Unlocking the True Power of a MacBook Neo By Cooling It
The article discusses the performance enhancement of the MacBook Neo through advanced cooling techniques. By utilizing a combination of phase-change thermal paste and a peltier cooler, significant improvements in processing power were achieved. Despite these advancements, the setup remains impractical for everyday use, focusing solely on maximizing speed.
- ▪The MacBook Neo suffers from thermal throttling like many mobile devices.
- ▪Using advanced cooling methods, performance can be increased significantly, achieving 41.47% higher Cinebench scores.
- ▪The setup described is impractical for daily use, as it removes the logic board and employs heavy cooling equipment.
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| Original publisher | Hackaday |
| Canonical URL | https://hackaday.com/2026/05/20/unlocking-the-true-power-of-a-macbook-neo-by-cooling-it/ |
| Publication time | Thu, 21 May 2026 05:00:48 +0000 |
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Unlocking The True Power Of A MacBook Neo By Cooling It No comments by: Tyler August May 20, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Mobile devices generally have one Achilles’ heel when it comes to computing power: thermal throttling. Outside of bulky desktop and server systems, chips have to run at a fraction of their true potential to keep from cooking themselves to death. The MacBook Neo, with its iPhone-derived A18 processor, is no exception. Since Apple’s budget offering first came out, though, there’s been an arms race on the benchmark sites to see just how far you can push it, and [Salem Techsperts] briefly claimed the accolade of ‘fastest MacBook Neo’, and of course provided a video showing how it’s done. It’s hardly rocket science: you cool the chip.
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