Cook Your Breakfast With MacBook 118
Kisom writes "Everyone knows Apple isn't famous for their cold notebooks. Dan Lurie however discovered it was possible to cook eggs on the bottom of his MacBook. Even though it took three times as long to cook the egg, Apple should probably be concerned."
I do not... (Score:5, Funny)
I do not like them, Sam I am!
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Re:I do not... (Score:1)
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Apple looking at other markets (Score:5, Funny)
From the summary: Even though it took three times as long to cook the egg, Apple should probably be concerned. Actually McDonalds should be concerned. Apple is coming out with a previously unannounced, now leaked, new product, the Egg MacMuffin.
Re:Apple looking at other markets (Score:1, Informative)
If you didn't know yet this is a
joke.
(you guys really need to read the whole thing)
Other one-liners... (Score:2, Funny)
Didn't they have the iGrill on thinkgeek?
But doesn't it just overheat in the most user-friendly, fashionable, ultra-hip and trendy way?
Should you run out of supplies for your own experiment, you can get a fresh dozen from newegg.
With the designer colors, this cookware seems less Emeril and more Martha Stewart, doesn't it?
Steve Jobs is announcing that the iPod Souffle will be available in November.
Re:Other one-liners... (Score:4, Funny)
And this time, they won't need a disclaimer warning you not to eat it [google.com]!
Re:Apple looking at other markets (Score:3, Interesting)
Apple is coming out with a previously unannounced, now leaked, new product, the Egg MacMuffin.
Maybe they should cool their laptops with an Egg MacMuffin Fan?
Disclaimer: my new 17" MacBook Pro actually seems to run cooler than my old 17" 1.33MHz G4. And the fan hardly ever comes on at all. Wth my old G4 I would somtimes set it to "reduced power" mode just to keep the fan from running.
Re:Apple looking at other markets (Score:2, Funny)
Titanium PowerBook G4s (either 450MHz or 600MHz, I forget) can get frelling hot.
Like, flash point of some fabrics hot.
Like, I might've killed a blanket or two with mine.
>_>
-:sigma.SB
Flash point?!? (Score:2)
But fabrics? I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Re:Flash point?!? (Score:1)
Of course I highly doubt that even a MacBook gets hot enough to ignite fabric. Being hot enough to discolor fabric is not the same as being hot enough to ignite it.
Re:Apple looking at other markets (Score:2)
Re:Apple looking at other markets (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Apple looking at other markets (Score:2)
Unlike some others... (Score:2)
For those who are curious, like me (Score:5, Informative)
Re:For those who are curious, like me (Score:2)
I have noticed that this is a much bigger problem when plugged i
Re:For those who are curious, like me (Score:2)
ON the battery, it's probably more conservative with bringing the CPU to full speed, and when plugged in, give it max performance because battery life is not worried about.
Also when plugged in, the charging circuitry and battery charge are probably working hard to charge the battery.
grump
Re:For those who are curious, like me (Score:2)
ironically enough it runs far cooler when in Windows via BootCamp than in OSX (even though the battery life is almost halved).
Interesting. My 2.16 MBP runs very hot in OS X: between 55 C idle and 83 C at full load according to CoreDuoTemp. I can't imagine that it's running much hotter than this in Windows or the processor would either throttle itself or shut down. (I haven't taken the machine apart to look at thermal paste application.)
Yet the machine *feels* hotter in Windows, even though I have no wa
Re:For those who are curious, like me (Score:2)
More than just the MacBook (Score:2, Redundant)
Re:More than just the MacBook (Score:1)
Re:More than just the MacBook (Score:2)
When the SMC was being updated the fan was going at full power, and I was almost expecting it to take off. So they either tried to make the macbook run too quietly and/or the firmware had some bugs.
Re:More than just the MacBook (Score:2, Insightful)
That's the one thing I cannot stand about Apple: they keep tweaking settings with their updates without giving users any options to adjust them afterwards.
Like disabling SuspendToDisk ('hibernate') option in 9.0->9.0.4 update, removing 'swappiness' control from 10.1, disablin
Re:More than just the MacBook (Score:2)
Incorrect summary (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Incorrect summary (Score:4, Informative)
If you didn't know yet this is a
joke.
at the end of the article makes the summary a tad more incorrect than that.
Re:Incorrect summary (Score:1)
What 'Do Everything Out of the Box' Means (Score:5, Funny)
By the way, yes, I am a Mac user.
Re:What 'Do Everything Out of the Box' Means (Score:3, Funny)
Suppose you could be "Mac"man... but I somehow doubt that a guy in tights with a rainbow colored apple on his chest is going to stop any criminals in their tracks.
Re:What 'Do Everything Out of the Box' Means (Score:1)
Re:What 'Do Everything Out of the Box' Means (Score:4, Funny)
> on his chest is going to stop any criminals in their tracks
I've heard, however, that Macman is vulnerable to flying chairs, and that you can force him to revert to mortal form (a la Shazam back to Billy Batson) by shouting "Developers!" over and over. In fact, this was how he was defeated back in issue #382 by his arch nemesis performing both actions silmutaneously. Macman only barely fended off the storm of flying chairs by counteracting it with a storm of flying toasters and then wounding his arch-enemy with his very last HyperCard.
Solomon Chang
Re:What 'Do Everything Out of the Box' Means (Score:1)
Uh, guys? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Uh, guys? (Score:2)
Re:Uh, guys? (Score:5, Interesting)
I still have fond memories of my first Am386DX. It was spread around the desk surface with the more critical components bolted to it (so we could use it to test boards and components). A few days after we put it into action we found out that the CPU heat sink (this was in the days before CPUs had fans) perfectly doubles up as a coffee warmer for one of those neat little copper kettles used for Turkish coffee. Just the right form factor (the later CPUs became too big for that).
I also remember burning my hand on the first slotted Celery after forgetting to plug the fan in. The scar is still visible, because I got my hand trapped in the case against it (it hurt like hell). I also remember cooking eggs on one of these after moderately overclocking it. Amazingly enough it was still working throughout the process. In those days (P2/P3) Intel used to have nearly perfect thermal throttle which prevented CPUs from baking. It lost it sometimes around P4.
Frankly, I would not be surprised if an egg will cook on the bottom of a new Mac. I am pretty sure that it will cook on the bottom of my HP if I run a make bzImage on it and turn the cpufreq off. Do not see why the Mac will be any different.
Re:Uh, guys? (Score:3, Informative)
In the manual for my Thinkpad T42 (Pentium-M Dothan) it says that the CPU will shut itself off (triggering the rest of the system to shut down) at a little over 100 degrees C. And I'm pretty sure that it starts throttling at around 72 degrees C, since that's the highest I've ever gotten it to, by running Prime9
Re:Uh, guys? (Score:2)
And while it does get rather hot while playing games (it's amazing how much heat is generated by playing something as old as the two first Fallout games on a 1.7GHz Pentium-M), it has never once affected stability. It just keeps on going, although the fan noise does build to pretty high levels, and it never seems to shut the fan off once it's started. It just sorta stays in low speed mode, even if I force the clock speed down to 600MHz. Puttin
Re:Uh, guys? (Score:2)
Re:Uh, guys? (Score:2)
So... (Score:3, Funny)
This is faked - and really a joke. (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.sagags.com/?p=441 [sagags.com]
It mentions that it is in fact a joke.
Re:This is faked - and really a joke. (Score:5, Insightful)
For fuck's sake, the "article" is shorter than most emo kids' blog entries, and says "This is a joke" in bold, oversized text at the end!
VA Linux should fire every last
The joke is on those that miss the obvious (Score:2)
For those who are not paticularly literate there is the image of a foot at the top of the page above the text of the article to indicate that it is a joke. Moving the mouse pointer over the foot gives you some text that lets you know that it is a joke. For those that are more literate there is also link to the article. For those that can't bother to spend the time to notice either of these things there also appears to be the option to fly off the handle, demand the sacking of
Re:The joke is on those that miss the obvious (Score:2)
Re:This is faked - and really a joke. (Score:2)
Re:This is faked - and really a joke. (Score:3, Informative)
Actually, if you read the FAQ, you'll find that the editors don't even claim to do what you think they do:
Re:This is faked - and really a joke. (Score:2)
Outrageous... like somebody claiming to be frying an egg on their laptop? There wasn't even a need to "look for some corroboration." Just read the goddamn article.
I'm not saying it's right, just that you really shouldn't be surprised. It's always been this way.
And I'm not saying it hasn't always been this way, nor that I'm surprised.
Why do we link to blogs? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Why do we link to blogs? (Score:2)
Re:Why do we link to blogs? (Score:5, Funny)
This comment [slashdot.org] sums it up much better.
Re:Why do we link to blogs? (Score:2)
It's a joke (Score:4, Insightful)
That aside, props to the Egg MacMuffin joke...
Re:It's a joke (Score:2)
I happen to be a friend of Dan Lurie, and he's only 17, so it's possible that he took this seriously, however he is also very bright, so I can believe that his presentation of it as fact was perhaps a joke to see who he could fool. Apparently that list includes slashdot editors...
New MacBook Owner... (Score:2)
My Macbook burns (Score:4, Interesting)
I have experienced heat before, but not this kind. I wonder what the airports say about the new portable egg toasters.
Use a Lap Pad (Score:2)
Dude, use a frickin LapPad [xpad4laptop.com]... you know something designed to work with laptop vents, that isn't too heavy and has a cusion for your parts... all while deflecting the heat from the laptop.
Having had several P4M space heaters that double as a notebooks for the past 3 years (
Re:My Macbook burns (Score:2)
(Yes, I know it is an old link. Shame that totl doesn't get updated these days.)
Re:My Macbook burns (Score:3, Informative)
If you want to use a notebook or laptop, then follow the extremely basic rule of keeping the vents clear and if possible, place on a hard surface.
Again, just as it says in the bloody user manual.
RTFUser Manual!
Re:My Macbook burns (Score:1)
Try running BootCamp and Vista - Dangerously Hot! (Score:5, Interesting)
And yes, it is blasphemy that I am running Vista on a Mac and its unsupported blah blah blah blah, but either way the Macbook Pro's still run way too hot and don't ever seem to run their fan. Their own documentation tells you not to use your *laptop* on your lap, which seems quite stupid to me. Whats the point of a mobile computer if I have to be tied to a *DESK*.
Re:Try running BootCamp and Vista - Dangerously Ho (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Try running BootCamp and Vista - Dangerously Ho (Score:3, Funny)
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SUMMARY: When I click right there [::insert gesture, not written in summary::] I get an error.
HOW TO REPRODUCE ISSUE: Click right there.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION: Keep that error from showing up. Or make it impossible to click there.
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Re:Try running BootCamp and Vista - Dangerously Ho (Score:1)
Re:Try running BootCamp and Vista - Dangerously Ho (Score:2)
Their own documentation tells you not to use your *laptop* on your lap, which seems quite stupid to me. Whats the point of a mobile computer if I have to be tied to a *DESK*.
I recently read a comment that Apple or someone at Apple said the MacBooks weren't laptops they are notebooks. Discounting that though, even if the MacBook gets a bit hot to have directly on your lap it's still mobile. Try taking a Mac Mini or iMac with you. A MacBook and a real book, to set on your lap then set the MacBook on, is
Cooking with technology (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Cooking with technology (Score:2, Interesting)
KFG
Re:Cooking with technology (Score:1)
Apparently egg-cooking time is becoming a common metric by which we rate our computer hardware these days. I recall a similar article not too long ago. A quick search popped up This Link [slashdot.org].
Koobie cooker (Score:2)
Never study web UI design at U of Michigan! (Score:3, Funny)
Someone had to say it... (Score:3, Funny)
Or have reports of overheating MacBooks been egg-sagerated?
<ducks>
JOKE (Score:2)
Undervolting (Score:2)
Actually, Pentium M processors have sofware adjustable voltages. I've successfully undervolted [gentoo-wiki.com] my Dothan 725 and the difference in cooling (and the lack of fan noise) is quite stunning. I believe the Core processors have something similar, in which case Apple does have control over the CPU heating.
Oh noes... (Score:2)
Or you could get a Dell (Score:2, Funny)
cooking forensics (Score:3, Insightful)
Oooo! (Score:2)
How to cook your eggs quicker... (Score:1)
um, don't put it on your laptop (Score:2)
blame fashion and wimpiness (Score:1, Insightful)
Fiddling with the fans (Score:2)
So I got to thinking - if the fan kicked on at a lower threshold, perhaps the case wouldn't get so unreasonably hot? Is the fan threshold temperature in PRAM or some other place that's reasonably easy to manipulate?
I've got two G4 PowerBooks (a 12" and a 15") and after cooking my the logic board in the fifteen inch
Re:Fiddling with the fans (Score:2, Insightful)
Besides, the last thing I want is to have to carry around more junk with my laptop, let alone another thing that requires MORE batteries or another power cord.
65 C (Score:1)
You really want to bake? (Score:1)
New Mac Add (Score:2, Funny)
PC: Hello, I'm a PC
Mac: I can cook an egg!
PC: You must think you're hot shit
Mac: Yes, yes I do
Bad Cuisine (Score:1)
Re:So Sad (Score:2)
Re:So Sad (Score:2)
Actually, it's like comparing Apples to something that doesn't suck. In any case, the statement was about "computer"s, not "personal computer"s (read the comment I replied to in the first place.
What I find interesting about this whole conversation is that I got modded down as a Troll. I could see "flamebait" but marking me "troll" is simply an abuse of moderation. I really do
As far as service is concerned, (Score:2)
only one of my four Macs has ever needed service: a dropped laptop. They fixed it in 3 days for a reasonable price, given the amount of damage. Still works great, after 5 years. No other issues with them. Now, with Dell, on the other hand, I have NEVER managed to get a broken machine fixed, and I've sent in at least a dozen (and they were all under-warranty hardware failures, not user damage).
As far as having a relatively trouble free computer goes, I've had two Macs and am now using my fourth PC. With
Re:So Sad (Score:2)
Re:So Sad (Score:3, Interesting)
Mac History Lesson for the Forgetful (Score:3, Interesting)
As memory fades, we tend to remember the PCs that have lived on until today, notably the IBM PC and the Apple Mac. But just because these PCs are around now does not mean that they were necessarily the better computers then. Far from it.
At the time of the Amiga's release, Apple was
Re:So Sad (Score:2)
Amiga: 1985; Apple: 1984. Gee, a year later, same processor, 4,094 more colors than the Apple, and with hardware graphics acceleration. The Macintosh was a graphics-only system with no graphics acceleration until the second wave of graphics cards for Macintosh II-generation machines.
Amigas (Score:2)
Don't get me wrong -- I loved my Amigas and Ataris, but there are clearly areas where the Mac led the pack.
Of the OSes/computers I've had or used the Amiga was my favorite. I had a 500 myself and while it couldn't, newer Amigas not only ran Amiga OS but also could be configured to run Mac OS and Windows as well. I recall seeing a demontration of an Amiga running Mac software and a then current Mac next to it running the same software and the Amiga ran faster. This was in oh about 1992. If Amigas were
Snootchie bootches yourself... (Score:2)
Re:Snootchie bootches yourself... (Score:2)
Re:Snootchie bootches yourself... (Score:2)
Yes, quite nice, if you're a fucking assembly robot, otherwise not so nice, unless you just want to stare at it, and ooh and aah.
You unabashed apple apologists are the reason why those with clues cannot take apple seriously. They have such a huge fanbase of people willing to excuse th
apple apologists (Score:2)
You unabashed apple apologists are the reason why those with clues cannot take apple seriously. They have such a huge fanbase of people willing to excuse their every error that they never have to actually fix anything!
And MS doesn't have it's own apologists? They sure do. I have had and have used Amigas, Linux, Macs, and WinTel PCs. They all have their uses and one may be a better choice for a specific application or need than another. No matter what the hardware/OS platform, they are all tools, and
Re:Snootchie bootches yourself... (Score:2)