macbook pro 100% cpu usage just running skype?
Hello,
So I bought a Macbook pro as I liked the touchpad and general feel of the OS, using it to skype my wife, one of the primary reasons I purchased it for as well as word processing and web browsing. However after 10 minutes of video chat, I felt the laptop heating to a point where it was extremely uncomfortable to be resting on my lap. It was not encompassed by a duvet merely resting on my lap.
The model I have is a i5 - 8GB 256 SSD
I checked the activity monitor and the CPU usage whilst using chrome and skype is 100%. How can this be? I thought Mac's were supposed to be efficient and powerful? I could understand if I was using some kind of rendering software that was extremely resource intensive but web browsing and skype???? It got to the point last night where I could not have it resting on my and had to go and sit at my desk with my desktop right beside me, defeats the point of a laptop really.
Is this normal and to be expected of Macbook pro's and if so where can I get a refund lol.
Thanks
MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 9.1