MBP Heating issues, please help!?

[umdjb]

When I play Starcraft on my 2.16ghz MBP with 1GB Ram the left-side of the computer gets extremely hot. Can this cause permananent damage to the computer or cause the comptuer to go in for early repair. I have had the computer only for a few weeks now and I do not want to ruin it. When I play the game I usually have all other applications closed and am only running Starcraft, although it does use Rosetta emulation.

 

[jane doe]

This is normal and will not harm your macbook.
The whole case is designed to move heat away from the computer.

 

[72930]

If it feels burning hot to the touch, return it...this is not what is meant to happen, and is not what you bought such an expensive computer for...

 

[umdjb]

well which is, how hot is hot? When I touch it is does get very hot, not enough to burn me physically probably but a very uncomfortable sensation.

 

[aristobrat]

I returned three Core Duo MacBook Pros early last summer and ended up using a MacBook because I thought the Pros were too hot (compared to the 15" PowerBook that I used for a year before trying out the MacBook Pros).

The Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros are (IMO) a lot cooler. I sold my MacBook and upgraded to a C2D MBP and love it. It still gets warm under a load, but isn't constantly hot like the orig MBPs I tried earlier this year were.

I don't know much about games, but if Starcraft is an OS X game, you can run one of the fan control programs. Maybe it'll keep it a little cooler?

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/...re-of-apple-macbook-macbook-pro-and-mac-mini/