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Just got 17" Macbook pro
Its really fast and sick... but its SO FRIGGIN HOT, its too hot to use on my lap, I turned it off and I'm gonna let it cool down and see if its any better, I had a bunch of OS updates and a firmware update that will hopefully fix it, but if its not considerably cooler I'm gonna return it or exchange it or something... this sucks. and on top of that, I had a desktop HD with all of my Music, and I totally broke my external enclosure so I cant get my music on my laptop either
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Enclosures are cheap.
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You can probably pickup an enclosure for $10, which is a lot cheaper than that MacBook you have ;)
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try the fireware but i don't think it will help. the mac book computers have been have alot of trouble with heat lattly but you might a well try
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Thats because "MB/MBP's aren't laptops, they are notebooks." :p
My MB works wonderfully, and yet its strange yours is "friggin hot" considering the 17" is suppose to be cooler.
I rarely ever put my notebooks on my laptop, it just feels weird typing that way. If you're gonna return it at least seriously consider the MB, mine has been running like a dream, also with the money you'll have left over you can do a quick memory upgrade yourself.
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yeah... I thought they were supposed to be cooler too, but its far too hot, and I use my LAPTOPS on my lap a lot, I called apple and they gave me that like "Its a notebook, its not supposed to be used on your lap" well screw you I just spend $3000 on a computer i'm gonna use it on my lap if I want to...
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yeah, I loved the macbooks a lot, espically the black ones, I'm either going to get that or a Dell D820 I think
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yeah... I thought they were supposed to be cooler too, but its far too hot, and I use my LAPTOPS on my lap a lot, I called apple and they gave me that like "Its a notebook, its not supposed to be used on your lap" well screw you I just spend $3000 on a computer i'm gonna use it on my lap if I want to...
Yeah, I figured they would say that, there is only one image I've seen from apple where one of their notebooks was on a lap, other than that nothing. The manual and stuff all state it as a notebook. There is a difference between notebooks and laptops. ;)
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http://www.appledefects.com/?p=22
Apples marketing change:-\
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well I called them up (I was on the phone for liek 45 mins) and I'm going to return it, its just too hot and its so annoying to type on, I cant wear a watch when itype because it rubs on the palmrest and it hurts my wrists, ugh this sucks