Ive had my new macbook for a little over 24 hours now(2ghz quad), and I feel that it runs a little too hot, especially considering im ONLY web browsing and watching a few videos on Youtube. Currently, my CPU temp is around 60-60C. Is this normal?
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Excessive HEAT from new 2011 MacBook Pro?
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stylinexpat
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Some heat does seem to be known..
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/apple-macbook-pro 15-inch-2011.aspx
Heat
The 15-inch MacBook Pro held up well during our heat test, where we play a Hulu video at full screen for 15 minutes. The space between the G and H keys registered 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and the touchpad measured just 83 degrees. However, the back rear bottom of the notebook reached an uncomfortable 106 degrees.
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/apple-macbook-pro 15-inch-2011.aspx
Heat
The 15-inch MacBook Pro held up well during our heat test, where we play a Hulu video at full screen for 15 minutes. The space between the G and H keys registered 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and the touchpad measured just 83 degrees. However, the back rear bottom of the notebook reached an uncomfortable 106 degrees.
Hellhammer
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Youtube = Flash = high CPU usage = heat
My MBA gets a bit hot as well when watching Flash content as it uses the CPU. Nothing extraordinary going on here I think.
My MBA gets a bit hot as well when watching Flash content as it uses the CPU. Nothing extraordinary going on here I think.
Hellhammer
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2011 MBPs (or Flash) don't support hardware acceleration yet so yes, it is still bad as the decoding is done by the CPU. Even with HW acceleration, the CPU usage can be rather high.
Is this confirmed? Are there any informations about this issue in regard to Lion?
Hellhammer
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http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#technotes/tn2010/tn2267.html
It is Apple who is holding the strings. They limited the HW acc to these certain GPUs
I thought maybe some yet undocumented support in the build used by the new machines.
Hellhammer
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I would expect Apple to expand the support for Intel HD 3000 at least but we still need to wait for an updated Flash player that will support the new GPUs.