Timely advice from Macs4U. Never place a Macbook on a flat insulating surface! Second. Turn it off at night.
Bill On 28/03/2012, at 12:52 PM, Bill Parker wrote: > The new name? The Menopausal MacBook. I'm off to Macs4U immediately. > > Bill > > On 28/03/2012, at 12:42 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: > >> Once upon a time, in the G3 PowerBook epoch, Apple laptops seemed >> indestructible and lasted for ever and a day. My G3 did me very well indeed >> from April 2000 until late 2009. >> >> Sadly, I've started to suspect that the modern MacBook Pro didn't inherit >> the longevity gene. The motherboard 17" laptop I bought in 2008 died without >> warning shortly after the extended AppleCare expired, and the impression I >> have is that Ronni for example has had more than one laptop suffer from >> logic board faults. >> >> So Bill, to continue the analogy in human terms, it may be that your >> computer has reached that stage in life in which it suffers hot flushes. >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael. >> >> On 28/03/2012, at 11:55 AM, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >> >>> My Macbook Pro - about 18 months old is now exhbiting odd fan behaviour. >>> During normal word processing/emailing etc. no fan. >>> >>> After a few moment of say iView, the fans come on and by then the machine >>> has heated and feels quite hot to touch. >>> >>> Whats happening here? >>> >>> Bill >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
