Heat issues in MacBooks have been around for many generations. The fact of having a small space and the possibility of using it in different locations makes it easy to heat up. Apple is working hard to reverse this problem. In this article we show you one of the patents that could be implemented in a future generation to improve the user experience.
Better ventilation for future Macs
In the patent that Apple has registered, it expresses the challenge posed by the fact that Macs include new components. These make the thermal requirements much more important since space is totally limiting for example to include new cooling systems. And this is something that goes much further with the fashion that has been established today about making equipment as light and thin as possible. It is for all this that many more refrigeration systems that have also been registered in this patent should be explored.
What the company proposes is to raise the base of the MacBook in order to get more air through the ventilation holes. This is something that is not entirely new since the PowerBook 100 included a series of plastic ‘legs’ that could improve the writing angle and improve the comfort of the users. This same concept would now be transferred to the MacBook but so that it can be deployed based on the heat that is generated inside.
Automatically when the computer is going to face a high-performance task, this ‘foot’ could be deployed. Thus, the ventilation slits could not have any type of impediment for the air to enter and exit, thus improving the performance of the fan and lowering the internal temperature of the device. This would be especially thought for when the device is being used on a table. In a normal way the computer has four range legs that keep it somewhat high but it is not enough to have an air recirculation system.
An excuse for more powerful components
This patent, in addition to being able to reduce the internal heat of computers, can also be a perfect excuse to introduce more powerful components. Right now there is an important limitation in this sense since the components of a laptop have to be optimized so that they maintain an affordable power but without losing much energy in the form of heat. That is why with this patent you can introduce more powerful components that are limited at first when cooling is limited. But when higher performance is required, such as for video or photo editing, you can choose to remove this limitation. For this, this same ‘foot’ would be activated so that much more cold air enters and also so that it comes out. Although this is a patent and may not become a reality.
