use smcFanControl on the mac and crank the fans up to get rid of the heat.
run "Repair Disk Permissions" using Disk Utility on the mac, you would be
surprised at the weird problems that will fix.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:42 AM, oldspunky <paul@...>wrote:
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For the past 5 or 6 years the laptops I use for program development have
been dying (about 1 a year). I have tried Toshiba, Lenovo, HP, and
Panasonic Toughbooks. So this time I tried a Mac Powerbook (with VMware
Fusion and Windows 7. Now the Mac is getting clunky too.
I am probably overloading them, but when I have several copies of Simpl
Windows, Vtpro-e, Autocad, xpanel, Toolbox, and probably a Clearone or
Biamp configuration file (and perhaps Photoshop) all open at the same time
the laptops get pretty hot. Unfortunately I usually need all those things
when working on a program or bringing up a system.
I do a lot of my programming on the road so using a desktop is probably
not an option.
I have been using Radioshack fans and they seem to help, but my Mac is
still getting hot enough to fry eggs or my hands. Any ideas? Or should I
just accept this and budget a new laptop (and software) every year or so.?
Thanks,
Paul
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