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crunchgear.com - 12/3/2008

Apple patent for liquid cooled portable computer submitted

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What do we have here , kiddies. Was Apple trying to slip one past us by submitting this tasty patent for a liquid cooled portable on Thanksgiving? This patent that may, or may not, see production describes two separate cooling processes involving liquid. The first is an active, two-stage ...

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appleinsider.com - 12/3/2008

Apple looking into liquid-cooled MacBooks

— appleinsider.com — Apple is looking into the use of liquid coolants to transport heat in its notebook computer designs,... a controversial technique it employed briefly on its line of dual processor Power Mac G5s several years ago. (more) Apple looking into liquid-cooled MacBooks

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Apple Patents For Liquid-Cooled Portables Surface [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... liquids onto a large aluminum plate which would then pass it off into the environment just as most laptop temperature management systems work today. Whether this is just another defensive or out-there research patent, or an actually useful new way to cram more power into a smaller space via liquid cooling remains to be seen. Let's hope Apple's next patent is for a brand new battery juicy enough to power the whole system for more than 20 minutes. [US Patents Office via CrunchGear] ...

New iMacs to include hotter components, new cooling?
CrunchGear — ... upgrades, most notably (we reckon) a quad-core processor and new NVIDIA chipsets. Of course, this more powerful hardware will be producing more heat, and if Apple wants to keep the iMac and Mini lines trim and svelte, they may be putting a bit of work into a new cooling system. Apple is tapping Auras Technology for the cooling system; Auras makes many parts but has produced original cooling solutions like this one (looks cool) and may even be putting together a liquid cooling system for the new iMacs.