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Aluminum vs. Titanium
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It's my understanding that the high-speed G4 chips are all going to run very hot.
Until the Powerbooks get a 90nm-process G5 chip, the high-speed models are all going to have hot bottoms.
My guess is that the metal case actually reduces the temperature of the spot nearest the chip by conducting heat away and spreading it over a larger area.
Until the Powerbooks get a 90nm-process G5 chip, the high-speed models are all going to have hot bottoms.
My guess is that the metal case actually reduces the temperature of the spot nearest the chip by conducting heat away and spreading it over a larger area.
Which is most likely one of the reasons for the move to aluminum. Better heat transfer and lower cost, for only a slight weight and "coolness" penalty. Not that aluminum is crap, just not as exotic as titanium...
The current model of G4s (7447 or 7457) being used in the new Aluminum PowerBooks run at half the wattage of the old G4s (10watts vs. 20watts). This means less heat production.
my 12" 1 Ghz albook doesn't get hot, just a little warm. No more so than the ibook it replaced, truth be told. I would never even think about it if not for the long-standing heat issue with the Rev. A 12" that always gets mentioned.
When I'm on my 1GHz TiBook for more than a little while, or I'm playing graphics-heavy games like The Sims or SimCity 4, it can get incredibly hot. Not hot enough to burn me or anything, but hot enough that I have to take it off my lap and close it down for a little while.
Everybody with the 15" Aluminum PowerBook, though, has said that it never gets more than just a little warm.
Everybody with the 15" Aluminum PowerBook, though, has said that it never gets more than just a little warm.
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Well from all reports about the aluminum laptop they have no need for it because they get warm but never hot.
Well from all reports about the aluminum laptop they have no need for it because they get warm but never hot.
As I was saying earlier the new chips produce half the heat the old ones do and due to that the fans shouldn't be running all that much. The reports on the new Aluminum Powerbooks I have read seem to confirm that.
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