> ...processor when abnormally stressed to maximum levels hit temperatures that do not exceed Intel's thermal spec for the MacBook Pro's Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor (I7-620M) of 105° C.
Fine, but what's its lifetime at that temperature? Heat kills chips. Up to the thermal spec, it only kills them slower. Nowhere does it say you can run it real hot forever.
> The temperature noted is under Windows, not Mac OS X, running a benchmark app designed to max out the processor...
Is the implication that OS X runs cooler? If so, then it must be slowing down the CPU, not doing as much, because doing stuff in the CPU is what generates the heat. Period.
> ...measures the processor surface temperature, not the MacBook's external case temperature.
Well, duh, the silicon temperature is what counts. I don't much care if the case gets warm but if the silicon gets unhappy, everybody gets unhappy.
Perhaps the article is biased or bull$hit, but a lot of the arguments posed in return are not very good either.
Perhaps the article is biased or bull$hit, but a lot of the arguments posed in return are not very good either.
If there's a problem, you'll see it in the usage of the product. Most of this kind of stuff that comes out is to sell magazines and/or to get hits on websites. For the average user (or the geeks, even ... :-) ...) it rarely ever matters what a lot of these writers put out there. From what I've read from a lot of articles about various products from Apple, they never get it right, anyway... LOL ...
At least the consumer understands ... from their buying habits.
If it ever comes to failures and machines being returned -- then that's the time I'll be paying attention. :-)
Also, a little side note here..., Windows doesn’t have as good power management capabilities as Mac OS X, so..., you’re going to get worse conditions with Windows running the show with heat and battery life. The Mac OS X will give you better performance and results on the MacBook Pro.