Well just face it, we can't have one powerful machine on a thin platform. Not with today's technology. It'll probably melt right through the casing That explains the large thick casing and elaborate cooling sinks. Anyway extreme gaming isn't supposed to be done on a laptop. They should be done on desktop or a console.

Read what he asked first, he said besides mba superdrive

yes, but i was recommended back macbook air superdrive
Lacie is not cheap even

was trying out dota with my mbp yesterady, the palm rest got so fooking hot after a while
sigh. and it's only 1 session

Share you guys a funny vid from youtube, its about Mac Vs Pc [Transformers Versiyon]. lol, the url is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLbJ8YPHwXM .

Yeah the cooling mechanism is a bit weak on the MacBook Pro. There are several reasons to this:

1. The heatsink is too small and is shared by the CPU and the GPU/Chipset (Macbook Pro 13)
2. Fan is too small and there is not visible intake vents from the bottom or top. Air has to come from other places and the rear.
3. The exhaust vents are at the back, hidden and partially blocked by the LCD hinge.

So the unibody is meant to take most of the heat and disperse it elsewhere through air convection. Which explains why the palm rest is hot. If you feel the area near the LCD and power button, its even hotter. If you're near an air-conditioning vent, adjust it to blow straight to the keyboard area.

Update: Found something new. There is an intake vent from the top which is partially hidden by the keyboard. Take a look at this picture HERE.

This post has been edited by davidmak: Oct 20 2009, 12:56 PM

mmm thats why i plan to get a coolermaster or laptop cooler. what kind of model u guys recommend? heard something like thermapak, what is that?

that means there is no way to overcome this without any 3rd party cooling?

that's the previous gen MBP

I had an experiment a while back in which I used a slab of ice at the bottom of the MB for cooling. It worked quite well dropping the idle temp to 26 degrees of so. Obviously, this is not a long term solution.

I have the Zalman NC1000 cooler. At most, it drops the idle temperature by 1-3 degrees. What it does well is prevent heat fluctuations (visiting Flash sites) as the internal fans does not come on as frequent with the cooler. This was on the white plastic MBs so your mileage may vary wit the unibody MBs.

Yes, it is not but you get the idea. Air has to be sucked in from the ports and the keyboard. I don't know why of all the places, but may be it reduces noise. So it kinda explains why the bottom has no vents at all. If you look at IFIXIT's tear down, the turbine fan draws air from the bottom and top. So air must come from the top since the bottom is already covered.

It'll explain why the current laptop coolers will not help much. You will need direct air flow to the keyboard. Maybe we can direct the cool air from the air conditioning system straight to the laptop?

Zalman NC1000 cooler is the best, really. The exhaust area is so wide it'll cover any laptops with a vent from the bottom. It doesn't really work for the MBP because there isn't one unfortunately. And we can't put a fan on the keyboard area can we? hehehe...

ah, meaning laptop cooler is not useful for our mbp?

yeap... the best cooling tools for mbp?? a cheap usb stand fan.. unbeatable..

guys my mbp 15" late 08 has been stolen.
sigh anyone knows how/where i can mayb try looking for it?
i still have the box which has the serial number.

New Macbook available now , goes unibody ....

multitouch mac user, got new update

for the new imac - 16:9.. okay... but others seems no special for me....
for the new macbook white - its abit too round and i kinda like the bottom thinggie which i forget what isit... the others is okay okay....

for the new mouse - i'm in love with it!

hey . does keeping the plug in the mac at all times lowers down the battery capacity? it seems mine is lowered.batery load cycle 5. capacity 99% 5433/5450. :/

HP finally success to clone a mac copy. They even copy exactly the same ideas of mac. Unibody + buttonless trackpad. But the hp looks so ugly i must say. google for "HP Envy". The single price is around 1.7k USD, for me i would rather spend at a macbook =D

my cpu reads 48 degree, normal or too hot?