About other threads on MacBook Pro Temperature

I've seen so many posts asking about MacBook Pro temperature. Here's my exerience:

Summary of my points:
1. the sleek design causes a higher temp, but it is normal and will not harm your MBP. Because I have a hotter PowerBook G4 for 3 years without any problem.

2. A cooling pad and smbfancontrol can help a lot if you dislike the high temp while gaming.

3. MBPs can overheat and shutdown if you strain both cores of your CPU at 100% usage, but Mac Pros won't. It is because of the sleek design. And 100% CPU usage is not normal and results from poor programing like dead loops.

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MacBook Pros are definitely hotter than other notebooks because of their sleek design! But this is not a problem---i've used a PowerBook G4 for three years without having any problem and it was hotter than my SR MBP!!

MacBook Pro uses passive cooling, so the bottom of the case can get really warm---but it was always below 38C for my MBP (38C feels quit hot though, especially during the summer. But the 38C bottom temp is very rare unless I play games for hours). And this is well designed because 38C never burns your lap, because body temp is 37.5C.

Most people probably notice that CPU/GPU temperature tend to rise once your desktop surface (on which you put your MBP) gets hot. A good solution is to get a cooling pad (if you play games).

A cooling pad + SMBFanControl can bring down your temp significantly if you dislike the temperature. However, a 80C temp for the CPU is not going to hurt any of your components! My PowerBook G4 is very very hot, it's bottom gets scorching and I've used it for 3 years without any problem.!!!

Here's what I have:

Web Browsing with iTunes: 47-50
Gaming (Warcraft III): 81(CPU)/82(GPU)

With my cooling pad (active):
Web Browsing with iTunes: 42-44
Gaming (Warcraft III): 80(CPU)/81(GPU)

With my cooling pad (active) + smb fancontrol (3000rpm):
Web Browsing with iTunes: 36-40
Gaming (Warcraft III): 67(CPU)/70(GPU)


Generally, I think smbfancontrol has greater effect than my usb cooling pad. However, when combined, they give a huge cooling effect!

About 100% CPU usage---do not strain your CPU like this. On a desktop, for example Mac Pro, this is OK since Mac Pros have huge fans and a large case. On your laptop, 100% CPU usage (both cores) will cause your MBP to overheat and shutdown! 100% CPU usage usually results from bugs like a dead loop, they are not normal.

With my Cooling Pad + smbFanControl, my MBP can handle two core 100% CPU usage, but without the cooling, my MBP will overheat and shutdown.