[koshercuts]

So I just received my new black MacBook yesterday.
I can't tell what generation it is from the serial #:
It said it was shipping from Paris on the AppleStore website.
4H6251 are the numbers in the serial No.

In any case, it gets hot as hell underneath - and I see that
issue has been well documented here.

My questions are:

1) I see people providing actual temperature readings.
How do you do this?

2) What is the range of normal to abnormal temperatures
for the MacBook? In other words, how do I know if mine
runs so hot that I need to return it under warranty as a lemon?

3) Is the general consensus that this heat issue is
a design flaw, or something that is to be expected.

4) Lastly, if I'm supposed to live with the heat, what are
folks recommending as the best elevation accessories for
the MacBook?

Thanks in advance for all the help here.

[Case]

For the temp app get Core Duo Temp, a google search will do. And something to take away from the heat, you could get a Road Tools Cool Pad, or an iLap, or an iCurve, and maybe prop it up from behind with a book or something?

[hldan]

Originally Posted by koshercuts

So I just received my new black MacBook yesterday.
I can't tell what generation it is from the serial #:
It said it was shipping from Paris on the AppleStore website.
4H6251 are the numbers in the serial No.

In any case, it gets hot as hell underneath - and I see that
issue has been well documented here.

My questions are:

1) I see people providing actual temperature readings.
How do you do this?

2) What is the range of normal to abnormal temperatures
for the MacBook? In other words, how do I know if mine
runs so hot that I need to return it under warranty as a lemon?

3) Is the general consensus that this heat issue is
a design flaw, or something that is to be expected.

4) Lastly, if I'm supposed to live with the heat, what are
folks recommending as the best elevation accessories for
the MacBook?

Thanks in advance for all the help here.

Make sure and check for any plastic film covering the vents in the rear. Apple has addressed this and put out a statement on their websight. Many of the MacBooks shipped with a plastic film that covers the air vents to prevent absorption of dust during shipping. MacBooks will heat up insatiably if this plastic is not removed.

[azncreazion]

For finding the average temperature, visit intelmactemp.com try and put in one yourself too.

[cambro]

I checked out the MBs running in the Tokyo Apple Store and I found them to be running expectedly warm, but certainly not hot. I picked them up (black included) and held them on the bottom and they weren't uncomfortable at all. I was surprised because they had been on and running iChat etc. for a long time and it wasn't very cool in the store.

I know people have mentioned heat in the MB, but at least in the Tokyo Apple Store I would not describe the Macbook as running hot.

Not to sound insulting, but I'll repeat hldan's call to check for plastic film on your vents or suggest that you might have a process running that is pegging your processor (check applications/utilities/activity monitor).