My main Temps are David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks.
Oh, you mean TempERATURES?
My 17" doesn't get very hot even under load. The worst it gets is if I'm doing movie processing with MPEG Streamclip and even then it's a fraction of what I'd get with my previous computers. For the record this is the 2.66GHz i5 17" 2010 MacBook Pro.
These stats assume the following:
- encoding a large FLV file to an HD QuickTime movie at full quality which on my old 2009 13" would have resulted in max fans and near unbearable heat after a minute;
- running multi-stream GarageBand; and
- VMWare Fusion loaded and running Windows Server 2008.
Running dev null - yeah, that's a good way to peak things out, but is it realistic? I'd rather test using applications that users would be using, because that's closer to accurate than just running a process that goes nowhere for the sake of seeing numbers spike.
SSD so drive heat is not considered here. That likely is contributing to the cooler temperatures I see.
Program used: iStat Pro Widget
Idle State
- Average CPU: ~32ºC
- Average Fan Speed: ~1999ºC
Load State
- Peak CPU: ~83ºC
- Peak Fan Speed: ~3400ºC
- Peak GPU: ~63ºC (I think this rating is just as important, BTW. A lot of what makes the computer hot is not just the CPU but the combination of the CPU and GPU generating heat in most cases, especially in graphics-intensive apps like Adobe)
This is in a room that has constant airflow and where the ambient temperature never exceeds about 75 degrees, and it's sitting on an elevated heat dissipating desktop stand (bought it for the 2009 13" which got a fair bit hotter). Again though, the circumstances I completed my testing in are completely abnormal for a laptop, so I'm going to definitely see even cooler temperatures in "real world" situations, and I do. Normally my CPU never even gets to 40 degrees Celsius unless I'm running VMWare Fusion, which I do on occasion.
I have to agree that ambient room temperature AND surrounding airflow are both going to play big parts as to what temperatures you get from your MacBook Pro. If you're running 80 or above, especially in places like Arizona or wherever where it's dry heat, or if you're one of those "stale air" types, I submit that's going to slant your results.
