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October 26, 2006
Fan Control 1.1 is a Must-Have for MBP Owners
Fan Control 1.1 is an appication for controlling the fans in the MacBook Pro. It is is a prefpane than goes into your System Preferences and requires a restart after installation whereas smcFanControl is a standalone application.
Instead of setting the fans speed (like smcFanControl does) Fan Control 1.1 allows you to set an upper and lower temperature threshold for your MacBook Pro. The software then dynamically adjusts the fans speeds to keep your MBP at the temperature that you want it. Plus it displays a nice GUI with a graph to show you what is happening.
I set my base fan speed to be 3500 RPM (the max) and the upper and lower thresholds to be 104 and 158 degrees (the minimums) and my MBP (2.0GHz, week 7) barely breaks the 100 degree mark (according to CoreDuoTemp). My previous temps were consistently 135-165 degrees.
A little fan noise is small price to pay for a much cooler running MacBook Pro.
This software is required for all MacBook Pro owners and should be acquired by Apple and bundled into the Energy Saver System Preference. Period. End of story.
Posted by jasonogrady at October 26, 2006 9:01 AM
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Thanks for posting a comment about Fan Control on MacUpdate yesterday!
Posted by: Joel Mueller at October 26, 2006 9:10 AM
Don't be silly. Apple won't acquire this software. They could do the same thing perfectly well themselves if their marketing department would decide that heat control is more important than a whisper-quiet machine. Obviously the machine already has temperature-sensitive fan control. It's just not designed to keep the machine comfortable for lap top use.
Posted by: Mike Kobb at October 26, 2006 1:22 PM
It's unlikely Apple will incorporate this. Average users won't have any idea what to set the things to.
Tech users will download this (or similar) products.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 30, 2006 10:49 PM
