Hmm, let me see this or the 13" Macbook Pro or even the 13" MacBook. Someone can't tell if there laptop is on or if the hard drive is accessible.
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What is it with all the lights and stickers on these Windows laptops. When I first opened the lid on the laptop I got a good laugh seeing a "intel CORE i5 vPro" sticker that was placed crooked next to trackpad. Maybe the lack of a lighted keyboard would have drained the 4 hours battery too quickly that is included in this $1300 laptop. I also love the inovative way that HP decided to lightup the keyboard, a popout light on the screen frame. I love all the extra lights on it, one for the hard drive status, two for power status, two for WiFi status, one for the trackpad status, three for the volume. It has basically a unusable trackpad, too small and because the laptop is so thick uncomfortable after several minutes of use. After doing some digging, this thing is $1300 the way it is configured (starts at $900 Yes, I know this is the MSRP). From the appearance, it looks like a $500 laptop that was built in the 1990's. I am looking at it and thinking, great I was given another low budget laptop to use at work. Keep in mind that I knew nothing about the laptop before it was given to me. Very recently I was given a new MS Windows laptop at work. Not bad at all.I love the "Apple tax is out of control" straw man argument. They're necessary when that X1600 is cranked up and doing its thing.Īlthough the power saving is impressive, given that the Core Duo can save 30W when not under load, and the graphics chip another 20W. Guess that's why the new MBPs have the big, beefy adapters. No measureable differences without graphics chip working hard.įinally, when I reduced the processor use to idle, the fan stopped and the CoreDuoTemp measurement was 65C within 30 seconds.Īlso, for the heck of it, some power measurements:Īdapter plugged in, Magsafe disconnected: 0.0Wīoth cores maxed, graphics card under strain: 80W. Processor core reading remains the same-83C, occasionally spiking to 85CĪll surface temperatures remained stable.
Within a minute, the fan had spun down to the point I couldn't hear it unless I put my ear near the computer. I quit Enigmo, but left the cores maxed out. There is one hotspot of about 51C near the underside of the F1 key area. *Most of the underside is between 35-46C-cooler near the front and sides, hotter near the back. *Most of the metal "keyboard stripe" above the keyboard is around 46C, with a hotspot of 59C near the F10 key - the whole thing is too hot to touch for more than a second. If I put a silicon keyboard cover on, the keyboard is not noticibly warm. *Keyboard itself is measured at 38-40C, although it doesn't feel quite that warm to the touch either it feels cooler because of the plastic keys, or the temp gun is seeing the surface beneath the keys and skewing the measurement upward. *Palm rest/trackpad area 33-35C (barely warm to the touch) areas near the left speaker and directly under the space bar are a bit warmer, about 39-a little warm to touch. Surface temperatures stable after 15 minutes, no change 45 minutes later. It was on steadily, but not obtrusive-sort of a whoosh sound. Note: After about 5 minutes of this "full on" state, I heard the fan for the first time EVER. Processor core according to CoreDuoTemp was stable at about 83C throughout the test, occasionally flickering very briefly up to 85 or down to 82. Also was typing with my hands on the wrist rests to make sure that any heat buildup encouraged by my wrists was going on. Did light additional work to prompt some hard drive access, though didn't do anything intensive with the drive (like encode video).
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Opened an Enigmo2 demo in a window to get the graphics chip up to full speed (tested to confirm full clockspeed) and doing some work. Test: did a yes > /dev/null in two terminal windows to max out both processor cores. Room 25C, my palms are 34C for reference. Test conditions: Macbook sitting on a "mini-table" that allows air circulation underneath. Generally tested accurate in our in-house laboratory experiments. Thermometer: Raytek MiniTemp infrared thermometer. For all the talk about heat, I decided to get the non-contact thermoeter from where I work and get some actual numbers instead of speculating.Ĭomputer: 17" MPB (2.16GHz), 7200RPM HD, 2GB RAM, one of the first batch off the line.
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