Hello Allison, I personally like to have a flat surface between my laptop and my lap, and I think products such as chill mats are a decent solution, though I usually settle for a large book, serving tray or something similar. I'm not sure about your particular situation, but I can tell you hot laptop computers, and hot desktop computers for that matter, are an age-old problem. Some are worse than others. I worked for IBM when their first Thinkpad laptops were introduced and one of the most common questions I heard back then was how to keep your lap from getting singed. Some of the heat level is dependent on which model macbook and CPU you have and what programs you are running. Applications that require a lot of processing power tend to make the laptop run hotter. Adobe Flash is a great example of such an application, but is not the only offender of course. Also, make sure your macbook's vents are not blocked. A few years ago Apple shipped some macbooks with a thin film of plastic covering the rear vent, thus causing overheating of those macbooks. The solution was to simply peel off the thin film from the outside of the rear vent, but this example does illustrate how important it is for the macbook's internals to be free to breathe.
I'm interested to hear how you like your chill mat after you've had it for a while. Cheers, Bryan On Jun 8, 2011, at 9:33 AM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Has anyone ever heard of the overheating issue, or the chill mats? Thank you > for reading this, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
