Keeping MBP at 100% CPU usage

[Temujin]

How can I achieve 100% CPU usage as long as I want. Maybe a script?

 

[iGary]

There is a terminal script, but may I suggest:

For a good cause, too.

 

[EricNau]

Folding@Home will keep it at least close to 100%. It utilizes any extra CPU power that you are not already using.

EDIT: Darn, iGary beat me.

 

[Temujin]

Wooow, that was fast, and you seem to agree

Thanks I'll give it a try

 

[poppe]

So why are you doing this?

 

[mmmcheese]

if you're trying to make it hot to see your temps (CPU only...doesn't stress GPU), you can try

yes > /dev/null

in a terminal window. If you want to stress both cores, you'll need to do this twice (2 terminal windows...that command once in each).

 

[mmmcheese]

So why are you doing this?

To complain about heat...lol

 

[Temujin]

So why are you doing this?

Yeah, checking my max temp

--> mmmcheese: Got my MBP cause Apple were taking to long fixing my last rev. PB. Faster CPU (dual core + Intel), iSight, perfect screen, Boot Camp capable - free of charge. So all in all I'm happy, and don't see how I have the right to complain over a bit of heat. The whine though, thats a completely different story.

 

[iGary]

I can't believe that my PM runs 60F cooler than MBP's.

 

[runninmac]

So is folding @ home universal? Im gettin my MacBook ~thursday and want to push it to the limit for a couple hours and this would be a great way.

 

[ManchesterTrix]

I can't believe that my PM runs 60F cooler than MBP's.

Liquid Cooling, Giant heatsinks, and large fans have a tendency to do that.

 

[Temujin]

So is folding @ home universal? Im gettin my MacBook ~thursday and want to push it to the limit for a couple hours and this would be a great way.

No PPC, but works.

 

[Pressure]

Interesting, be sure to post your max temperatures

 

[iGary]

Liquid Cooling, Giant heatsinks, and large fans have a tendency to do that.

My PM 2.7 ran at the current MBP temps...so ....

 

[Temujin]

Just have to tell you guys how impressed I am with the "snappines" of the MBP, well Macs in general I guess. At 100% CPU usage still as fast as ever. A bit strange IMO. Multitasking really do work perfectly on a MAC

 

[BiikeMike]

I don't get it........ people are doing all kinds of things to try and bring the heat down, why run it at full to see what the temp can get up to?

 

[Xander562]

i've got a ? i'm assuming these temps are inside the computer and are the temperature the actual CPU is. is this true? if so what are the external surface of the case temperatures?

 

[FragTek]

Ahem... Fold for team 43461

 

[mmmcheese]

Yeah, checking my max temp

--> mmmcheese: Got my MBP cause Apple were taking to long fixing my last rev. PB. Faster CPU (dual core + Intel), iSight, perfect screen, Boot Camp capable - free of charge. So all in all I'm happy, and don't see how I have the right to complain over a bit of heat. The whine though, thats a completely different story.

Mine is "perfect" as far as most people are concerned as well...except the "whine" which I've been trying to live with. The big problem I found is that it comes out the audio-out. Well, the other day, my trackpad button broke...so I called Apple, and mentioned both problems...and they are sending me a new machine. I'm pretty happy about the service. I probably wouldn't have complained about the problem by itself, but the broken mouse button gave me the opportunity to ask for a new machine.

Yeah, anyway, I have no complaints about Apple's service at all. And as a bonus, I get the 2.16GHz as a replacement for the 2.0GHz (not that I really care about the speed difference). Now I just hope my next machine doesn't have heat, "whine" or screen problems.