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I mean it does help with heat and electrical noise isolation, plus if a manufacturer cared to they could probably add more heat fins on an external brick not constrained by the case.

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Funny the current iMac has none of those problems.

And wasn’t the M1 supposed to be so efficient minimal cooling and power were required?

Apple's site says the power adapter is 143W, that's gonna be pretty toasty. The 4.5k display is probably the majority of that though.

Again, current iMacs don't seem bother by that.

Maybe they can simplify the board if they are not dealing with lots of a electrical noise on top of everything.

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