Monday, April 22, 2013

Why overheating and Macbooks dont go together?


Why Macbooks and overheating don't go together?

Heat?
If you were not aware, every electronic gadget on earth causes heat because of the friction caused by the electricity that flows through it. MacBook pro is a pretty powerful laptop that can pack a lot of power. The laptop thin and fast.  I did all I can but my Mac just would not go to temperatures more than 99 degrees celsius. If you don’t know, most macs come with a feature known as intel Turbo Boost.  Intel turbo boost is a feature in intel i5 and i7 processors that overclocks itself when a computer needs more power. This feature has its own advantages and disadvantages. One of the disadvantages is overheating. This feature when being used extensiely, will keep you computer’s clock speed extensively overclocked. This increases the temperature and is one of the reasons for overheating.
Connecting it with Mac
Macbook pro’s unibody design for that matter any macbook’s body might be called as a weakness by few but it is actually a very good conductor of heat. The plasticy body of dell or HP does not conduct and spread out heat but it actually traps it in and the only way the heat can exit are through the vents. When a lot of heat is formed, the computer overheats. On a macbook pro, the unibody is made out of aluminium that is of high wuality and can resist high temperatures. So, when heat is formed it is distributed through the unibody of the mac and if you are in a place with moderate temperature (not too hot or not too cold) the heat will be slowly eliminated from the unibody. In other words, the whole body of the macbook pro, is a huge heat sink. The same system also applies for macbook air but it is a little different. This is why you barely hear fans spin in a Mac laptop.

Downsides
For the most part, this feature works well but sometimes, in extreme cases things can go wrong. If you are rendering 20 HD videos at the same time or doing a really crazy heavy task, the heat that spreads through the unibody can actually melt the mac itself. The melting unibody can stick to the table or even to your pants!
Although, this can only happen in the extreme case that I talked about in the previous paragraph, the other laptops like dell and HP will usually have melting problems in the inside and not so much on the outside. Another donwside would be cost. Buying plasting is cheaper that buying a laptop made out of steel and Mac laptop’s price tags are usually very high.


                                             

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