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Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Device uses movement of ions to generate airflow without any moving parts like in iPads and MacBook Air.

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[–] 95 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Counterpoint: stop trying to make laptops thinner and implement realistic and functional air cooling

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  • [–] 76 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Passive cooling is generally better for reliability if you can make it work, since all active airflow systems will degrade as dust and hair works into the airflow paths.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago

    Plus, the two can be used in combination. Improved passive cooling systems will make active cooling better by reducing the need to run the active system all the time, or at least run it at reduced rates, which will make the whole system last longer and reduce maintenance.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Make the chassis out of aluminium so the whole bastard is a heatsink.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    My laptop and older phone has this and it really does help with the added surface area.

    The only issue is if you go full throttle, the section right above the CPU can fry your hand lol.

    Although I only ever reached that temp doing stupid crap like hashing.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    They already do. My thinkpad T14s is incredibly thin, and it can dissipate 400 40 watts of power. My P1 dissipates 160+ watts and it’s also very thin.

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