I have a MBP - 2GB RAM (max for this model) and 160GB HD and I am running Leopard 10.5.8.
This system runs HOT!
According to "temperature monitor" application, the CPU cores run around 65c until I start to use a CPU intensive application (E.G.: VMWare Fusion) - then it spikes to 90c and runs around 80c for hours at a time.
When I quite the application, it drops back to around 65c.
This sounds stupid, but:
If I change to Snow Leopard, will the 64-bit'ness of the OS and using true 64-bit apps lower the stresses on the CPU?
I'm thinking 64-bit means fewer instructions, fewer instructions means more efficient processing, more efficient processing means less stress and less stress means lower temperature.
Anyone want to comment?
This system runs HOT!
According to "temperature monitor" application, the CPU cores run around 65c until I start to use a CPU intensive application (E.G.: VMWare Fusion) - then it spikes to 90c and runs around 80c for hours at a time.
When I quite the application, it drops back to around 65c.
This sounds stupid, but:
If I change to Snow Leopard, will the 64-bit'ness of the OS and using true 64-bit apps lower the stresses on the CPU?
I'm thinking 64-bit means fewer instructions, fewer instructions means more efficient processing, more efficient processing means less stress and less stress means lower temperature.
Anyone want to comment?