Does this laptop get hot after using it for awhile? My wife's macbook air never gets hot and this will be the determining factor for me. TIA
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I use this laptop continuously 8+ hours a day, sometimes plugged in, most of the time on battery, and it has never gotten hot, not even with relatively heavy use (and I don't have mine set to eco mode or anything). It never even feels warm -- it remains cool to the touch -- and I can count the number of times the fan has turned on (3-4 times in the 4+ months I've had it, and only for a couple of seconds, a gentle swish, like a sigh). It's a great laptop!
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No, it will not firmly hold the MacBook Air hinge up. Personally, I have not noticed any overheating as the MacBook Air inherently runs cool. Also the fan shuts off as soon as the computer is shut. My computer runs as well as it has since day one.
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My computer has never overheated while in this case; however, it does get fairly hot sometimes. I'd say that it gets just as hot as it normally does when I am working on my computer. Usually when I work on my computer, the bottom of my laptop is on a blanket, a pillow in my lap, or the bed anyway; not very airy. Gotta love those late night school assignments :)
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I've had mine for about 6 months. The 2 fans blow directly up onto laptop and you can feel, depending on speed, the air dispersed to sides. Blue lights are quite bright. The remind me of the underlights on cars these days. ; p I keep mine on low speed and adjust the height/ angle on the very 1st "rung". I don't game but I do turn it up when grandchildren come over and use it. I have a Presario notebook. It does get very warm which is why I purchased this. If it did breakdown I would get another just like it in a flat second. Cleaning?. I havent tried to take it apart. I blow it out while running on low with canned air. Hope this helps.
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I have not had any overheating issues. Sometimes the thunderbolt cable gets warm, though.
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The laptop does not get hot. Not at all!! As far as the battery life is concerned, we have had no issues!! Love this laptop!!
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Hi, David, We have six Macintosh laptops in our household, ranging from 2 500 MHz ice ibooks bought back in 2000 to a new Macbook and a new Macbook pro. All of them are still working really well, given their ages and what we've put them through. There have been some flaws, yes, but no more flaws than friends who have PC laptops have endured (and they're in worse shape than we are sometimes). We have gotten two lemons; my partner's Ti Powerbook had a manufacturing flaw that showed up causing the motherboard to short circuit, and my first Macbook had a literally warped case, which meant it cracked. However, those can happen to anyone and it was just bad luck as far as I'm concerned -- he bought his through the apple online store, I got mine in person at the apple store. Buy Applecare. ALWAYS. And never go to the Genius bar if you can avoid it -- it's named ironically. Applecare and the applecare 800 number are your best bet. The bigger test I think is the powerbooks and ibooks that are now 4 and 8 years old, respectively. They're all going strong. One's our file server, one's a music server for the house, one runs a linux test environment, and one's in my kitchen, serving as my recipe library and media etc center. They all get a lot of work, and other than all being restarted every sunday night at 8, they pretty much run continually. Of course they're out of battery, but that's to be expected. Batteries don't last forever. Good luck, and I hope this helped!
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I don't use my MBP for gaming, but I do use it for processor-intensive video editing, for hours at a time. FWIW, I haven't encountered any heat-related issues when using the mTower with an separate Lightning display.
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Like most MacBooks, or laptops for that matter, if you are doing multiple tasks (ex: multiple tabs open, memory-intensive programs, programs that use the graphics card heavily, etc.), the device will inevitably heat up. That being said, I don't find it any different from other laptops. As for the battery life, again it depends on what tasks you are doing with your MacBook Pro or Air. Connecting Bluetooth devices such as a wireless mouse or keyboard, connecting to multiple screens, playing a graphically intensive video game...these and more will adversely affect battery life. So far for me, the battery life on my MacBook Pro has been on par with what the manufacturer says, from 6-7 hours unplugged. Like most MacBooks, or laptops for that matter, if you are doing multiple tasks (ex: multiple tabs open, memory-intensive programs, programs that use the graphics card heavily, etc.), the device will inevitably heat up. That being said, I don't find it any different from other laptops. As for the battery life, again it depends on what tasks you are doing with your MacBook Pro or Air. Connecting Bluetooth devices such as a wireless mouse or keyboard, connecting to multiple screens, playing a graphically intensive video game...these and more will adversely affect battery life. So far for me,... » Read More Like most MacBooks, or laptops for that matter, if you are doing multiple tasks (ex: multiple tabs open, memory-intensive programs, programs that use the graphics card heavily, etc.), the device will inevitably heat up. That being said, I don't find it any different from other laptops. As for the battery life, again it depends on what tasks you are doing with your MacBook Pro or Air. Connecting Bluetooth devices such as a wireless mouse or keyboard, connecting to multiple screens, playing a graphically intensive video game...these and more will adversely affect battery life. So far for me, the battery life on my MacBook Pro has been on par with what the manufacturer says, from 6-7 hours unplugged. « Show Less
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The fan is actively cooling, vented would just passively allow heat to escape (and I think the aluminum should conduct some heat as well??). Depending on how hot your laptop gets I'd go with the fan. I'm really happy I did - I have an older macbook which gets really hot. It stays considerably cooler and quieter with the fans on (just plug the cord into a USB port) compared to with the fans off. The fans are not loud at all either.Price seems to be the same (and at this time both are 40% off) for the vented and fan one, I'd go with the fan. You can always disconnect or even remove the fans to transform it into a vented one. The fan is actively cooling, vented would just passively allow heat to escape (and I think the aluminum should conduct some heat as well??). Depending on how hot your laptop gets I'd go with the fan. I'm really happy I did - I have an older macbook which gets really hot. It stays considerably cooler and quieter with the fans on (just plug the cord into a USB port) compared to with the fans off. The fans are not loud at all either.Price seems to be the same (and at this time both are 40% off) for the vented and fan one, I'd go with the fan. You can always disconnect or even... » Read More The fan is actively cooling, vented would just passively allow heat to escape (and I think the aluminum should conduct some heat as well??). Depending on how hot your laptop gets I'd go with the fan. I'm really happy I did - I have an older macbook which gets really hot. It stays considerably cooler and quieter with the fans on (just plug the cord into a USB port) compared to with the fans off. The fans are not loud at all either.Price seems to be the same (and at this time both are 40% off) for the vented and fan one, I'd go with the fan. You can always disconnect or even remove the fans to transform it into a vented one. « Show Less
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To be honest I haven't let it go to that point. It seems to run alittle warm. But to be fair this is my first MAC. So I don't know what to expect. I am learning as I go. A friend help me find the battery so I went with his opinion
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I've had it overheat and the battery is better than average but not as good as my old MacBook air. Most of my use is when plugged in.
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When I got it, I fully charged it. When I'm just on battery power. it lasts about 4 hours max. Each recharge slowly decreases the battery life. Yes, it does make the laptop hot. I use a laptop cooling pad and it keep it pretty cool. However, the pad connect to the laptop which uses more power if you're just on battery power alone.
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I think there's something wrong. I have the same model and have never had a notebook/laptop that stayed this cool. There is only the slightest elevation in temp near the op of the touchpad and zero in palm rest areas on either side. Even the hottest area on the underside is only comfortably warm on my lap, about the same as one of my kitties. (Hmmm...maybe not even that warm.) I've had it 3 weeks and use many hours each day. This is the first laptop that I can literally rest on my lap!
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I've never experienced any heat issues. It's a solid laptop; I use for both work and personal.
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actually one of the things i love about this laptop i the cooling feature. When gaming, it gets, warm. When just using it to go on the web, it spits out cold air. like if i left it on right now, it would be some good air conditioning.
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No. It doesn't get any hotter than other laptops. It has one major drawback though , the wireless internet is garbage. It doesn't work very well if you are more than 10 feet from the source.