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Originally Posted by steelbom 
The high end 27 inch iMac can house a 3.4GHz i7 2600 and a AMD Radeon HD 6970M and it manages to stay cool with silent fans, of course when gaming the temperatures shoot up and as far as I know the fans stay silent even then, too. Albeit the Quadro's do have a 100w TDP vs 80w TDP on the 6970M. It still should be possible to stay cool.

The high end 27 inch iMac can house a 3.4GHz i7 2600 and a AMD Radeon HD 6970M and it manages to stay cool with silent fans, of course when gaming the temperatures shoot up and as far as I know the fans stay silent even then, too. Albeit the Quadro's do have a 100w TDP vs 80w TDP on the 6970M. It still should be possible to stay cool.
I havnt used the latest generation of macbooks, but I do know the older ones have a reputation for catching on fire - a reputation I have validated first hand.
Couple that with the fact that I've never met a laptop without overheating issues that wasn't either severely under powered or sounded like a jet turbine, and im going to have to call your bluff. Doesn't help your argument that you're sporting an apple logo as your avatar.
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I don't have to know better than their engineers. Engineers aren't the ones coming up with the hairbrained idea to cram high end components into poorly ventilated, small, "sleek" cases with inadequate airflow. They just nod their head and do the best job they can when their boss tells them it needs to be done.
Under the size, style, and budget constraints given to them, even the best engineer is going to have to make the choice between inadequate hardware or inadequate cooling.
There is a reason that after 30 years of laptops, they're still overpriced, under powered, overheating pieces of junk with the soul redeeming quality of portability.









