Critical temperature of MacBook Air M2

Macs will have the fans run at faster speeds to keep the system temperature within a safe operating range. If the cooling system is unable to keep up, then the CPU will become throttled to protect the system until the fans are able to bring the temps down so that the CPU can return to faster speeds again if needed. At worst you will notice a slow down in system performance while the CPU is throttled.

Some games may run fine, but others may not unless they are native ARM or Apple Silicon apps. Using Intel apps will give you mixed results especially in games since Rosetta will be involved adding another layer of complexity to an app which typically has issue. Games are always finicky even when run on the system they were designed for. Plus GPU renderings can be an issue sometime since they must be translated to work on a different GPU with different features.

PRP_53 wrote:

This machine is a fan-less computer and depends on the Air Vents and other builtin means to keep it from Over Heating

The MacBook Pro M-Class computers does have builtin fans

Good catch! I should have thought of that possibility, I guess I forgot about it.

niksalld wrote:

Hi all! I recently purchased a brand new MacBook Air M2. I didn’t buy it for gaming, but I would like to ask if it’s possible to play games in it? The issue is related to temperatures. Because I play Minecraft and the MacBook in the first minutes of the game on the same Hypixel (regular Minecraft server) warms up to 80+ degrees. Is this temperature normal? I read that critical is 108, but I need to know exactly the one at which the MacBook will feel normal all the time and nothing will break or be disrupted

This machine is a fan-less computer and depends on the Air Vents and other builtin means to keep it from Over Heating

The MacBook Pro M-Class computers does have builtin fans

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