punky_munky said:Just overly fussy geeks who enjoy whining. The only Macs that have 'overheated' are the ones with the plastic still on the vents (about 0.1% of them), they rest are just a little warm. As for noises, they're still much much quieter than any PC i've used.
MichaelHo said:im new to the mac world, can i ask what is this whine you are talking about?
MichaelHo said:is it serious enough to put you off getting a mac?
on the macbook thread, someone said it is 95% silent.
also if widgets are running in the background, will this whine not sound?
punky_munky said:Dashboard doesn't stop it. I've only ever heard it when I've used my Macbook in bed and therefore in complete silence. It's a total non-issue, people just enjoy moaning.
I really don't think theres a heat problem, you'd be a fool to run a laptop on your bare skin and a lot of laptop manufacturers do not reccomend having it on your lap even with clothes. I don't have a problem with it through my jeans.
TheVoice said:Lots of people have reported overheating problems (on the macBook Pros), mainly because there's been far too much thermal paste applied during manufacture. It's not a case of "people who enjoy moaning", it's a real issue.
MagicBoy said:I'm not convinced by the thermal paste argument. You can clart it on like wallpaper paste but if you apply enough pressure it'll splurge out and still leave a decent contact patch. The extra is left looking messy on the chip package.
A lot of the blogging/forum activity on this is misinformed hype. There have been a couple of what appear to be proper tests conducted on this which concluded that there was a 1-2C difference in temperature after a strip down and application of AS.
I'm not defending Apple to the hilt - it's bad instuctions and sloppy assembly to cut costs. If it genuinely is a problem it will come back to bite them in the ass as warranty repairs. The SMC firmware update has made the fans more willing to spin on my machine which helps more.
The MacBook Pro was always going to run warm - it's got a metal case which will act as a heatsink! The CPU is pretty efficient and a lot of heat appears to be generated from the ATI GPU chip when it has to do some work. Fire up Quake 4 and the fans go ape! My MBP is quieter than the Dell Inspiron 8100 (P3-1133) I hade before and runs only marginally hotter.