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Whoa, 167! This isn't a macbook, but this is my Powerbook's average temp.:

Mine changes all the time.  When it first starts up it is at around 30 degrees.  After around an hour it might be up to the mid 50s.  When I am using the superdrive, it will go up to the upper 60s.  It has gotten as hot as 75 degrees, but that is with playing a DVD, Big Bang Board Games Chess, Adium, Safari, etc...

Right now, after about two hours of use running off the power adapter, it is at a stable 60 degrees.

Now that I own the MacBook I know why people were complaining about the heat.  It does get fairly toasty, but It never gets too hot for me to use it on my lap.  I guess some people can handle more heat than others.

Okay, where do I find the temp report?

My MacBook arrived just today and I have not been able to locate it.

Is it a widget?

I use the program temperature monitor and with the way the fans are set up, it allows my computer to get up to about 175F (full processor load) and then the fans kick on full speed until it gets down to about 130F in about 30 seconds time.  I'd personally like a way to control the fans a bit more, but until that (if that) happens, I can live with the temps.  It is within spec after all.  But currently I'm at:

Core 1: 66C
Core 2: 47C (currently turned off, just leeching heat from the other core)
Hard Drive: 35.0C

If you are charging the battery, it will get hotter than if it is running from the battery.  A battery has to heat up to at least 70 degrees or so before it will accept a charge.  It has to do with the chemical reactions that occur during charging.

That translates to 63 degrees C, so you're OK.

man these things get hot pretty fast..people fly into space but cant make a laptop operate under 70c?

Orion:
Even when the battery is already full, it stays hotter than when the connector is not in at all. Doesn't the charger stop charging the battery and start directly powering the laptop when its full?

Last edited by EdjamacatedGuy (2006-07-18 2:18 pm)

Yeah, we fly into space using thirty year-old technology with pieces falling off it.

The laptops are only ten times more sophisticated than the Space Shuttle.

im pretty sure brain surgery is more involved than cooling laptops. im also pretty damn sure a thermodynamics expert would be able to figure it out, if only apple wasn't so secretive about their design.

Hmm I hope they don't replace the MacBook line with Duo 2s cause I just bought mine two weeks ago. If its just the MacBook Pros then I'm fine.

aw rats. 64 bit is pretty good..any idea about the prices? i hope they have worse heat problems too