Is your macbook super hot? Check the vent...
People have been finding a plastic film covering the vent in the rear of their macbooks. Check it.
http://gertstahl.blogspot.com/2006/0...t-blocked.html
Found the link on digg and about 5-10 people on there said that they had found a film blocking the vent on their macbook as well.
http://gertstahl.blogspot.com/2006/0...t-blocked.html
Found the link on digg and about 5-10 people on there said that they had found a film blocking the vent on their macbook as well.
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Originally posted by MacSuperiority
People have been finding a plastic film covering the vent in the rear of their macbooks. Check it.
http://gertstahl.blogspot.com/2006/0...t-blocked.html
Found the link on digg and about 5-10 people on there said that they had found a film blocking the vent on their macbook as well.
Mine had Shrek stuffed in the vent...(film joke).
Fine here, I really don't believe this story. The stupid thing is just plain HOT! I still like it though.
When is a notebook computer NOT a laptop computer?
When it's a MacBook!
Okay, so I don't have a future in comedy. I'll admit that.
well, how about this, lemme rephrase it... what's the big deal with calling the macbook a laptop?
Originally posted by monkeyastronaut
what's the big deal with calling the macbook a laptop?
Apple KNOWS that they run hot, so nowhere in their literature or documentation is the MacBook called a "laptop" computer. It's a "notebook" or "portable" computer.
Originally posted by monkeyastronaut
well, how about this, lemme rephrase it... what's the big deal with calling the macbook a laptop?
A laptop can be put on your lap. A macbook cannot because its too hot and it will burn your cajones off. Apple knows this and has changed every reference on their site from laptops to notebooks and even has a page dedicated to the heat of the 'notebook'.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30612
Ryan
Originally posted by monkeyastronaut
what's the difference between a laptop computer and a notebook computer?
well, how about this, lemme rephrase it... what's the big deal with calling the macbook a laptop?
I would add a bit that a notebook is a portable computer, generally about the size of a slim binder or thick paper notebook.
A laptop is a personal device that could be used on a lap. If it can't be comfortably used on top of a lap for a reasonable amount of time, say, half an hour, then it's not a laptop. My MacBook Pro is comfortable for maybe ten minutes.
There are some people that say that all notebooks run hot, but that's not really my experience, I've owned two that were warm, but not uncomfortably hot.
Too many high school dropouts and incompetent engineers design computers these days.
Originally posted by skatman
Notebooks run hot only if they're designed improperly. If you look at Panasonic, Fujitsu, Toshiba their notebooks pack similar components, but never get hot... warm, yes, but never hot.
Too many high school dropouts and incompetent engineers design computers these days.
yeah, Steve Jobs must have let that new intern, Jonathan Ive design the MacBook. <sigh>
Originally posted by sandau
yeah, Steve Jobs must have let that new intern, Jonathan Ive design the MacBook. <sigh>
He's an aesthetics designer, not an engineer.
When it did get hot, it wasn't hot enough to burn me...
So I'm very happy with my new MacBook and wouldn't change for any other "notebook"
PS, no strip in the vent.
Originally posted by skatman
Notebooks run hot only if they're designed improperly. If you look at Panasonic, Fujitsu, Toshiba their notebooks pack similar components, but never get hot... warm, yes, but never hot.
Too many high school dropouts and incompetent engineers design computers these days.
Listen I have an IBM Think pad at work a 1.6ghz pentium-m and that machine is cooler, but the fan is basically on at high speed all the time so it gets a 2 hour battery life.
What do you want?.. a cooler, noiser computer with no battery life? or a warmer, quieter computer with 4-5 hours battery live?
My guess is Apple will release a few Updates that tweak the settings to have the fan come on a bit earlier to shut everyone up! Then of course everyone will moan about the lack of battery life.
My my G4 800mhz ibook was just as hot as my 1.8ghz DUALCORE macbook! So I think it's pretty amazing design!
Originally posted by tadunne
Listen I have an IBM Think pad at work a 1.6ghz pentium-m and that machine is cooler, but the fan is basically on at high speed all the time so it gets a 2 hour battery life.
What do you want?.. a cooler, noiser computer with no battery life? or a warmer, quieter computer with 4-5 hours battery live?
My guess is Apple will release a few Updates that tweak the settings to have the fan come on a bit earlier to shut everyone up! Then of course everyone will moan about the lack of battery life.
My my G4 800mhz ibook was just as hot as my 1.8ghz DUALCORE macbook! So I think it's pretty amazing design!
Fans do not consume a lot of power relative to the CPU, so any argument that it shaves hours off the run time are erroneous. The T series CPU is rated to consume up to 31 watts max, a fan consumes less than one watt max.
What would shut me up is if Apple offered the L series CPU as a BTO option, it wouldn't be quite as fast but it would run a lot cooler and maybe add hours to the battery life.
Originally posted by JeffDM
Fans do not consume a lot of power relative to the CPU, so any argument that it shaves hours off the run time are erroneous. The T series CPU is rated to consume up to 31 watts max, a fan consumes less than one watt max.
What would shut me up is if Apple offered the L series CPU as a BTO option, it wouldn't be quite as fast but it would run a lot cooler and maybe add hours to the battery life.
I'll have to take your word for that, but the IBM fan is blowing alot more no doubt about that.
My point was the hotness is more of a configuration thing and not a design problem.