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Re:MacBook 16-inch Fan Noise (2019) by baybal2 on Friday February 07, 2020 @08:44AM (#22265838)
Yes they made it thicker, but as you see, without much gain. They just made it look thicker, with an innuendo that this is for better thermals, while in reality it isn't.
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Re:MacBook 16-inch Fan Noise (2019) by bluegreyred on Friday February 07, 2020 @11:55AM (#22267944)
My opinion is that MacBook Pros turned into consumer machines somewhere along the way and the overwhelming majority of buyers use them for Facebook, Youtube and Mail.app. I imagine Apple has a vast amount of metrics on this. None of these use cases require better thermals, so Apple engineers the devices accordingly.

I don't recall my 17" Powerbook G4 ever having thermal issues but how many people would buy a ~$5000 base spec MBP today? See Mac Pro.

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Re:MacBook 16-inch Fan Noise (2019) by fiddlerwoaroof on Friday February 07, 2020 @10:58AM (#22267211)
My guess is the extra thickness is for the non-butterfly keyboard.
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Re:MacBook 16-inch Fan Noise (2019) by bluedino on Friday February 07, 2020 @10:58AM (#22267213)
The 16" model has far thermals and performance than they 15" model - even while using the exact same CPU.
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