Anyone using a MacBook Pro for extended periods for time is familiar with the decent amount of heat generated by Apple’s Intel notebooks. While the Core 2 Duo models are cooler, the original Core Duo chips output enough heat to fry on egg on them. My favorite stand these days is Launchpad A15 (US$50) from a group called 604 Labs.
Fans of yesterday’s “Anyone Knee’d a PowerBook?” will appreciate today’s Extreme MacBook installment. Those that really love their MacBooks may want to skip ahead to the next story as this one’s kinda gory.
Cable wrap and a zip tie to reduce the stress on the MagSafe connector.
MacFixIt has the skinny on MagSafe power adapters that are becoming frayed and even melting. In knowledge base article 302461 Apple calls this “strain relief damage” and says that it’s not covered under warranty. “Strain relief damage and missing cable insulation or rubber typically result from excessive force or improper use which are not covered […]
Shareware author Magnus Lundholm has updated his program, CoolBook, a $10 application which allows the user to adjust the clock speed and voltage of Intel Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors. A bug which was discovered and has been corrected in the latest version of the program, prevents the CPU from running at the […]