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They're literally speed holes.
They're really not. "Speed holes" by definition make something go faster. In this case, it was done to help the temperature. Not to overclock.
They prevent it going slower.
Why I Drilled Holes in My MacBook Pro and Put It in the Oven
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#82I have question related to this issue. Which MacBook model, new, refurbished or used, should I buy if I want it to last as long as possible and be useful for doing OS X-specific programming tasks?
I'd be interested in this as well - has Apple fixed this heat issue in the 2012 MacBook Pro (non-Retina) models that they still have on sale in the Apple Store?
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#83This story is awesome. It would be hilarious if the OP ever tried to sell his laptop. I can imagine him trying to explain to a layperson why all of the drilled holes in the bottom are actually a benefit and not a problem.
I would have at least put some sort of screen or filter over those holes.
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#84I had the same problem with a HP laptop a few years ago. HP denied their was a problem. Long story short; I will never give that company any more money. As to reballing a graphics chip, I would buy a kit off ebay, if made, and do it right. You are still taking a chance because you most likely don't have a proper heating station? I really like the additional holes. I would like to know exactly where my fans are and ma…
i wonder why author choose to drill holes.. i'd think a cutting disk + slots would be better for airflow, and could be made to look a little better aesthetically
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where do you live?
Norway
Can I just send my MBP Late 2011 to you so that you can send it to Apple to be replaced? The #mbp2011 group should really just set up a bunch of people there so that we can send it to Apple Norway to be replaced since MBP's warranties are worldwide anyway.
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#86This story is awesome. It would be hilarious if the OP ever tried to sell his laptop. I can imagine him trying to explain to a layperson why all of the drilled holes in the bottom are actually a benefit and not a problem.
"I can imagine him trying to explain to a layperson"
Its a 2011. Trying to sell that in, lets say, 2019, it'll sound a lot like when I sold my 1997 Saturn in 2013 with a hole for a ham radio antenna, in other words it'll be so old no one will care. Also they were more interested in the cracked heater core, broken sunroof opener, leaking sunroof, worn out brakes, and high oil consumption, than being worried about a little hole.
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know what model you have, but my old T61p with dedicated graphics had the same heating issues as my newer Macbook Pro.
A T420 with no heat issues whatsoever. [edit] Not a great image but you can see where the vents are on the back and the left hand side on this image: https://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSpIDoMt_OkYzjIF9E6... Doesn't matter how far I fold the screen back, the vents aren't blocked by it.
From this review ( http://www.cnet.com/products/lenovo-thinkpad-t420/ ):
"Thick and bulky, with a keyboard studded with enough auxiliary buttons to look like a space shuttle control panel, the T420 is as old-school as a laptop can be."
I mean, it's all a matter of trade-offs, as the parent says. Personally I have been using my Macbook mostly as a desktop replacement, so in hindsight I would probably trade the small form factor for better cooling and more sustained performance, for people using a laptop more "dynamically" (carrying it around daily), I can see mobility to come first.
EDIT: Have you ever owned an ultrabook or a netbook ? I went from a T61p to a Macbook Air the the increase in mobility was significant. I used it on bed, on the couch, on the train, with no discomfort at all even after hours on end, unlike the bulkier laptops I owned before.
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Yes, pretty normal. For temperatures near 100C the conversion is easy. Ovens report temperatures in F, computers in C, shrug. In general you use F for human temperatures (air temperature, fever, and cooking), and C for everything else. F has a better range for air and body temperature anyway. Maybe Europeans will switch to F, and Americans will switch to Km :) (In case you wonder why F is better: The coldest temperat…
I've always hoped we'd move to a 0-100 scale where the scale is the temperatures people can relate to. 0 is cold, 100 is hot. How hot is 100? Same as 100 farenheit. We know that's hot. How cold is cold? Same as 0 celsius, we know that's cold. Of course, for science and cooking we need more dynamic range, which F and C work well for, but just for our daily experience, we need something new.
"We know that's hot."
Beyond a certain age everyone has had the experience of suffering thru having total weirdo coworkers (weird even by my standards) who seemingly randomly oscillate the office thermostat setting from 60 to 80 thru the day because they "feel cold" "feel hot" so they turned the thermostat all the way up or all the way down. Nutcases.
I'm just saying if you create a hot and cold human scale, it'll have to be personalized for each individual and seemingly randomly vary over time. May as well use a magic 8-ball.
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, pretty normal. For temperatures near 100C the conversion is easy. Ovens report temperatures in F, computers in C, shrug. In general you use F for human temperatures (air temperature, fever, and cooking), and C for everything else. F has a better range for air and body temperature anyway. Maybe Europeans will switch to F, and Americans will switch to Km :) (In case you wonder why F is better: The coldest temperat…
I've always hoped we'd move to a 0-100 scale where the scale is the temperatures people can relate to. 0 is cold, 100 is hot. How hot is 100? Same as 100 farenheit. We know that's hot. How cold is cold? Same as 0 celsius, we know that's cold. Of course, for science and cooking we need more dynamic range, which F and C work well for, but just for our daily experience, we need something new.
I like my sauna around 90C/195F. I can relate to that temperature. The coldest weather I've been in is -17F/-27C. I can relate to that as well, though I much prefer not to.
On the other hand, I grew up in Miami. In college in northern Florida, those of us from the south stayed up late so we could actually see what it was like when it was freezing outside. We left water outside to see that it actually froze! Back then I couldn't relate to temperatures below 32F/0C.
In other words, "we" is a rather nebulous definition.