Ever heard of folks complaining that their laptops are too hot for comfort? Apart from cases where the laptop batteries burst spontenously into flames, rumors about WiFi lowering sperm counts and scared legs from overheated laptops, this one seems to be another classic : The MacBook is hot enough to cook an egg on.
Derek, who owns a black MacBook was complaining about his MacBook which he felt, was way too hot on his story here on 7 July 06.
153 degree Fahrenheit is equal to 67.2222222 degree Celsius. If you notice from the picture above, the MacBook is using the Intel Core Duo processor.
On his post at July 13 06, he decided to tried what he thought is possible : Cook an egg on the Mac Book.
Well, he did managed to cook a 荷包蛋 (fried egg) on the underside of his MacBook, despite taking 3 times longer compared with a pan. 哇, he must be really pissed to do this to his laptop. What Derek did was to confirm my belief that MacBooks are best left alone. The lack of software (read : pirated stuff, 海盗牌的), and steep price tag are really sore points. The well-designed, sleek looking MacBook is not enough to convince me to buy any in the very far future.
Since Core Duo CPUs are here to stay for a long time to come, I figure that unless somebody at 苹果(Apple) do something about the problem, the following alternative uses will be good reasons to buy a Core Duo MacBook :
- As a iron
- Cup heater
- Something to hug where you feel cold
- Pain relief pad
So maybe you can heat your cold Mac Meal on your overheating MacBook too.
* Update * 17 July 06 - For the non-believers, the folks at Krische online took the trouble to bring the MacBook against a Dell latitude in a battle for the literally the coolest laptop among them ! Here we go !
Needless to say, the coolest looking MacBook is also the hottest of them all. Whoop ! This is the price you pay for not having sufficient built-in fans in exchange for silence.
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