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by ingvul 1566 days ago
I just bought a mbp M1. Would the M1 ultra be available on mbps in the (near) future?
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Apple has a terrible history when it comes to cooling down their laptops. I don't think they'll be able to cool this chip without a massive design overhaul. They'd have to make something the size of those "gaming" laptops to get it cool enough and even then it would probably exceed the noise and thermal limit they've set for their brand.
The thermals suggest no. Twice the CPU heat is probably not in the current MacBook Pro design.
Besides the thermals of the mbp probably not being suited and the form factor of the chip itself, the Mac Studio has a 370W power supply, which as well is way too much for a laptop to even legally have.
Even if they wanted to work around the thermals, they’d just be inviting the same criticism they’ve gotten of laptops running hot and throttling
No.