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Whats going on peoples?
Anyway ive been using desktop PC's for about 10years, never even touched a Mac.

Well i needed a laptop for school, which could handle PS, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash and what not.

A local just happened to be selling a MacBook Pro for a good price, so i picked that up from him, and here i am posting on my very 1st Mac :]

Its the 15inch Macbook pro
-Intel Core Duo 1.83Mhz
-2 GIG DDR2 667 MHZ Ram
-80 GIG HD

Right now it has bootcamp so i can run XP also, as Mac OS is still kinda foreign to me.

So far i love the computer, only thing that concerns me alittle is how hot the bottom gets when using the computer pluged into the power supply. Is there any way to get her to run cooler? Thanks!!
 
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I wouldn't worry about the heat, they're made to run hot- and they do. There would only be cause for concern if the computer shut itself off from getting too hot.
 
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How about you install iStat pro and then post your temperatures here so the MBP owners can say if you are running it normal hot or have stepped in ****...
 
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im jw how much did u get ur pro for?
 
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Got it for 1k, ill DL istat now and report back.
 
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How do you remove the calculator on dashboard?
 
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Launch dashboard, then press and hold Option and hover over Calculator. A little cross mark will show.

The real way however, is to click the + sign on the lower left and proceed from there...
 
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Right now its pretty cool to the touch, it gets much hotter on the bottom but for now ill post the current #'s, seems to get hotter when its charging the batt while the computer is running. Its plugged in now but charged and cool.
CPU A - 130F
GPU - 119F
GPU Heatsink - 131F
Heatsink A - 99F
Heatskink B - 97F
Enclosure Bottom - 90F
Memory control - 122 F
Fan right - 995rpm
Fan Left - 0, and ive never seen it say anything other than 0
 
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Congrats on the purchase. Now you just need to get rid of Boot Camp and XP and you'll be good to go! ;D
 
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haha i will eventually, can you do that w/o deleting the mac partion?
Also is it normal for just the right fan to show speed? I dont think ive ever seen the Lest fan show any RPM's
 
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Well i downloaded one of those fan controllers and no matter what i put the setting at the left fan stays at 0 RPM's, do i need a new fan?
 

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