Macbook and heat buildup

[adsl3g]

My macbook gets quite hot underneath if I run iTunes and parallels together with a browser open as well. Now I must admit the room temperature is in the region of 31 - 32 degrees so I do not think it is a fault - the CPU temp is around 57 degrees.
I was just wondering if anyone has tried those laptop angled stands that lift the machine off the desk creating a bit of an airflow under the machine as it is quite close to the surface it stands on without a stand. Will this help at all or is it just a gimmick.
My logic says it should help a bit - I am not concerned about the CPU heat - just the physical heat I feel under the laptop when lifting it off the desk.


.....and why is this forum so dead??

any news on Leopards release?

p.s. I eventually got my mini-DVI to VGA converter and hooked it up to my 37" LCD TV last night - beeeootiful..!!

 

[JStrike]

hmm...Leopard

Now that my girlfriend and I have split, I dont have a video ipod anymore. Need an Apple TV so badly.
Now if only a bloody widescreen TV didn't cost R6000

 

[bwana]

My macbook gets quite hot underneath if I run iTunes and parallels together with a browser open as well. Now I must admit the room temperature is in the region of 31 - 32 degrees so I do not think it is a fault - the CPU temp is around 57 degrees.
I was just wondering if anyone has tried those laptop angled stands that lift the machine off the desk creating a bit of an airflow under the machine as it is quite close to the surface it stands on without a stand. Will this help at all or is it just a gimmick.

It should help a bit to reduce the heat - alternatively you could control the fan speed yourself using something like smcFanControl.

Leopard - I'm thinking June/July.

 

[LandyMan]

If you think it gets hot on a desk, try using it on your lap ... hot as hell I tell you, and in the latest streak of heatwaves, you will actually build up quite a sweat, in line with eating hot Durban curry

 

[adsl3g]

If you think it gets hot on a desk, try using it on your lap ... hot as hell I tell you, and in the latest streak of heat waves, you will actually build up quite a sweat, in line with eating hot Durban curry

Lol, thanks for the replies. I got a stand anyway R69 at Computer Corp. Works ok, still gets hot but at least there is some air flow under it now - the keyboard angle is now great.
Bottom case temperature is 31 degrees. Will see what that temp is w/o the stand tonight to see if there is a difference.

 

[bwana]

I'm re-encoding a movie right now and my cpu is reading 68º so I scoff at your measly 57°

 

[neio]

I'm re-encoding a movie right now and my cpu is reading 68º so I scoff at your measly 57°

Yeah, encoding video really get's the Mac hot, but on the other hand my AMD box used to run at a constant 50 C with no programs running and hit 60/65 C with a game.

 

[bwana]

Yeah, encoding video really get's the Mac hot, but on the other hand my AMD box used to run at a constant 50 C with no programs running and hit 60/65 C with a game.

But then there's a difference between a 65° box and a 70° metal laptop frying your eggs

 

[adsl3g]

I'm re-encoding a movie right now and my cpu is reading 68º so I scoff at your measly 57°

HAH - I hit 83 deg today playing a 3D game in Win XP via parallels - dloaded the mac version and temp back to normal.

 

[LandyMan]

HAH - I hit 83 deg today playing a 3D game in Win XP via parallels - dloaded the mac version and temp back to normal.

I can believe that ... Parallels chows up quite a bit of CPU, making the machine run extremely hot

 

[bwana]

I can believe that ... Parallels chows up quite a bit of CPU, making the machine run extremely hot

You mean being the major, clumsy, resource hog that it is?

 

[LandyMan]

You mean being the major, clumsy, resource hog that it is?

Sorry, yes, thats what I was meant to say, but my fingers didn't want to play along