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		eberkund on Nov 22, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ditching the MacBook Pro for a MacBook Air I wish they had a quad core MBA, that's the only thing (well that and the keyboard) stopping me from upgrading from my 2013 MBP.

ksec on Nov 22, 2018 [–]

The new MBA CPU is actually Fanless, there is only a heatsink on top and a Fan next to it sucking air flow from it. I think that is may be a maximum of 10W TDP design, would be hard to get a Quad Core even on 10nm. If Apple could improve its cooling to 15W then that would be possible.

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