macbook overheating?

[lshirase]

alot of times when i run a small number of simple programs such as firefox + ichat + iTunes...i look at my temperature on my istat and it says the cpu is like 60* celcius....heatsink A is 56....airport card is 58 etc....is this normal? when i feel the bottom of the laptop..it feels pretty hot.

 

[flopticalcube]

On full bore, my MacBook gets into the mid 80's. I'd say yours is pretty cool by comparison.

 

[bjett92]

I would say yes. Think of your MB as a personal heater. You can put it on your lap when your cold. They get hot really quickly and you shouldn't really worry until your computer gets into the 90s C.

 

[lavrishevo]

This is what you need:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23137

 

[lshirase]

so..

itunes + safari + adium = ~49-56c

i shouldn't be worried with those numbers?

 

[Bonsai1214]

mine gets up to 140ºF when i'm playing flash games or watching multiple vids online.

normally its between 100 and 130 though.

right now my cpu is 124ºf, which translates to 52ºc

 

[jeremy6044]

that's what i'm doing and i'm getting higher temps. 60 degrees cpu and 72 degrees airport card. but i have peripherals plugged in, and i'm wondering if that makes a big difference. (just posted about this)