So, in your experience, what went wrong in the Macs? - Page 3

Thank The Cheese · #17 January 25th, 2007, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunnz

How hot does it actually get??

Sometimes I can feel the heat from the left side of the keyboard of my MacBook, it is hot but still 'typable'. It cools after a while if I put it into asleep. I got the black one so I don't see any yellow thing that happens on the white ones yet...

my MBP is typable, but the bottom of it, and the bar that runs across the top of the keyboard gets damn hot, sometimes literally too hot to touch. When doing anything intensive like 3D rendering I have to point my fan directly at it, or place it in the fridge because it gets so darn hot it would surely be shortening the lifespan.

I got a 7200rpm hard disk, which probably doesn't help matters.

this yellowing macbooks is a real issue. i'm trying to convince my sister to get one, but I'm worried about the discoloration. I'm surprised apple haven't found a fix yet.She actually wants to get it coloured pink, but I can't find any australiancolorware-type places.

Sunnz · #18 January 25th, 2007, 10:38 PM

Ahh cool they ship internationally too... (link) though it is very expensive...

Maybe you can try ask at MacTalk, an Australian Mac forum.

Anyway, the bottom of my MacBook gets pretty hot too. I can put my hand under the desk and feel the heat from there!!! I guess this was not the case with G4? Is it the processor that's hot or a combination of mobo, hdd, cpu?

What about performance-wise? The Intel should blow away the G4 on paper... but I have heard that people can go without a shutdown/reboot for months, where I can't really do it with my MacBook. The max uptime I had is 10 days? Is this normal with MacBook or???

**mdnky** · #19 January 25th, 2007, 11:34 PM

It should be noted the MB Pros that get really hot are the first generation models (pre Core2Duo).

The Core2Duo version I have hasn't got any hotter than my PowerBook (last G4 model made) did. In fact, I almost have to say its cooler.

As far as speed...it blows the G4 away from my experience. Even Photoshop CS2 seems to run faster (that's under Rosetta, mind you) on the MB Pro. In something like Seti, there's a huge advantage. MB Pro does 2 work units in one hour and forty minutes, while the G4 1.67 did one work unit in four hours thirty minutes.

HeliAnimal · #20 January 26th, 2007, 02:26 AM

I don't have any problems with my 1st Gen MacBook Pro getting hot.

Lt Major Burns · #21 January 26th, 2007, 07:05 AM

fryke, have you got pictures of your yellowing macbook?

**fryke** · #22 January 26th, 2007, 07:53 AM

nope, and it's really ugly. don't want to post any pix. but there were a lot of pix around when this problem first cropped up about a month after the MacBook's introduction. I'm told Apple will simply replace the top and keyboard under warranty - but I can't part with my MacBook for the 2 weeks I'm told it takes. :/ ... I have to find some way before the warranty runs out, though.

Mario8672 · #23 January 29th, 2007, 12:41 PM

Yea, the intel mac's boot up time is almost HALF of the PPC's.

**Captain Code** · #24 January 29th, 2007, 02:40 PM

AFAIK they've fixed the yellowing Macbooks by replacing the palm rest with different material. And you can get yours fixed for free by Apple. I don't really think there are too many problems compared to the PPC Macs. The PPC laptops always had some problems too so they weren't perfect. I haven't really heard anyone having problems with the Mac Pro either.

The C2D MBPs are really pretty cool when you're not taxing the cpu much. They do get somewhat warm under load but no more than the G4 Powerbooks did.