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If someone besides Apple made a fanless laptop that had competitive performance with Apple's offerings (i.e. not a $200 Chromebook with a Celeron or a cast-off 5 year old smartphone CPU), I'd absolutely buy one. I got excited when the Qualcomm Snapdragon X was being discussed pre-launch, but then it came out with performance worse than the original M1 and it turned out that Qualcomm lied about giving it first-class Linux support. I really dislike Mac OS, but when I can't use a PC laptop in bed or on a couch or on my lap without it overheating, I'm not able to switch away. It's a shame that the entire PC industry is fine with selling laptops that will overheat when not used on a rigid flat surface.

criddell
I believe the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 is fanless. Sadly, the 8 and 9 have a fan.
AnthonyMouse
I mean, you could just buy something that allows you to configure the TDP in software and then set it low enough that the fan doesn't run. You'd be sacrificing a non-trivial amount of multi-thread performance, but that's what the fanless Macbooks are doing anyway.

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