I left my MacBook Pro in the car for 3 hours and it was 91.4F outside

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I left my MacBook Pro in the car for 3 hours and it was 91.4F outside

Hi all. We went to the mall today and I left my MacBook inside a laptop suitcase for 3 hours in the car. It was 91.4F outside and the spot my laptop was at couldn't have been hit by the sun. When I got back I checked the computer and it was warm, not by any means impossible to hold or TOO hot or even hot, it was warm though, as if I had had it do a heavy task. I've had the laptop for 2 days now and I shall say I'm pretty worried. Could it have been damaged by any means?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Aug 4, 2012 11:57 AM

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Answer 1

dwb

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Aug 4, 2012 12:38 PM in response to george202

If you stop to think about it, delivery trucks aren't air conditioned and I doubt the cargo area of the jets carrying computers from China to the US and Europe are either. I know for a fact that many warehouses aren't. Plus, think about all the electronic devices that are in your car. My entire dashboard is digital. So I don't think you need to worry.

What would concern me though is if you took it from a hot humid area to a very cool air conditioned room. That might have resulted in condensation which wouldn't be good.

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george202 Author

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Aug 4, 2012 12:03 PM in response to Austin Kinsella1

I let it cool down before I turned it on just in case and everything is working perfectly. I'm still worried though. I don't know if I should be because 105F is the ultimate temperature a MacBook should be exposed to and it was 91, but I still am.

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Answer 3

Aug 4, 2012 12:01 PM in response to george202

Try it for a few days and let us know.

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