A hack that puts one more power into the M1 MacBook Air

 

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The MacBook Air with the M1 chip, which appeared last year and shocked the computer industry. Actually, it has become a hot topic overseas that the performance of this MacBook Air can be improved with a slight modification.

By the way, when I announced the M1 Macbook Air, I fell in love with its performance and wanted to buy it immediately, but at that time I gave up crying because of lack of money. I bought a MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro that appeared later, and I am very satisfied with its performance every day.

According to High on Tech, which introduced the performance improvement hack of the M1 MacBook Air, the MacBook Air's M1 chip has different GPU 7-core / 8-core versions, but both perform well on the M1 MacBook Pro (13-inch) model. It is said that it is inferior. Apparently, the cause is the weak heat exhaust system of the M1 MacBook Air.

So, it's strange to put a suitable thermal pad (heat conduction pad) on the processor of the M1 MacBook Air. The entire bottom of the M1 MacBook Air acts as a heatsink, improving heat dissipation and performance. Cinebench's test shows that the score went up from 6412 to 7718, so it's a pretty effective mod.

The problem with this modification of the M1 MacBook Air is that it is highly likely that Apple's warranty will no longer be available if the internal structure is modified in this way. Even if you just add the thermal pad inside, it is very different from the usage that Apple expects, so please do it at your own risk when you try it!