How hot can a Macbook get?

DR Hannon · Apr 16th, 2007, 01:29 PM

My macbook gets to 73C when really working. Video compression, ussually I read email and surf when it is encoding. Is this to hot? How hot can they go?

On the phone with apple now.

DR Hannon · Apr 16th, 2007, 02:30 PM

Jumped to 77C then dropped to 68C

Macaholic · Apr 16th, 2007, 03:13 PM

I went through all of this when I got my MacBook Pro. Forgive the pun, but around that temperature range you're cool

When researching this a while ago, I dug up a white paper at Intel's site about the Core Duo. It can run past 100 degrees C and still be within spec. When the CPU temperature hits 125C it performs an automatic shutdown to prevent physical damage.

My system averages around 70C under use with several apps running.

This website is a database of user-submitted MacBook and Pro temperatures. The link belwo sorts the results by temperature under load:

Intel Mac Temperature Database

A handy Dashbopard widget to have is iStat. You can track many system resrouces with it at a glance. I have attached a shot of mine at this point in time.

DR Hannon · Apr 16th, 2007, 03:39 PM

Thanks for the reply. I did not get anywhere with the apple care hotline. The guy did not know what I was talking about. In the end I did not even get an answer to the question I asked. He only went on about me not burning my lap or toes. I could not figure out that one either.