[dmos62]

A friend would do this with his Apple M1 laptop when we would play something online. He'd take some frozen fresh cheese out of the freezer (in a plastic bag) and put it under the laptop. Otherwise, his framerate would crater. Sometimes, in winter, he'd put a coat on, open the window, and play with the laptop on the window sill. Apple laptops tend to be slim and silent, but their thermals always seem to pay the price.

[dacryn]

so I assume he has the M1 laptop with no cooling, the basic macbook?

Because I have a M1 max macbook pro, and it never gets hot ever. It also never really makes any noise.

My main game is cities skylines and civ 6. Don't know if those are not that intense since they are quite some years old. But I dont need to resort to crazy stuff like your comment.

[dansalvato]

Pretty sure the M1 MacBook Air will thermal throttle if you give it a sustained load for more than a couple minutes. I also have a Pro and am really impressed by its thermals—the fan only ever spins up under the heaviest of sustained loads, and it's whisper quiet when it does.

[WildGreenLeave]

This has to be the Air, because that one is passively cooled. I also use it and in the hot summer I've got 2 fans. One to cool me down, and one to cool my laptop down.

Still love the thing, so small, light and convenient while traveling. The few days it is hot here I can run another fan :-)

[ibash]

oh! Something to test against this issue: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/m1-m2-flickering-ghosti...