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May 1, 2006
The Apple Core: Thermal Grease Theory
There's a theory making the rounds that the MacBook Pro's high temperatures are attributed to a misapplication of "thermal grease" that's applied to the CPU and GPU chips during the manufacturing process.
A post by Interrupting Moss on the Something Awful forums mentions that "it just takes a slight misapplication of thermal grease on a MacBook Pro to make the temperatures skyrocket."
Read the rest of the story on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.
Posted by jasonogrady at May 1, 2006 8:00 AM
Category: MacBook Pro
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