About a month ago I bought a first gen Macbook Pro on ebay - 1.83 CD etc. It is in very good, great really, cosmetic condition, the battery only had 25 cycles on it, I maxed out the ram. BUT I'm concerned about a few issues. 1) it has the whining problem which I treated with quietmacbookpro (or whatever that app is called). It's not very bad and to be honest I didn't notice it until I was using it in a quiet room. 2) it gets VERY hot. Yesterday, it was idling while I was working between computers (I have an iMac as well) and the fans started up pretty loudly. According to istat, the CPU was going at 112 degrees C (233 F)!! 
3) the fans seem kind of loud (but that's probably just me). From what I know about the computer, it was a company computer that was not used often and not used outside of the office. I guess that's why no one actually dealt with these issues in its first year.
Now, here's the problem. I bought this computer to replace my macbook (also a 1.83 CD) because I found the screen to be too small for the type of work I need to do on it. I haven't sold the macbook yet. My plan was to use this MBP for the summer and then in the fall when my pay goes up, sell it and get a new MBP. But now I'm worried that I might have problems with the MBP because of the heat (I have to say that even though my macbook had a new logic board put in just over a year ago, it still heats up randomly so..) or other issues. Do you think I'd be better off just selling the MBP again (at the price I got it, I'm sure I could make my money back) and hanging on with the MB?
I'm asking here because I'd imagine that a number of you had these computers and might have an idea of what I could expect a few months down the road.
(I should mention that I really like the MBP because it's matte... that's the one thing I really dislike about the current lineup - glossy screens. bleagh!)
3) the fans seem kind of loud (but that's probably just me). From what I know about the computer, it was a company computer that was not used often and not used outside of the office. I guess that's why no one actually dealt with these issues in its first year.Now, here's the problem. I bought this computer to replace my macbook (also a 1.83 CD) because I found the screen to be too small for the type of work I need to do on it. I haven't sold the macbook yet. My plan was to use this MBP for the summer and then in the fall when my pay goes up, sell it and get a new MBP. But now I'm worried that I might have problems with the MBP because of the heat (I have to say that even though my macbook had a new logic board put in just over a year ago, it still heats up randomly so..) or other issues. Do you think I'd be better off just selling the MBP again (at the price I got it, I'm sure I could make my money back) and hanging on with the MB?
I'm asking here because I'd imagine that a number of you had these computers and might have an idea of what I could expect a few months down the road.
(I should mention that I really like the MBP because it's matte... that's the one thing I really dislike about the current lineup - glossy screens. bleagh!)
