thermal grease monkeys?

[sir. mac]

Can anyone tell me how it is that Apple with all their heat problems still doesn´t get right the proper amount of thermal grease?

Just noticed this image of the grease on the MBA CPU from Ifixit and to me it looks like it´s poorly done. Can anyone confirm this?

I´ve seen cases on pc where the difference between proper thermal grease means that the fans will kick in a lot easier. I also think I read something about a MBP owner reapplying his thermal grease and getting really good results. Or am I totally overreacting here when it comes to this image from Ifixit?

 

[Halon X]

Is all Thermal grease created equally?

Could there be a reason there is so much and that the amount of grease used seems consistent among multiple products?

 

[hotsauce]

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It's an urban legend. I've reapplied the paste in two mbp's and no diffs whatsoever. ymmv.