M1 MacBook Pro: has left me cold

[Realityck]

After 5 days with my new MacBook Pro I realize there is a major design issue Apple has overlooked:

The machine is almost always cold to the touch. Almost every time I want to use it as a literal laptop, on my lap in shorts, I get that feeling of cold metal on my skin that lasts for a while.

It's gotten to the point I dread using the machine.

Apple really needs to use hotter chips.

Nothing to keep you warm in the winter, so sad.

 

[Strangedream]

Well Tim did ask for "cool products that people will love"

 

[David Hassholehoff]

Clearly intentional to be able to sell you an iBlanket next year.

 

[dogslobber]

After 5 days with my new MacBook Pro I realize there is a major design issue Apple has overlooked:

The machine is almost always cold to the touch. Almost every time I want to use it as a literal laptop, on my lap in shorts, I get that feeling of cold metal on my skin that lasts for a while.

It's gotten to the point I dread using the machine.

Apple really needs to use hotter chips.

There are various ways to improve the heat transfer. Something as simple as running multiple instances of 'yes >/dev/null &' from the command line should enable the generation of more heat and make it warmer.

 

[kard32]

Or they can just use other material for the enclosure, to make it actually pleasing to touch.

 

[ddidima]

Looks like Apple listened and fixed your issue

 

[Ashbash75]

Don't worry KUO said apple are releasing shorts in October. The base model comes with one pocket for your polishing cloth but extra pockets are likely to cost extra.