Comments on: Cooking an egg on a MacBook

By: Man

Man — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:14:38 +0000

OMG, Since it hasnt been mentioned before, water boils at 212 degrees d00dz! ROFLCOPTER.

By: josh

josh — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:38:36 +0000

my macbook gets up to 87 degrees Celsius!
thats about 188 degrees fahrenheit

By: UNEASYsilence » Hand warming USB Mouse

UNEASYsilence » Hand warming USB Mouse — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:08:16 +0000

[...] Here is a cool idea. Strike that, Here is a hot idea for a cool winter. You get the idea. If you are not fortunate to have a StoveTop Pro MacBook Pro this chilly winter, to warm you up – here is the next best thing. [...]

By: UNEASYsilence » MacBook owners - fire up your updater

UNEASYsilence » MacBook owners - fire up your updater — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:43:26 +0000

[...] I can personally attest to the overall performance difference. After running the MacBook with the update since its release, processor temperature has dropped significantly from the mid 70C – 80C average to 40C – 50C range. A great improvement for MacBook owners complaining that their notebooks were running a little too hot. No more complaints of MacBook’s cooking eggs right? [...]

By: peter

peter — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:45:27 +0000

water boils at 212 smartass

By: Erl

Erl — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:25:06 +0000

“Dear Rene Kabis, I see you are a great fan of the Centigrade system, or as you call it, Ã¢â‚¬ËœCelcius.Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ ”

Actually celcius is the correct name for the scale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius

IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m curious to know if you also use the Metric Calendar, with its convenient and sensible 10-day weeks, rather than the archaic Catholic/Celtic/Teutonic/Roman idiocy of the 7-day-week? (Why 7? Did some mutant primitive have 7 fingers on his hand? This I cannot understand.) I am sure you and all progressive-thinking citoyens will agree the Metric Calendar is the way to go.

There are 7 days in a week because of Genesis chapter 1! (The Bible)

Oh and to say it again the CPU temp does not equal the outer case temp whether it is in deg C or deg F!!!! Also this story was just a joke!!!!

By: YeahRight

YeahRight — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:25:09 +0000

I can’t beleive I read to the end of this. (LAME)

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:33:31 +0000

There’s something definitely wrong with a MacBook that need the fans running during something light like taking notes during lecture.

By: giskard

giskard — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:27:33 +0000

it’s interesting to hear people say that it was a tradeoff between heat and noise. have you heard a macbook when it’s fans get going? it’s embarasing to turn mine on in lectures for all the noise it makes.

By: Gwydion

Gwydion — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 04:08:25 +0000

Maybe someone already mentioned this… I don’t know. I any case, some MacBooks have a clear plastic dust cover covering the rear fan vent. After removing the plastic, my macbook rarely gets above 104 degrees F.

Another thing: certain people have disassembled their macbooks and found too much thermal paste on the CPU and GPU. I haven’t tried it yet, but scraping off a bit of the paste would probably cool it down even more…

Go ahead and give it a shot, if you’re still having heat problems. Even if the intel processor is capable of running at such high temperatures, it will have a damaging effect on the circuitry… and god forbid you ever worked with the thing on your lap *imagines legs cooking instead of eggs.*