OT tempture of 17 inch Mac Book Pro ?

[Ben Holmes]

Don’t have one, but there has been considerable coverage on the running temperature of all Core Duo laptops. In fact, I understand Apple don’t call them laptops any more because they have to warn people not to use them on their laps in case they get burnt!

The hinge on my G4 Powerbook gets hot when the processor is going, so I woud imagine the MBPs are hotter than that. I think the screen hinge is used as a kind of heat sink – the MacBooks have cooling vents next to them, some of which had a plastic strip left in place from the manufacturing process. This fault was never reported on MBPs, but caused excessive heat if left in place.

This heat is common with every manufacturers Core Duo’s, and perhaps is more obvious on an Aluminium hinge. I know it won’t please you to hear it, but the Core Duo 2’s (probably due in the next couple of months) are supposed to run cooler (and use 40% less power).

Do a search on this on Google. You can find temperature widgets on Apple’s site, and graphs of normal operating temperatures all over the Mac web. You may even find a particularly funny photo of someone ACTUALLY frying an egg on the base of a MacBook!

Ben

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[Walter Biscardi]

Do you have it up on a laptop stand? All Apple laptops get very hot, though the MacBook Pro was supposed to be a bit cooler than my Powerbook G4 17″. You really shouldn’t leave the laptop flat on a table, there should be air moving underneath.

Go to Other World Computing and look at both the stands and the laptop screen protectors.

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/powerbook/

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[Tom Maloney]

Thank you guys, will into your ideas. Other than heat it works fine for me. Being new to Macs and FCP I was concerned.
thanks again
Tom