177 Degrees F... um... WOW.
I am a computer guy to put it lightly, I am a college student that works in IT while going to school studying MIS. I have seen nearly every computer issue at least once, however I have never encountered an issue like this before. Its not really even a problem, yet anyways. My Macbook reached a processor temperature of 177 Degrees Fahrenheit yesterday, while sitting on my cool to the touch desk, in a room that was 65 Degrees in temperature. Fan was going at 6200RPM (as per my smcFanControl setting).
What was I doing? Copying the contents of a DVD to my laptop so I don't need to haul the discs around anymore. I realize its a CPU intensive task, but 177 degrees seems a bit insane. *Is that normal for the Macbook to reach nearly 180?* Like I said, I have used many computers to do similar tasks, and they have never reached such temps before. Heck, in the same circumstances (cool desk, ~65 degree room) my PowerBook G5 is up to 135 degrees F just using FireFox. *Is this a Mac laptop trend? Getting insanely hot?* Seems to me like it could be bad for the components, which is why I am debating selling my 6 month old Macbook and getting a Macbook Pro since I assume they have better cooling with the 2 fans.
This also concerns me becuase summer is getting close, and with 100+ degree days just around the corner, and not always having the AC on, is my laptop going to burst into flames when the room its in is no longer a cool 65, but instead 90 degrees?
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What was I doing? Copying the contents of a DVD to my laptop so I don't need to haul the discs around anymore. I realize its a CPU intensive task, but 177 degrees seems a bit insane. *Is that normal for the Macbook to reach nearly 180?* Like I said, I have used many computers to do similar tasks, and they have never reached such temps before. Heck, in the same circumstances (cool desk, ~65 degree room) my PowerBook G5 is up to 135 degrees F just using FireFox. *Is this a Mac laptop trend? Getting insanely hot?* Seems to me like it could be bad for the components, which is why I am debating selling my 6 month old Macbook and getting a Macbook Pro since I assume they have better cooling with the 2 fans.
This also concerns me becuase summer is getting close, and with 100+ degree days just around the corner, and not always having the AC on, is my laptop going to burst into flames when the room its in is no longer a cool 65, but instead 90 degrees?
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Powerbook G4 15" 1.5Ghz - Macbook 2.16Ghz 3GB-RAM - iPod Touch - iPhone, Mac OS X (10.5.2)
