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<blockquote data-quote="wirelessmacuser" data-source="post: 1006877" data-attributes="member: 136479">For clarification finned aluminum cylinder heads (for example) are used in air cooled motorcycles, because aluminum is strong and the airflow will draw the heat away from them. If you hang your unibody mac out of your car at 65 mph it too will run cool. Holding ones hand on the bottom of _any_ laptop is meaningless. The only scientific way to measure temps is inside the computer, that's a given. Frying pans are made from aluminum because they conduct heat. Not dissipate it. Take a thick slab of aluminum, carve out the insides, and pack them full of heat generating electronics and you have the makings of a warm to hot laptop... period. Apple's done a good job of trying to manage it. But why place style ahead of functionality? Apple builds great products, but sometimes gets distracted trying to make them look like jewelry. My new 15&quot; MacBook Pro is one of my favorites, but I would still feel that way without the aluminum housing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wirelessmacuser, post: 1006877, member: 136479"] For clarification finned aluminum cylinder heads (for example) are used in air cooled motorcycles, because aluminum is strong and the airflow will draw the heat away from them. If you hang your unibody mac out of your car at 65 mph it too will run cool. Holding ones hand on the bottom of _any_ laptop is meaningless. The only scientific way to measure temps is inside the computer, that's a given. Frying pans are made from aluminum because they conduct heat. Not dissipate it. Take a thick slab of aluminum, carve out the insides, and pack them full of heat generating electronics and you have the makings of a warm to hot laptop... period. Apple's done a good job of trying to manage it. But why place style ahead of functionality? Apple builds great products, but sometimes gets distracted trying to make them look like jewelry. My new 15" MacBook Pro is one of my favorites, but I would still feel that way without the aluminum housing. [/QUOTE]

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