After reading more of those “hot macbook pro” postings I decided to do a little experimenting. I started off by firing up the MacBook Pro and then my Compaq notebook. After letting them run for a few minutes I noticed both the Mac and PC were running at around 100 degrees (f).
In this basic comparison I found that the Mac and PC run equally hot and thus have nothing to worry about.
Update 1
Note: the fan in the Compaq is louder at the moment, but the Macbook also isn’t silent.
Update 2
the case on the MacBook Pro makes it hotter to the touch, but I can understand it being a metal casing.
Here is the screengrabs from the Mac and the PC notebooks about 20 minutes after I started them up.
Taken from iStatPro (widget)
From “SpeedFan”
As the title states there is a new addition to the Macs I own. Please welcome the MacBook Pro, which you may have noticed if you visited my Flickr Page in the last couple of days.
I decided to go for the 2.66ghz with 2gb of ram for video editing and the ability to run Parallels on it with no slowdowns.
So far it is performing insanely well, I have my software loaded on it and the heat problems everyone speaks of have not been an issue to me. It does get warm, but then again why wouldn’t it in a metal casing? The most important application to download is iAlertU which informs you via sounds when your MacBook/Pro has decided to wonder into someone elses hands. It also snaps a photo and emails it to you when the alarm is tripped.
Here is the top 10 programs I use on my new MacPro. Each has it’s own use, some more important than others. Parellels being my favorite, for obvious reasons. There is some other software I use but this list is the top.
the remainder of the list Continue Reading »
I recently purchased a MacPro (as you may already know) and I started running Fusion from VMWare which is a beta virtualization program to run Windows on my Mac. Well a few days ago I downloaded an update for Parallels which is what I was originally using before Fusion. I am now able to run the bootcamp partition of my HD as the VM. This means only one machine to maintain and quicky gaining access to files and programs without having to reboot.
In this update I have gained back use of my favorite Actionscript editor FlashDevelop which is running in “Coherence” mode of Parallels which offers the ability to run Windows on OS X without the desktop or taskbar. Simpy put, it is sweet!
Switching gears… I Just viewed my Dashboard weather widget and noticed the temperature is quite cold outside. Continue Reading »
