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My MacBook Pro burnt my leg!

Overall, I am very please with my MacBook Pro. However, there are 2 things about the mac I dislike.

First is the heat issue. I could make scrambled eggs on it when it gets hot. Not to mention how loud it gets. I know Apple is all about style, and that is why their isn't that many fans in it, but geez, I would rather have my laptop not overheat!

Second over course is the price of their computers. Need I say more.

Anyways, I just had to get that off my chest.

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Jon Clausen's Gravatar You should check out the Fan Control Preference Pane( http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/... )

It will increase the base noise a bit, but you can keep the fan from ramping up to full speed by setting the base speed higher. I usually set my MBP fan to 2000 as the baseline speed and it's warm but workable on my lap.

HTH.
# Posted By Jon Clausen | 5/27/08 12:04 AM
Jason Dean's Gravatar Chris - I think you are right about the price. I would LOVE to "upgrade" to a Mac, but I just cannot justify the price.

I get way more bang for my buck with a home-built PC and I don't have that many extra bucks to throw down on the pretty box.

Maybe someday I will have more bucks or maybe someday having a Mac will require fewer of them. Until then, I will be happy with my Quad Core XP Box with 4gb RAM that I built for $900. FYI, It would only have cost me $650 if I had but Linux on it. But I'm not smart enough to run Linux ;)
# Posted By Jason Dean | 5/27/08 1:36 AM
Chris's Gravatar @Jon, Thanks, I will check that out.

@Jason, I know what you mean. Luckily my department paid for my Mac otherwise I would be in the same boat as you, except I would run Linux :). I have thought about getting a Mac Mini since those are some what reasonable.
# Posted By Chris | 5/27/08 10:20 AM