Thermal Map Reveals How Hot the Retina Display MacBook Pro Runs [Photos]

Posted June 25, 2012 at 8:06pm by iClarified | Please help us and submit a translation by clicking here | 8869 views

Thermal Map photos of the new Retina Display MacBook Pro reveals how hot the notebook can get during various usage scenarios.

Japanese site IT Media performed several tests with a thermal camera. The first test measured how hot the notebook ran while in sleep mode. The temperature was measured at 30.3 degrees Celsius (the same as when it was shutdown) and the audio was measured at just 30 decibels (nearly inaudible).


The second test was performed after the MacBook Pro ran a 15 minute QuickTime movie. The temperature was measured at 35.1 degrees Celsius.


The final tests pushed the MacBook to its limits by running Cinebench and other CPU intensive applications. At its highest, the temperature reached 48.2 degrees Celsius and the audio measured at 46 decibels. This temperature may be too hot for some laps but would not commonly be reached in typical day to day use.

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Jim - December 5, 2012 at 7:43am
seriously, you are all a bunch of idiots!
Jedediah Johnson - December 5, 2012 at 12:26pm
Seriously, you are an idiot for commenting on an article that's 5 months old.
Van G - June 25, 2012 at 11:56pm
Most of these Retina MBPs won't see any CPU intensive apps running anyway. Most will just spend their lifetimes running a browser, iTunes and occasionally Office apps. Oh, and don't forget their owners saying "it is soooooo thin!!" and "Look at that gorgeous screen!". Meh.
Love - June 26, 2012 at 4:19am
You have a point there, but that's only true to the NON "Pro" macbooks. Remember, this is a macbook "Pro", suited for intensive tasks and owners of this will be more likely working in the creative field doing things like ultra hi-res raw image processing, 3D rendering, video editing, special effects / CGI, loseless audio streaming for mixing, compiling large apps and etc. :)
Hhf - June 25, 2012 at 11:02pm
Get this straight apple = us company = we read all u over fucks and fuck off and play Sony
Cousin it - June 25, 2012 at 8:42pm
Uhhh Celsius? Did you guys forget we are in AMERICA?!
Martin K - June 25, 2012 at 9:08pm
Iclarified is a Brit web page. Almost the whole F*** world uses celcius (or metric system). You are the F*** different in everything (yards, inches, ...). Btw: America don't belong to US; I'm also American, but Argentine :)
Brian - June 25, 2012 at 9:09pm
Do you think its only americans that read this site? Most of the world uses the metric system. Also if you read the article, the imagery was conducted in Japan.
spotlessmind - June 25, 2012 at 9:12pm
We are not in a america, we are in the WORLD WIDE WEB now. Stupid americans /facepalm :D
boreddrummer - June 25, 2012 at 10:17pm
Yes everything these people have said, now go suck on a twinkie
Full_Blown_Addict - June 26, 2012 at 8:55am
Why a twinkie? What about a hoho or a ding dong?
Tiago Fernandes - June 26, 2012 at 2:33pm
And im in Europe, so what is your problem cause honestly i dont understand your point of view...
matrixmaniac - June 26, 2012 at 8:47pm
Thanks God, WE are not!
RedBll - June 28, 2012 at 6:46am
it's called "converting". don't get used to things being spoon fed to you. do some work (although a simple google search "48.2 c to f" is not really considered work).
bd - June 28, 2012 at 2:55pm
In fairness I don't think it's exactly common practice for people to multiply F by 17.22 to get C, and googling it is surely the definition of being spoon fed, so you're just talking shit on all accounts
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