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EB66

macrumors 6502
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Mar 4, 2008
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On my lap, browsing the web (not youtube) my air idles at 120 to 130 degrees fahrenheit

is this hot for a rev b?
 

andreab35

macrumors 6502a
May 29, 2008
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USA
That's a little hot. It also depends how many tabs you have open and what content you are viewing (Flash is on other webpages besides YouTube).

Idling my MBA runs about 109. Right now for Safari I have one tab open and I'm downloading the iPhone 3.0 beta firmware. Currently, my MBA is running 119.

Do you have other applications open as well? I notice if I have Pages '09 open my MBA gets pretty hot.
 

EB66

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Mar 4, 2008
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ya this is just browsing these forums and some ebay with two tabs and im running at 125-130

i think i might actually take it apart and swap the thermal paste it doesn't seem like that hard of a job
 
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