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Question about battery usage on macbook pro
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<blockquote data-quote="EightmanVT" data-source="post: 1184539"><p>I really have been looking closely at those Speck cases. Do you have one? Does it have a negative effect on temperature?</p><p></p><p>Yes - no question Apple has some brilliant engineers - but I do know a thing or two about engineering and the manufacturing process - and realize that at the end of the day it's a compromise - and who knows which engineer won the battle. Given the significant space constraints - I'm sure they ended up with a thermal profile that was acceptable - but could always be improved on. The laptop - does get a little warm at times for comfortable lap use - nothing dangerous, nothing worrisome - but too warm for my liking sometimes - so I find the cooling desk very useful. Additional heat dissipation is a good thing. So - to the OP's question - it's clearly a personal preference - but one that I find useful. If I had it to do all over again - I'd get one with just enough clearance for me to velcro a 1TB FW800 HD to - so I could very easily let TM do its thing when sitting on the couch watching TV. The one I have does have clearance - but not enough for the kind of HD I want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EightmanVT, post: 1184539"] I really have been looking closely at those Speck cases. Do you have one? Does it have a negative effect on temperature? Yes - no question Apple has some brilliant engineers - but I do know a thing or two about engineering and the manufacturing process - and realize that at the end of the day it's a compromise - and who knows which engineer won the battle. Given the significant space constraints - I'm sure they ended up with a thermal profile that was acceptable - but could always be improved on. The laptop - does get a little warm at times for comfortable lap use - nothing dangerous, nothing worrisome - but too warm for my liking sometimes - so I find the cooling desk very useful. Additional heat dissipation is a good thing. So - to the OP's question - it's clearly a personal preference - but one that I find useful. If I had it to do all over again - I'd get one with just enough clearance for me to velcro a 1TB FW800 HD to - so I could very easily let TM do its thing when sitting on the couch watching TV. The one I have does have clearance - but not enough for the kind of HD I want. [/QUOTE]
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