Comment Pre-production, not prototype (Score 1) 219
At MacWorld I was told they were "pre-production" not prototypes.
I was playing with one of the MacBook Pro's at MacWorld. It was end of day, Wed. Each machine had at least one handler there, hovering, interacting with you at all times. Feeling underneath, the back left and back right of the bottom was really hot. WAY hot, too hot, I could only keep my hands there a few seconds. Geeky thin skinned hands, sure, but I'd still not put it on my lap!
The Apple guy there said that "these are *pre-production* units, they still have to tweak the power handling and heat issues..." He went on to say that they had been running all day, the surface was not great (heat reflecting more than absorbing), and that they have more than a month to work this out.
Even with fabulous power management, and better heat dissipation, there's a lot of heat to deal with. Apple's engineers have their hands full. You can only do so much in a "pre-production" unit.
I was playing with one of the MacBook Pro's at MacWorld. It was end of day, Wed. Each machine had at least one handler there, hovering, interacting with you at all times. Feeling underneath, the back left and back right of the bottom was really hot. WAY hot, too hot, I could only keep my hands there a few seconds. Geeky thin skinned hands, sure, but I'd still not put it on my lap!
The Apple guy there said that "these are *pre-production* units, they still have to tweak the power handling and heat issues..." He went on to say that they had been running all day, the surface was not great (heat reflecting more than absorbing), and that they have more than a month to work this out.
Even with fabulous power management, and better heat dissipation, there's a lot of heat to deal with. Apple's engineers have their hands full. You can only do so much in a "pre-production" unit.
