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I'm Wolfpup on the Macaddict team by the way

I'm comparing a lot of notebooks right now, and am mostly looking at the Macbook Pro because of its LED backlit display (basically the XPS 1330 is the only other normal system with it-only it's got a worse GPU and a smaller screen).

I've tried Folding on a last generation Macbook Pro-a Conroe based 65nm 2.4GHz/4MB CPU. When Folding, the fans had to go NUTS to keep it cool. Got really loud, and I was concerned that it would damage it if doing that long term.

Since then I've heard of several people I know having damage to a Macbook or Macbook Pro from really pushing the hardware like that (one person has had their Macbook Pro replaced several times because its GPU's died, and a Macbook's fans burnt out in 2 months from Folding).

BUT...the new Penryn based 45nm, 2.4GHz/3MB chip is supposed to run a LOT cooler. So I'm wondering if the new low end Macbook Pro with that CPU would stand up to Folding okay.

I'd be Folding on it probably 13-15 hours a day (whenever it's on and plugged in, probably the SMP client). Anyone run Folding on a newer Penryn based Macbook/Pro? Does it seem to handle it okay? Do the fans have to go nuts?

Thanks!

Last edited by tigerwolf7 (2008-03-29 2:02 pm)