Uploading video makes MBP HOT?

[hzxu]

Right now I am surfing the web while uploading a video to a video hosting web, then I felt burning hot on my top-left corner of the keyboard, other parts are warm as well, I am wondering if this is normal? Why uploading video generate so much heat? I guess it keeps reading the video from HDD, is my 7200RPM HDD causing the problem(compared to 5400RPM or even SSD)?

Thanks!

 

[miles01110]

Normal.

 

[DudeMartin]

It's because you're READING a large amount of data, and also WRITING a large amount of data, simultaneously, so naturally, within a poorly-ventilated device (like a laptop), it will head up.

 

[GGJstudios]

Right now I am surfing the web while uploading a video to a video hosting web, then I felt burning hot on my top-left corner of the keyboard, other parts are warm as well, I am wondering if this is normal? Why uploading video generate so much heat?

Install iStat Pro to get accurate readings of your temps, among other things

Your temps are most likely perfectly normal, as searching the forum with MRoogle will reveal:

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