M4 MacBook Air missed out on one of Apple’s latest hardware trends

In the past year, Apple has had an interesting trend across its new hardware releases: a bigger focus on thermal performance. It kicked off with the M4 iPad Pro last year, and then continued with the iPhone 16 lineup. However, the MacBook Air unfortunately never received such thermal upgrades, despite being one of the products that might need it the most. Previous thermal upgrades As mentioned before, M4 iPad Pro and iPhone 16 both received pretty substantial thermal upgrades in the past year. In the case of the iPad Pro, Apple incorporated graphite sheets within the main housing, and also implemented copper within the Apple logo, allowing for far more efficient heat dissipation. With these two upgrades, Apple was able to tote 20% better thermals in the new iPad Pro. With the iPhone, numerous people complained about overheating issues with the iPhone 15 Pro and its A17 Pro chip. Apple promptly addressed that with the iPhone 16 lineup: The internal design of iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 ... Read full article.