How does the MacBook Pro cooling fan work?

Is slotted area on the back of the MBP an intake or exhaust area?
I am buying a notebook cooler and I want to make sure I buy a compatible cooler; that is to say one that doesn't blow hot air into the intake or take in the hot air form the exhaust and blow that across the base of the computer.
Thanks

They blow out the back of the laptop. So I don't think the external fans blowing upwards will blow air back into the MBP. Of course this is just a guess since I do not have one to try but I don't think it will defeat the internal fans. In
my own opinion I don't think the external fans are really neccessery unless you are running your CPU at 100% or more for hours at a time.

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Look at this - a 240gb HD! Catch up apple catch up! in the intel and compatible world you really need to offer more for less. Mac OS is much better than windows but the macbook pro is less hardware for more. That's part of the equation too.
HP Pavilion dv8000z
CPU: 2.2-GHz Turion 64 ML-40
Display Size (inches): 17
Total HD Size (GB): 240
Min. Weight (lbs.): 9.2
built-in TV tuner
strong battery life (which despite claims the macbook lacks)
Price When Reviewed: $2200

Yes, but look at the 3lbs weight differerce! I don't know, but when you look at the PC laptops with 17" they're usually gigantic, fat and ugly. They're not comparable to the mac laptops. I'd buy a thinkpad, but nothing else is of the same quality.

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How does it work? I think I have the basics figured out; is this correct (by this, I mean below)?
It is a scaled resolution (1/2 I think of the actual display resolution) therefore, the size of the pixels would be equivalent to 1440 x 900, but each pixel that is represented on screen is actually 4 pixels, therefore making it look sharper, so things are physically the same size if it would be an actual 1440 x 900 screen, but it looks sharper on the Retina display because each pixel is actually 4 pixels?
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If you read the specs on them you will discover that the MBP is way more powerful then the MBA. The big feature of the MBA is light weight. If you need a powerful computer then you want the MBP instead.
Allan

How does the macbook pro act when processing software upgrades? How long does it usually take?

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Sounds like it has a problem.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8963.html

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I've had quite a shock today. Someone that I've never seen before in my life, and the police claimed that I had a stolen MacBook pro in my house. There were tons of claims being bandied about such as "GPS doesn't lie sir." So basically, this guy was showing the police on his cellphone some sort of map that showed his laptops location. Needless to say I wasn't going to let the police search my house because some stranger said his Mac was in my house.
So I have a few questions.
How does a Macbook determine it's location when it's lost or stolen?
Does the Macbook Pro have a GPS receiver in it?
Does it have a cellular modem in it that calls home checking to see if it's lost?
Can it use said cellular modem to get a relative location as well?
Thanks for answering, I'm a bit shaken up from all this because this all culminated in a threat of a warrant, in which the officer said, "Make sure your dogs are restrained, they might get hurt when we serve the warrant." ( In other words We're gonna blow them away when we no knock you in the middle of the night. )

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Triangulation would denote that the laptop has a direction finding antenna. I'm somewhat of a radio buff, and while I know GSM has an ability to fix a location somewhat innacurately but that's not done by the phone that is done by the provider via cell towers.
I'm kind of skeptical how accurate getting a direction on a Wi-Fi hotspot would be with a diversity type of antenna.
And even then the physical location of the access point isn't known.
How does it report the local Wi-Fi hotspots back to the user? Must it have a cellular internet connection to it?

Does the macbook pro have the capacity to print direct to blank cd?

does the macbook pro have the capacity to print directly to blank cd? If not- can you suggest an add-on product that will work with the mac pro?

Unless you have a printer that can feed and print on a physical CD then you cannot. This isn't a function of the computer. Printers can usually print onto labels of any sort, but not directly onto the disc itself.

Does the Macbook Pro have a program to run Windows? If not, what is the best program to do so?

Does the Macbook Pro have a program to run Windows built in? If not, what is the best program to do so. Purchasing a new Mac.

No. The Mac does not have anything to run Windows
You must install either virtualizrion software or use BootCamp to create a partition for Windows. Once you have done that then you must install Windows.
Allan

Does the macbook pro have a dvd player?

Does the macbook pro have a built-in dvd player?

This is the only new MBP you can purchase with an integral DVD drive at this time:
http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MD101LL/A&step=config
A retina MBP will require an external DVD drive.
Ciao.

Does the Macbook pro retina have the ability to use external speakers

Does the Macbook pro retina have the ability to use external speakers

The speakers will have to be externally powered and have internal amplifiers. Is that the case?
Ciao.

Does the Macbook Pro (2012) have a dvd drive? I can't seem to find one.

Does the Macbook Pro (2012) have a dvd drive? I can't seem to find one.

Not the MBP-R's, you can't even change the RAM or storage in them.
The other 15" MBP's you can and they include the Superdrive built in.
Last time you do a impulsive purchase huh?

Does the macbook pro power supply draw power if the computer isn't plugged in

does the macbook pro power supply draw power if the computer isn't plugged in?

Same thng for your entire house: called "vampire loads" ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standby_power

Does the macbook pro supports the logitech gamepad 510/710? I't doesn't recognize it

Does the macbook pro supports the logitech gamepad 510/710? I't doesn't recognize it.
Is for playing to the FIFA 2012 for Mac

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I've tried looking for the install cd for it but I can't find it, now I'm starting to wonder if it even had one.
No. 10.7 never came one a disk. Read this:
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After installation, start from Lion.
Double-click the App Store icon in the dock.
Enter your Apple ID and password.
Click Purchases.
If you haven't previously accepted your bundled iLife applications within the Mac App Store, you should see your iLife applications appear in the Accept portion of the screen. Click Accept.
You may be asked for your Apple ID and password once again. Your iLife applications now move to the Purchased section. These applications are part of the software that came with your Lion based computer. Your account will not be charged for them. Click Install to compete installation of your applications.
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Does the macbook pro has an antivirus?

does the macbook pro has an antivirus

While there may not currently be any Viruses for Macs, the original poster may actually be asking, "Is there any Malware that affects Macs?"
The answer to that question is YES.
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How a five CAL deployment could support up to 25 users and what does it mean. In the first line it is saying that each CAL for a web service is consumed for a period of 5 minutes and how come it can support 25 users concurrently. Did it mean 25 web service connections inside a swf flash file or 25 different users to access a single web service through swf flash.

The "Set cost controls" concurrent program is used in R12 to mass update the cost control fields on item costs.
The cost control region is found by going to Cost management >Item costs > Item Costs
The concurrent program lets you specify which items /costs should be updated by using various parameters such as cost type, item range, category range etc.
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