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Wasn't the PPC notorious for running hot? My Intel Mac runs completely silent unless I'm building something from source. (I have no experience with PPC Macs. C
by GeneralMaximus 17y ago
Wasn't the PPC notorious for running hot? My Intel Mac runs completely silent unless I'm building something from source.
(I have no experience with PPC Macs. Comment solely based on anecdotal evidence. Correct me if I'm wrong.)
- mbreese 17y agoG4 Powerbooks (PPC) were known to cause severe burns to people. So much so that Apple never called them laptops because you couldn't use them on your lap. (Granted, those people were wearing shorts and had the computer on bare skin, and the heat built up slowly so you didn't notice it). Point being, the PPC Macs ran damn hot. My old G4 powerbook ran hotter than my current MacBook Pro. IIRC, notebook cooling and power requirements were the main reasons for the switch to Intel chips.