Q: Burned on stomach from Macbook
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Jun 3, 2016 12:32 PMby Meg St._Clair,Jim Allen2 wrote:
Still doesn't answer the question - if it has the 2GB dedicated to video it has a dGPU. These supposedly run hotter and consume much more power. The reason why I'm asking is that I'm debating getting the dGPU rMBP. If the dGPU causes it to get that hot - I may reconsider it.
Sorry, I don't have the specs of the MacBook Pros memorized. I'm sure a bit of online research will turn up the answer.
Best of luck.
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Jun 3, 2016 12:38 PMby Courcoul,Well, awhile back an English boffin got burned by his Mac NOTEBOOK a bit lower down in his.... there. Blisters and all. So you're lucky, sort of.
As for the why, it is sort of normal too. All powerful modern computers run hot, it is inevitable. Some makers chose to conceal that with big, bulky plastic cases and many fans. Apple's obsession with thinness trumps all that and required the use of metal as a heat dissipator. So yes, it will run hot especially if doing intensive tasks. Which might be occurring even if not apparent. For instance, all those cutesy Adobe Flash animations and the like in webpages are a vast CPU load. Which is why these are NOTEBOOKS, not laptops, and never meant to be used against any body part (except the fingers for the keyboard and trackpad, that is).
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Jun 3, 2016 12:41 PMby markfromnewportbch,so why does it continue to do the same thing? Read what I posted before you reply. Otherwise youre saying thing over and over. Im looking for clarity not a continued argument. And yes, I do know Apple calls it a Notebook, but we all know we buy small computers for mobility and the use anywhere, such as a persons lap.
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Jun 3, 2016 12:46 PMby steve359,markfromnewportbch wrote:
And yes, I do know Apple calls it a Notebook, but we all know we buy small computers for mobility and the use anywhere, such as a persons lap.
I do not use any expensive computer in my lap at least when there is any chance my legs will move and flip it onto the ground. Apple makes iPads for ultimate portability and hand-held.
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Jun 3, 2016 12:55 PMby Meg St._Clair,markfromnewportbch wrote:
so why does it continue to do the same thing? Read what I posted before you reply. Otherwise youre saying thing over and over. Im looking for clarity not a continued argument. And yes, I do know Apple calls it a Notebook, but we all know we buy small computers for mobility and the use anywhere, such as a persons lap.
Continue to do what? Get hot when it's on your stomach? Because it can't dissipate heat properly. I'm not sure what more "clarity" it's possible for anyone else to give you. If you disagree with Apple's answer, go back and take it up with them?
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by Lawrence Finch,Jun 3, 2016 1:00 PM
Lawrence Finch
Jun 3, 2016 1:00 PM
in response to markfromnewportbch
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Mac OS Xmarkfromnewportbch wrote:
If a laptop is able to physically burn you, your skin, then its absolutely possible to damage another surface or worse yet, ignite and possibly start a fire.
Not a chance. You cannot start a fire with 120º F. If you could all the houses in Phoenix, Arizona, would spontaneously burn down. One of the most flammable substances that the computer might encounter is wood pulp based paper. And we all know, thanks to Ray Bradbury, that its flash point is 451º F. But you can get a sunburn well below 120º. So it would be foolish to put anything that gets warmer than body temperature in long-term contact with your skin. Just don't do it.
