C2D MacBooks still overheating? owners please report!

As far as I know, the most important problem in MacBooks is overheating.
Definitely, I DON'T want to buy a notebook where I can fry eggs on.
I touched a MacBook in a local Apple store, and I found that it was unacceptably HOT, expecially in the upper-left side (where you can type "qwerty", for example...). Both the keyboard and the bottom side.
Even worse, that computer was idling...I don't want to imagine what happens when gaming or rendering...?!?!
I'd like buying a new C2D MacBook, but I'm REALLY scared of this temperatures.
Please new MacBook C2D owners, report your experience..!!
(I think I will go on loving my actual iBookG4...ALWAYS soooo cool...ALWAYS!)
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Overheating is not an issue anymore - for older macbooks as well as the new C2D's. You see - when the first macbooks came out - the fans would not be working at all until the CPU reached temperatures of over 70deg C. Then new firmware now has the fans spinning constantly at minimum 1500 rpm - they never stop - and increase as the CPU temperature rises. For this reason alone all macbooks are now prety much cool.
My MacBook, when idle - averages 40 - 45 deg C. Under heavy load it wont get over 70deg C. I can have it on my lap all day and it won't get HOT. Warm is all I get.
The issue with heat is long gone - RSS is a thing of the past as well - I think you more than safe to purchase now

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Hi All,
Has there been a solution to the Macbook Air overheating problem for you?
I'm considering selling my MBA but want to see first if there has been any new updates on this issue.
I have a Macbook Air with the specifications as follows:
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Production year: 2008
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As I'm writing this room temperature is about 20 degrees celcius. Laptop sits on a table with power cable plugged in. Not running any external screen. There is no video streaming or music playing. Only the Firefox browser and a few more idle apps are active such as Mail and Skype (in the background). Even under these conditions the fan is currently running loud at 6100rpm and the Macbook Air is very hot underneath.
CPU temperature is currently 54 degrees Celsius. Both cores seem to be active.
Now, as an experiment I will head over to YouTube to watch a video and open up Microsoft Word in the background, a perfectly normal usage for a computer this new. This is what happens:
The computer starts to become painfully slow. After for example clicking an item in the browser there is a 1-3 second delay before the click actually becomes effective. It's now so hot underneath that I would not want to keep it in my lap. It is hard to use the mouse pointer properly as it does not update in realtime, I have to assume where it will land based on my movements. When scrolling, the spinning wheel icon becomes active. Everything is now happening in slow motion.
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Is this normal for Macbook Air's? If that is the case they are more or less unusable for most types of normal 2009 year usage (video, audio, browsing, office work etc).
What solutions have you found? Coolbook? Software/Firmware updates? Hardware changes? Please let me know if you have been able to make your MBA not overheat under normal usage.

Hi Everybody,
Thanks for your replies to start with.
I have tried to install Coolbook now and has it running. When using 'throttling' and letting it change CPU speeds (I think..) the problem still remains. When watching a video or other demanding task the temperature goes way up. Running a CPUTest (small or big) gets CPU temperatures of up to 84-85 C. Fan of course at 6200rpm all the time.
Right now, I have Coolbook set to 800Mhz and 0.9V. Apps running are Firefox, Skype, Mail and iTunes with no audio playing. CPU temperature at 56 c and fan speed (as usual) at 6200rpm. I can use the computer now. It is still lagging and not very fast at all. Sometimes text appear 1-2 seconds after I have written it on the keyboard.
So Coolbook has made a difference for me, but only when putting the CPU speed down to 800MHz. I wouldn't call reducing the CPU speed to half a 'solution' though and will not keep that as a long term solution. Reducing voltages for higher CPU-speeds 0.9875V for 1600MHz does not work, it still heats up massively.
Have used the MBA for the whole day today and can't recall a single time the fan has not been around 6200rpm except right after boot.
Thanks for the tips on upgrading to 10.5.8. I will try that right away and let you know how it works out.
Have also considered buying some cooling device but just as you say that feels like a bit of a last thing to resort to.
I'm surprised Apple hasn't responded stronger to this. Had this happened in the car industry we would have seen thousands of cars being sent back to the garage to be fixed.
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I too wish I could say I was in this club. What is the logic is anouncing the availability of something without a minimum level of stock available at the stores? And what is the point in the stores saying "we'll have them in the next couple days" at first and then "we'll have them in a couple weeks" and then "we have no idea when we'll have them because everything is auto shipped"?
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How bad at planning, inventory management and the message surrounding can Apple be. They probably wont loose me as a customer but they aren't helping me convince anyone I work with to stop paying more for a comparable Dell. Honestly, if they release OS X for any PC then I probably would have bought someone else's C2D laptop a month or more ago.
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Its so funny when u see people crying that they didn't wait long enough for the new C2D MacBook.
If you buy a Ford Mustang - 450Hp and your friend gets one with 490Hp - do u really think that you'd be able to tell the difference in real world? Even on a race track - its the driver that makes all the difference.
How you use your macbook is esential. People wont be able to tell the difference between CoreDuo and Core2Duo. Most of us never utilize the full capabilities of our macbooks - so why cry for the new one?
It only looks better on paper.
It has the Dual Layer DVD burner - but I wont dish out 9 times the cost of regular DVD for a Dual Layer DVD - that is only double the storage capacity. 75cents for DVD-R - 6.99 for a Dual Layer DVD. I'll just wait for Mac with Blue-Ray - now that's worth it.
Finally - who's to say the new Mac's wont be plagued with different kinds of problems. If you look at the MacBook Pro forum, you will see that the new C2D Pro's have inferior Displays - people are complaining about the uneven brighness - some still have problems with heat and warping - people are complaining about all sorts of things with the new Macs
SO DONT WORRY AND BE HAPPY - if you MacBook WORKS WELL - THANK G O D - =)

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