Yes. In System Preferences > Energy Saver>Options> Processor Performance On Feb 16, 2007, at 8:13 PM, Jan Werner wrote: > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Intel mobile CPUs allow the core voltage to be reduced to reduce > power consumption and heat by slowing down the processing speed. > > IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads come with a utility that lets you create > customized power profiles that adjust the trade-offs between > processing speed, battery life, heat and fan noise. Does Mac OS-X > 10.4 provide Intel Mac users with similar capabilities? > > Jan Werner > ____________ > > Robert Heller wrote: >> ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. >> ** You too can help the group >> ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> At Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:21:00 -0500 Ron Miller >> <ronsmiller at comcast.net> wrote: >>> ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. >>> ** You too can help the group >>> ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. >>> ** If you did, we all thank you. >>> >>> >>> Hi: >>> I purchased an MBP a couple of months ago and it has operated >>> flawlessly. I usually use it in my lap with a laptop pad underneath. >> Does this 'laptop pad' allow for heat disipation? Does it allow >> for air >> flow under the laptop? >>> Today, while using it, the fan came on, something that has never >>> happened. When I touched the bottom of the machine, it was pretty >>> darn hot. I shut it off for a half hour and turned it on and >>> resumed work and after a while the fan came on again. >>> >>> I called Apple Care and was told it gets hot and I shouldn't use >>> it on my lap (an odd bit advice considering it's a laptop). >> They mean directly on your lap. Or at least for long term use >> directly >> on your lap. There should be some way for heat to be disipated, >> that is >> there should be some way for the normally generatted heat to be >> radiated or conducted away. Using the laptop *on your lap* has the >> problem of adding your body heat to the (already) warm laptop. >> Even a >> table (or a board) is better. >>> My question is has anyone experienced this heat issue. Is it >>> something that would eventually require a repair or is it just a >>> quirk of the machine? >> Probably normal. The faster the processor and the 'harder' it is >> working, the hotter it will get. It *might* also be getting dusty >> inside, >> which cuts down on heat disipation. >>> Thanks, >>> Ron >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >>> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >>> >>> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech >>> Discussion list. >>> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the >>> Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >>> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech > Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the > Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members