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140 negative opinions (31 in english) on the Apple MacBook Pro overheating have been found. There are also, on the same issue, 7 positive opinions.


Negative opinions in english :

Ciao - July 2009 :

"... images. Love the aluminum case. Disadvantages: Gets hot. Lacks a slot for memory cards. LittleCharlie85 14.12.2008 · Read review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz - 15.4" ..."

Engadget - May 2010 :

"... osx with firefox on google.com in the background gets so hot i cant leave it on my lap... but maybe its apples plan of making everyone sterile. Report Name Email Reason SUBMIT - Reply %ChildReplyHTML% View Replies //--> Amnak Posted May 8th 2010 4 ..."

Notebooks.com - May 2009 :

"... new MBP runs too hot for my liking. The bottom gets quite hot to the touch, and I clocked my CPU at 83 C running normal apps before the fans turn on. The 2.53 Ghz chip is only rated to run to 100 C. There are definately quite a few ..."

Hardware Zone - April 2009 :

"... does mean a shorter battery life. And it gets pretty hot also, but I was actually using keynote to make the presentation. themarxx View Public Profile Find More Posts by themarxx 13-04-2009, 01:04 PM # 12 sharshar Supremacy Member Join Date ..."

Notebookcheck - February 2009 :

"... of this new MacBook Pro laptop. The bottom side gets clearly hotter if benchmarks are run or games are played for several hours under Windows Vista . We measured up to 45°C . Longer LAN sessions on the lap are therefore not recommendable in ..."

Computer Shopper - June 2009 :

"... and PowerBook models, the bottom of the laptop gets quite hot, an issue that seems to plague the high-end models . The improvements in design and specs make the MacBook Pro one of the best laptops Apple has offered. This flagship portable ..."

NotebookReview - July 2009 :

"... dont make noise, its when your processor gets hot and the fans cool it down and make noise. your 9600m gt when be the same if not better then any pc gpu. its a GDDR3 512mb version which is the best made. As for the shared stuff, im not too ..."

PC World - August 2009 :

"... charge.4. Others have commented the Macbook Pro gets hot. I haven't experienced this at all. My Pro has run for hours straight and is hardly warm at all. 5. It's a minor complaint, but as another reviewer mentioned it would've been nice to have ..."

Ciao - June 2009 :

"... the price Disadvantages: Battery wears quickly, gets very very hot when using at high performance Recommendable: Yes Detailed rating: Speed Look & Feel Comfort & Portability Robustness & Durability Value For Money more Memory / capacity Good Ease ..."

Engadget - April 2010 :

"... mac user will realize that their mac book pro's will overheat to the MAX playing any of those games I am going to assume this will happen to the DISPLAY macs as well I seriously hope people are NOT going to buy $$1,000 macs+ to play the steam ..."

Notebooks.com - October 2009 :

"... Portable Backlite Keyboard 3 Cons: No HDMI Port Gets Hot Cannot Game at Higher Res. I love how this laptop gets 5 hours of battery life I can take it anywhere it is extremely small and thin. I really hate how there is no HDMI port I use HDMI on my ..."

Hardware Zone - September 2009 :

"... of it waking up without your knowledge until it gets too hot... __________________ ...waiting for Twelve South Book Arch and Back Pack! emuji View Public Profile Find More Posts by emuji Today, 04:02 PM # 13 siron Arch-Supremacy Member Join Date: ..."

NotebookReview - January 2009 :

"... games. In general, the left side of the notebook gets warm/hot, but the right side stays very cool. Movie playback did make the system warmer, but it wasn’t too bad. I don’t have a thermometer to measure external temperatures, but heat ..."

PC World - August 2009 :

"... Apple and PC so it is almost useless; Battery gets hot; Very poor follow-up Apple technical service; Cost/fee charge for advice after three months, and Apple being rare you can't even get advice from friends or computer stores; all features are ..."

Engadget - April 2010 :

"... run half as hot as this thing, but still it gets too hot to keep it on my lap for longer than 30 minutes. I used to have an old P233MMX one that had similar issues. Personally I don't see why anyone would be surprised having a laptop ..."

NotebookReview - June 2009 :

"... 2 GB ram, and now as i installed 4gb i felt it gets more hotter. may its just my psyche! lol and plus i am recent converter to macsso dont know much. my usage is basic! Humanoid View Public Profile Find More Posts by Humanoid 06-25-2009, 09:03 AM ..."

PC World - August 2009 :

"... bright LED display, Big touchpad Weaknesses: Gets really hot!, only 2 USB ports Overall Evaluation: This laptop runs super fast and is very quite. New LED display is extra bright and it uses less battery than a regular LCD display. New Intel ..."

Engadget - February 2010 :

"... too its should be heavy. As far as i know i7 gets really hot.. Report Name Email Reason SUBMIT - Reply %ChildReplyHTML% View Replies //--> dds1043 Posted Feb 6th 2010 7:29PM Neutral @imaredia http://www.intel.com/products/processor/corei7 ..."

NotebookReview - June 2009 :

"... down you computer non of this happens-it just gets hoter under Win...BTW,I am pretty confident that apple is not writing their component drivers for Windows or Mac OS __________________ My current arsenal-HP HDX 18t/Dell m4400/HP Elitebook 8530w ..."

PC World - January 2010 :

"... bright LED display, Big touchpad Weaknesses: Gets really hot!, only 2 USB ports Overall: This laptop runs super fast and is very quite. New LED display is extra bright and it uses less battery than a regular LCD display. New Intel chip allows ..."

Engadget - June 2009 :

"... and speakers on the 13 are non-existent and it gets _very_ hot on a lap in heavy-use . Other than that, an excellent laptop and you can get a makeup every morning in a tube without using a mirror, just open it and... Neutral Chad @ Jun 18th 2009 ..."

NotebookReview - June 2009 :

"... asking for opinions so if your response is "it gets hot but runs just fine and doesn't bother me", that's helpful. If it turns out to be a non-issue, I can remove it from my list . That's basically what I'm after here. If these issues are in fact ..."

Engadget - June 2009 :

"... but the screen tends to wash out colors. It also gets hot right underneath the mousepad, making it lose sensitivity. Its not perfect but its decent enough. Neutral waterproofpaper @ Jun 26th 2009 2:01AM Asus G71. A lot of bestbuys down in socal ..."

NotebookReview - July 2009 :

"... One had a fried graphics card and the other gets hot while doing gaming. External fans do a pretty good job in getting the temps down on the MBPs with nVidia 8600s. We've seen no case issues or power supply issues on the MBPs. I personally ..."

Engadget - October 2008 :

"... the 5400 / 320 because it turns out the 7200 gets too hot at times. It didn't fry yet but it crashed a few times and it's scary. In the new ones, I'd get one today and swap for a SSD as soon as those are reasonably priced and come at a ..."


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