Anyone have a comparison on how 'hot' the old x1600 Core (1) Duo macbook pro models were?
Were they the models that gave the MBP the repuation for being scorchers? I believe that was called 'Yonah' at the time.
I can get a really good deal on one, which I can hold onto until the new-new one finally releases, so I'm throwing that around. Any other widespread issues from this generation?
The highest I've recorded is 46C on areas beneath of the keyboard, and 50C+ (low-temp-burn causing temps) on the top aluminium strip above the keyboard. Not doing anything outrageous either, but with reasonable CPU stress.
Stress both CPU and GPU? Better hope your desk is fireproof...
In terms of underside, I believe I was able to get readings of 40C in 25C ambients - no, not off the underside of the computer, but
off the desk, a full minute after the computer was removed.
Undoubtedly, even among the piles of crud that the multiple Macbook Pros have been for me, the Yonah-chipped variants took the cake as the cruddiest of the crud. It still remains the only laptop I've had that developed a droop (and I'm not talking about the very common slight warping of the screen that's still unresolved on current models) on it's own accord (the 17" one).
As for smcFanControl it's a necessary utility (for most Macs in any case) - but the price of having the laptop merely worryingly hot as opposed to scorching was that it turned into the loudest machine in everyday use I'd encountered to date if I wanted the cooling to genuinely have an effect. Still, if you keep the usage very light and the RPM at 3K - the highest level that isn't hugely intrusive noisewise - it shouldn't inconvenience you too much.
