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Heat issues with i7's? Tested at the apple store today.

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SpiffyChee

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So I went to the apple store today and did just about as much as I could to get the new 13" i7 air to heat up and I couldn't do it. (Regarding the fan noise, I was in a loud apple store so I couldn't test this).

This may be a super simple and lame test, but I opened every app on the dock, I then left them all open while playing 3 separate 1080p videos on youtube and copying the 10 gig itunes library multiple times to the desktop.

I did this for about 20 minutes. I checked with my hand along all the regions of the laptop and it never ever got even close to getting "hot". I could have kept my hand on it for hours without feeling any discomfort

I also did this with the 11" i5 air and it also never got beyond warm.

Sadly this apple store didnt have the 11" i7's on display WHICH I SO BADLY WANTED TO TEST.... :(

I would very much like to hear from any 11" i7 users about how warm the aluminum gets. Please give insight if you have used an 11" ultimate.
 
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SpiffyChee

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AbeFroman77 said:
Hot but not burning.
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the entire bottom side? Is it uncomfortable on your lap for like an hour?

and lol you should touch my workstation dell precision m4400 with a 3ghz core 2 duo. I've never been able to have it on my lap for more than 3 minutes before it hurts...
 
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AbeFroman77

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SpiffyChee said:
the entire bottom side? Is it uncomfortable on your lap for like an hour?

and lol you should touch my workstation dell precision m4400 with a 3ghz core 2 duo. I've never been able to have it on my lap for more than 3 minutes before it hurts...
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The back end. It would probably be fine on my lap, not comfortably though.
 
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Scuba629

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Jul 14, 2010
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AbeFroman77 said:
Celsius. I had Chrome, iChat, Mail. I was on youj!zz's homepage to test :p
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Guessing thats normal apps and flash. Seems hot to me. :(

guessing 60C was coming though if the cpu was that hot. Thats still 140F which is pretty bad for general use.
 
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AbeFroman77

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May 29, 2010
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Can someone with an 11" i5 do the "test" I did. Let it run for 5-10 mins and see what temps you get. I used iStat Menus.
 
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Apple Expert

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I can get my i7 pretty warm just by using iPhoto, iTunes, safari and mail. Temp would be like 165 with 4500 rpm. Not too happy about that. I'm thinking go with i5 since I'll probably upgrade next refresh anyways.
 
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Scuba629

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Jul 14, 2010
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Apple Expert said:
I can get my i7 pretty warm just by using iPhoto, iTunes, safari and mail. Temp would be like 165 with 4500 rpm. Not too happy about that. I'm thinking go with i5 since I'll probably upgrade next refresh anyways.
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70C is pretty high. Guessing thats CPU temp? Able to keep it on your lap?
 
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bjet767

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I have a late 2010 MBA 11" 1.6 4Gig 121 Gig drive.
Lion OSX

10 min
Running Quick time movie
You tube video in Firefox
Blue Tooth mouse (Apple).

CPU use 25%
Temp 60c
Fan 2000 rpm

Not much stress.

As soon as I shut down quick time and you tube
CPU use 7%

All with iStat
 
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AbeFroman77

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May 29, 2010
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Try a flash site like the one I mentioned above. I was getting 95-98C on iStat. BTW, idle temp is low 40s.
 
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