How to cool down your MacBook Pro (really!)

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by ameilij • 18 years ago

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jws2• 18 years ago

I buy the 3 year warranty on apple laptops and let apple deal with any problems in heat. That said, there are times when I need them to run full bore without the fan on, say when I'm mixing audio, so here is the fix...

Before you get the computer cranked up, put on shorts. Place the laptop on your bare legs with plenty of skin contact area. Now as the computer needs to dissipate heat it can send it straight into your legs where your advanced mammalian temperature control system can easily dissipate it. My G4 powerbook never turns on a fan in this configuration even saturating the CPU for long periods.

The disturbing part, is that I always expected cyborgs to come about for benefit of humans, instead I'm donating my body to serve the computer.

pchristensen• 18 years ago

Wow. I have an old Sharp laptop that runs super hot. I'm terrified to put it on my pants, let along bare skin.

Hope you don't have dreams of posterity. :)

jws2• 18 years ago

The key is to put start before it has a chance to get hot.

How to cool down your MacBook Pro (really!)

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