Could Minecraft damage my MacBook Air?

Hello!


I play minecraft on my MacBook Air. After about 5-10 minutes of playing, my mac gets very hot and the fan runs extremely fast. I bought it last year in February, so it is just over a year old. I'm really concerned that the heat/fan intensity is going to damage my mac over time. I plan on keeping it for 4-5 more years.


So, could the heat and fan intensity damage my Mac?


BTW, I use a heating pad/stand to elevate it.

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Apr 11, 2014 3:23 PM

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Apr 11, 2014 3:29 PM in response to cristinafromga

IF youre playing it a LOT on battery, yes it can.

See 3B below



Also the Air is not an idealized gaming machine.




➕If the massive amount of data that exists on lithium batteries were to be condensed into a simplex, helpful, and memorable bit of information it would be:


1. While realistically a bit impractical during normal everyday use, a lithium battery's longevity and its chemistry's health is most happy swinging back and forth between 20% and 85% charge roughly.


2. Do not purposefully drain your battery very low (10% and less), and do not keep them charged often or always high (100%).


3. Lithium batteries do not like the following:

A: Deep discharges, as meaning roughly 10% or less. Avoid this in all instances if you can. This is hard on your battery.

B: Rapid discharges as referring to energy intensive gaming on battery on a frequent basis (in which case while gaming, if possible, do same on power rather than battery).

C: Constant inflation, as meaning always or most often on charge, and certainly not both in sleep mode and on charge always or often.

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Could Minecraft damage my MacBook Air?

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