Thank Cotty for the more current info. This supports what I read and what Mat also learned.
On 7/12/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Update. Here's one poster's views, fresh off the ether: > > --------- > > Here's my personal experience. > > I don't really see much difference between the PowerBooks and the new > MacBook Pros in terms of heat build-up or dissipation. > > About two weeks ago I replaced my PowerBook 17" with a MacBook Pro 17". > I've noticed no significant difference in heat. The bottom of the new > MacBook Pro *might* be slightly warmer when I'm using it on my lap, but > it certainly isn't uncomfortable and the difference might just be my > imagination. > > The fans on the MacBook Pro are either whisper quiet, or they come on a > lot less often than they did on my PowerBook. I only think I've noticed > them once in the past two weeks. > > I live in the America Southwest, where the average temperature in the > shade is well over a 100F during the day. We never have the cooling set > to anything lower than 78F, so it isn't like I'm working in an ice box. > > So the assertion that the MacBooks (I can only speak to the MacBook Pro > 17") are fundamentally flawed in their heat dissipation by design > doesn't agree with my observations. > > ---------- > > > > HTH > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- <----------------------------------------------------> Perry Pellechia Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry <----------------------------------------------------> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
