 mm in diameter. The heat is then transferred to the desk via the rear casing, which heats up considerably, via the aluminium round plate that lies directly against the casing. This worked particularly well for me as my desk has a glass top and this absorbs the heat well. Wood alone may not be so good. In my case, the centre of the disc is roughly where the CPU is. This means that the disc protrudes slightly beyond the Macbook Air.

[@davidlangley9287]

0:47 It's funny hearing Linus talking about saving money after he went full on meme stonks.... 🤣

[@wilyamiyooo]

The whole WAN show of that got me laughing as Luke was saying that lol

[@MrMxt3]

Good research about the standards. Puts the mod in perspective. Nice work!

[@wargamingsupernoob]

Please do a long term stress test of those pads. I would love to see the results

[@mrmerm]

Very simple solution, put the cpu behind the screen and let it cool down with vertical surface as a huge heat sink

[@p0lyf0nisk]

one of the things I love the most about this channel, not using imperials :) thank you Canada!

[@syth5653]

Linus : *Turns Macbook air to Macbook Pro for 30 $* Apple : Wait that's Illegal!

[@aronseptianto8142]

literally, if apple did this officially on their MacBook air, they won't be able to pass safety regulations

[@Poire33]

Illegal to mod your own laptop you bought like what they did in the video is like illegal to paint the walls inside your own house or spray paint your own car pink. :D

[@xandyw1381]

it was ¢30

[@Formedras]

@@Poire33 Which actually can be illegal depending on the terms of purchase/lease/rental. Though at worst it'd be a violation of contract law and you've only got civil penalties (read: pay money up the ass and lose the property) to worry about.

[@pistonsjem]

@@Formedras muh property muh rulez

[@texyrexy]

Just when you thought you were safe from seeing a Manscaped ad.

[@Olfan]

Have you tried running the long benchmark on your lap? This should actually work out fine, because you become a huuge water cooler for the notebook. This trick worked for me back when the 17" MBPro still existed (which came with a 90W power brick which it could easily overwhelm depending on the load scenario), so it should work a whole lot better for a 35W machine. Just have it already sitting on your lap when the load starts, so heat can be transferred away right from the beginning.

[@Derragon]

Curious how this affects battery temperatures during extended workloads. The idea is that the batteries shouldn't be getting too hot either as it reduces their capacity and lifespan (a common issue with thin gaming laptops). I personally am not sure I would sacrifice battery longevity for increased performance.

[@frankwong9486]

Just do the long task this week and the m1 air with pad mod, get battery reach 48C and stop charging Fan the bottom and then it charge again when temp going down With active fan it will be OK for long task, without fan it still OK for short burst

[@TheBlackbird132]

@@frankwong9486 would it be better if you (might) use the less efficient thermal pad mod (the cheapest one)? Or just simply not applying any thermal pad mods and using an external laptop fan cooler instead?

[@TrevorFalzarano]

What’s the thickness of the thermal pads? Thinking of putting a little in my old 2014 MacBook Air to help it live a bit longer.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Needs a follow up, with the Air sitting on a laptop cooler stand.

[@lyrad4584]

Linus: Macbook Air has no airflow Me: ahhh the irony...

[@babayaga5084]

Still can't get over the fact that he spent 50k on GME!

[@dhdhdhch1186]

47° meanwhile me gaming in my g14 while feeling like I could fry an egg on the machine

[@RodrigoGonzalezAbate]

I think there are many things that they did not take into account, such as dissipating the heat through the chassis, causing other components that are sensitive to heat to heat up, such as the battery.

[@pablomax3045]

Just FYI... That standard was replaced quite a long time ago with IEC 62368-1. Additionally, those standards only apply to the EU. Safety test is not mandatory in the US or Canada. The market requirements normally dictate that products be UL marked, which is basically the same testing though. Again.. that is fully optional.

[@mdpmalibu8649]

The irony “and the Sponsor of this video manscaped”

[@Katrulzin]

Put it on top of a portable laptop stand with built in fans to cool the back of the laptop, then it'll be a real cool heat sink.

[@Juangomez9186]

Apple: “how dare you turn our MacBooks into a windows laptop.”

[@mathisbuilder]

Because of the decent cooling?

[@marceelino]

what do you mean by it?

[@mathisbuilder]

@Ron Bali Yeah it's impressive for power consumption.

[@mathisbuilder]

@@davidkorcak M1 still gets eaten by a Ryzen 7 in multi core performance, but not single core.

[@mathisbuilder]

@@davidkorcak That's why I said it's impressive on the power consumption side

[@zorato5965]

Man, the content on this channel sometimes is OFF THE CHARTS. So cool

[@elonchan4883]

Okay but you could improve this by just using a less efficient thermal pad, that way it allows the chassis to act as a heat sink without getting too hot

[@louiefriesen]

2:46 I NEED THAT WALLPAPER

[@salman-11924]

I appreciate the aesthetic lighting and environment improvements in those new LTT videos.

[@devjon123]

There are a couple of discussion groups over on MacRumors detailing specifically this mod which followed on from the same mod on the Macbook Air 2020 with Intel processor. I modded my i5 Air last year and saw a good improvement and have been running the Mod on my M1 air for a few weeks now and it's been stellar. My Cinebench R23 scores are consistently around 7750 - 7780. I have the base model with 8/7 cores which does not have the black thermal foam pad that Linus removed, there's some speculation that it was only fitted to the 8/8 core to slightly improve the the 8/8 core score over the base model.

[@piers389]

"The story is probably bogus, because we couldn't find any actual first party reporting on it" - it's published the Lancet. What else do you want?

[@caedusc7437]

A two-second internet search even brought up the article with the first-party report: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)11643-6/fulltext . C'mon Linus, thought you had a uni-degree...

[@piers389]

@@caedusc7437 exactly. Perhaps LMG has never heard of The Lancet 🤷‍♂️

[@wasserbesser]

Wow, that is amazing! The best Ad for those Heat Pads ever.

[@NomanAwan]

Can't Turned on the MacBook Air, Error msg: original Insulating Spung not found

[@deilusi]

Some of us never take their laptop of the desk, sometimes even cooling pad, so this would be a way for them. Also, pads have their own thermal ratings, some are 8x more conductive than others, so configuration and fine-tuning for your use case is possible.

[@blezzeth5283]

Apple: we gonn put a fan and charge more Linus: I'm about to end their whole career

[@keco185]

This was a fascinating little video. Really liked the dive into the standards they need to follow

[@user-jt6xh2ln9z]

this is the first comment actually discussing the videos contents. Their youtube comment section always is a mess. And i agree, facts like this are the interesting facts we never get to hear, more of them.

[@Lorenzo_Strozzi]

I agree with you on everything

[@Jacob-F45]

At the end: *Aggressively strips down to show underwear*

[@henriquenicolau]

I use my macair as a desktop, upside down with the bottom opened (with an external monitor) when I need more power. It improves the performance significantly .