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Jeff Campbell
07-29-2011, 08:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://gigaom.com/apple/is-your-mac-running-hot-with-lion-heres-why/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheAppleBlog+(GigaOM:+Apple)' target='_blank'>http://gigaom.com/apple/is-your-mac...(GigaOM:+Apple)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"After upgrading to Lion on my early 2008 15&Prime; MacBook Pro, I started to notice that the computer was hot to the touch. Really hot. So I started measuring the internal temperature of my Macs to see if there was anything to be truly alarmed about."</em></p><p><img height="186" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1311966473.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb; margin-left: 109px; margin-right: 109px;" width="382" /></p><p>If you are having some problems with heat, caused by the Thermtrip feature that is in the Mac Intel chips, this article has several options for you in order to be proactive about it. The key is proper ventilation, which seems like a no-brainer but sometimes the simplest solutions are the ones that we miss. Have you had any problems with temperature issues since upgrading?&nbsp;</p>