New iMac is cold to the touch

[iCaleb]

The backside of my new iMac feels cold after some heavy use. 🙂

My old 2010 iMac nearly burned my skin off because of how hot it was. 🙁

Anyone else impressed with the the exterior temps of the 2012 iMacs?

 

[luminouslight]

The backside of my new iMac feels cold after some heavy use. 🙂

My old 2010 iMac nearly burned my skin off because of how hot it was. 🙁

Anyone else impressed with the the exterior temps of the 2012 iMacs?

Yes that's something that's greatly improved over the old iMacs. I had a 2010 imac that would get hot to the touch just browsing the web watching YouTube etc.

This baby stays cool even when playing games like starcraft, diablo 3, and a few other games I tried.

 

[Yebubbleman]

The backside of my new iMac feels cold after some heavy use. 🙂

My old 2010 iMac nearly burned my skin off because of how hot it was. 🙁

Anyone else impressed with the the exterior temps of the 2012 iMacs?

I, too, have noticed this. And seriously, it's about time; even my Early 2006 20" iMac would be noticably warm after heavy use. And it only got worse from there.

 

[Hexley]

Just you wait for the 4K iMacs.... Hopefully Apple will use desktop GPUs so it will be back to burning fingers to the bone. 🙂

 

[one1]

It must be winter.

 

[Ddyracer]

Just you wait for the 4K iMacs.... Hopefully Apple will use desktop GPUs so it will be back to burning fingers to the bone. 🙂

The iMac is getting thinner every 2-3 years. I wish it could house a GPU that isn't mobile but it will not sadly till desktop graphics shrink. To like 1/3 of it's origin. 🙁

 

[Lancer]

Anyone else impressed with the the exterior temps of the 2012 iMacs?

This is my first iMac and one of the reasons I decided to dump my tower.

I'll just have to rug up some more in winter without my 'heater' under the desk.

 

[Gym Hellwig]

That's very good news and yet another reason to go for the 2012s.

 

[Hexley]

Digitalversus.com review of the 21.5-inch and 27-inch models includes thermal images of the front and rear of the iMac using a Fluke Ti25 heat sensitive camera.

Results are below.

21.5" http://img1.lesnumeriques.com/test/74/7471/imac-21,5-2012-temperature.jpg

27" http://img1.lesnumeriques.com/test/76/7635/imac-27-2012-temperatures.JPG

CPU's running at 38c at the lowest fan speed. I'll try running at top speed to reduce temp to room temp of 24c.