iPad cooler than MBP

[Rhyalus]

Hey All,

I have an ipad 4 and a 2011 MBP i5 Base 13".

I stream video from NFL Game Rewind which (I think) uses flash.

The ipad 4 runs much cooler than the MBP. Do you notice this with other technologies as well?

Any thoughts on why this is so?

R

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Hey All,

I have an ipad 4 and a 2011 MBP i5 Base 13".

I stream video from NFL Game Rewind which (I think) uses flash.

The ipad 4 runs much cooler than the MBP. Do you notice this with other technologies as well?

Any thoughts on why this is so?

R

Both computers use different processor architectures (x86 in the Mac vs. ARM in the iPad), which have different power consumption thus generate a different amount of heat.
The Mac also has to use Flash in order to play those videos you watch, while the iPad probably can just use to play a H.264 encoded stream. Even if the iPad would be able to play Flash, it would not get as hot as a Mac though.

 

[Freyqq]

Hey All,

I have an ipad 4 and a 2011 MBP i5 Base 13".

I stream video from NFL Game Rewind which (I think) uses flash.

The ipad 4 runs much cooler than the MBP. Do you notice this with other technologies as well?

Any thoughts on why this is so?

R

ipad 4 would be using h.264...so it's just a streaming video file
mbp uses flash, which isnt optimized well for osx

if there was a way to watch it in h.264 on the mbp, it would use almost no cpu.

 

[Rhyalus]

Thanks guys... what a shame... you would think that what would be a vastly superior CPU would be able to handle something like this.

I have always known about the flash issues, but the fact that the ipad can play video without a problem really brings it home. NFL should make an app for MacOS X it seems...

R

 

[alphaod]

The CPU is handling it. Why else would it get hot?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Thanks guys... what a shame... you would think that what would be a vastly superior CPU would be able to handle something like this.

I have always known about the flash issues, but the fact that the ipad can play video without a problem really brings it home. NFL should make an app for MacOS X it seems...

R

NFL does not need to make an app, they should just offer H.264 streaming.

• Safari: ClickToFlash, for which there is an extension and a plug-in; CTF allows you to download YouTube and other kinds of MPEG-4 encoded video too.
• Opera: has a built-in Flash blocker
• Firefox: Flashblock is an add-on to block Flash
• Chrome: FlashBlock is an extension to block Flash

Also make sure to have the latest Adobe Flash Player version running, you can get it here.[/Indent]

 

[xShane]

Of course the iPad is going to run cooler than a laptop/MBP. MBPs have much more capability and power in them, which is going to cause them to run hotter.