Scorching hot. Especially when the battery gets low, like down to 20% or so.

I have to put it on a pillow on my lap.

Is this normal?

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6 Responses to “My MacBook Pro is hot”

1. Heather Duey Says:
   June 4th, 2007 at 5:51 am

   I read recently about someone’s Apple really melting. I couldn’t find the article, but there were even pictures of it (Apple sent them a new one, BTW). Here’s one link I did find, though: http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/19/warning-from-apple-dont-put-our-laptops-on-your-lap/. Incidently, I use an HP running Windows XP and it gets super hot after awhile.

2. Douglas Says:
   June 4th, 2007 at 6:50 am

   I’ve heard that MBPs run really, really hot - to the point you can’t put them on your lap at all as you described. My laptop (an IBM z60t) stays pretty cool, but I hope they fix it before I buy a MBP later in the year.

3. Will Says:
   June 4th, 2007 at 12:56 pm

   David,
   I do not have a Mac Book, but My Dell Latitude does the same thing. I have to use a pillow or my lap becomes en fuego!

   Will

4. Matt Says:
   June 5th, 2007 at 6:11 am

   I accidentally left my brand-new Dell Precision M90 running when I put it in my bag and left work. When I got home, I couldn’t touch the case for more than 2 secs at a time. I panicked and removed the battery and put both in the freezer for abour 20 minutes. I thought I had another defective batttery situation, but it was just normal operations. This thing is so big and heavy I wouldn’t use it on my lap anyway.

5. Jonathan Chauncey Says:
   June 5th, 2007 at 8:58 am

   From my experience with macbook pros they tend to run at hotter temperatures than their macbook counter-parts. I think this is because of the aluminum case.

6. Ivan Says:
   July 30th, 2007 at 2:58 pm

   My MacBook Pro gets so hot that I can’t lay my hands on the top of it, let alone put it on my lap. That’s really hot, scarily hot. But I’m used to it now, I just wonder why the top of a computer has to be like the top of a cooker.

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