02-19-2010, 04:39 PM

Hi guys, my recently bought macbook pro cpu has been getting to temperatures of around 80 degrees celsius. Im not doing anything CPU intensive just email and safari. Im watching a flash video in safari which pushes it up to 80 but when i stop watching it it goes down to 66. Should i contact apple support about this? the laptop has good ventilation nothing blocking it plenty of air able to get to it. I mean i expect to be able to watch flash videos without busting my laptops CPU on a laptop that costs about £900.
Thanks for your comments in advance.

02-19-2010, 05:26 PM

I don't have a pro, but mine is a 2.4 core 2 in an aluminum unibody.

When I really push mine it gets up to 170ish so thats about 80 C.

Right now mine is running at 155 F or 68ish C running safari, itunes and some other small stuff.

02-19-2010, 08:57 PM

It's fine, don't worry.. that is normal when watching flash.
Macs are designed to be able to cope with these temps, and if it were to get too hot, it will shut down (as a safeguard) to save the board from frying.
You will notice the same temps if you talk on skype video for a while.
I have used this Macbook for over 2yrs with these temps spiking when watching flash, on skype video chats, or just running multiple music recording/editing software, etc, and never had a problem.
You will find many threads on this...
What I do advise though, is just before the end of the 12month warranty, purchase Applecare so that you have another 2yrs warranty and you can rest easy and enjoy your Mac.

02-19-2010, 08:59 PM

It never ceases to amaze me that people continue to believe that Apple didn't think about the cooling of their machine when designing it.

As for Flash causing such a runup of temperature ... hey, you now have some real insight into why Apple doesn't like Flash very much, and why they don't put it on the iPhone/iPad. Who wants a handheld that's too hot to touch?

02-20-2010, 01:26 PM

Yeh ive been thinking about saving up for apple care. Lol and if we're honest apple doesnt have the best track record for thinking about cooling. I mean look at the old macs that had no fans because steve didnt want them to. I just thought 80 degrees was strangely high compared to the temp i normally get on it so i thought id inquire. Other than that its a brilliant notebook and I love how solid the alu unibody case makes it feel.