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Name: Karthalaan
Server: Boulderfist
Class: 80 Undead Warlock
Faction: Horde

Name: Arathiel
Server: Boulderfist
Class: 70 Belf Hunter
Faction: Horde

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Name: Simps
Server: Draenor
Class: Human Mage

Name: Símps
Server: Jaedenar
Class: Human Death Knight

Reply 782

Treben

Name: Sanctaphrax
Server: Zenedar PvP
Class: 12 Human Mage
Faction: Alliance

Hey I just returned after a year give me a break! =P

On another note, I play WoW on my newly acquired MacbookPro. The aluminum ones. It's specced at 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, got an NVIDIA GeForce 9600M graphics card, and it has 2GB RAM. I don't know if anyone else has heat issues, but pretty much my status widget tells me my CPU temperature jumps from 50 degrees to 89 degrees in about 2 minutes, and my GPU temperature sits around 79 degrees.

This is insanely hot and it's already caused one crash. The fans spin at 62000rpm to try and cool it and theoretically the aluminum unibody shell should help dissipate the heat more effectively than a plastic casing (although when I'm playing it in bed it does the opposite)

I was just wondering if anyone else was finding this with Macbook Pro's or indeed laptop playing on WoW. Initially I had the graphics maxed out but this was insanely hot so I reduced them to "Good" and it's reduced heat a bit.

Should I get a cooling pad?

Reply 783

Jabbamuffin

Treben

On another note, I play WoW on my newly acquired MacbookPro. The aluminum ones. It's specced at 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, got an NVIDIA GeForce 9600M graphics card, and it has 2GB RAM. I don't know if anyone else has heat issues, but pretty much my status widget tells me my CPU temperature jumps from 50 degrees to 89 degrees in about 2 minutes, and my GPU temperature sits around 79 degrees.

This is insanely hot and it's already caused one crash. The fans spin at 62000rpm to try and cool it and theoretically the aluminum unibody shell should help dissipate the heat more effectively than a plastic casing (although when I'm playing it in bed it does the opposite)

I was just wondering if anyone else was finding this with Macbook Pro's or indeed laptop playing on WoW. Initially I had the graphics maxed out but this was insanely hot so I reduced them to "Good" and it's reduced heat a bit.

Should I get a cooling pad?

You should post that in the tech forum for mobile computing; http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=147

Someone will definitely help you out. They know more about that kind of thing, most of us (although I don't speak for everyone that posts in here) probably don't know too much about hardware issues concerning Macbooks.

Reply 784

Treben

Jabbamuffin

Thanks very much for the advice, I'll leave this thread for ganking discussions!

xD

Reply 785

Jabbamuffin

Haha, talk about whatever you want in here. As long as it's WoW related :p:

Just thought you'd get quicker replies from that forum. :yy:

Reply 786

LouLou815

Woo! 1 esssay down, 2 to go, last one due 14th Jan, and then 12 days of nothing. And when I say nothing I mean 12 days of sitting at the laptop playing WoW. And I thought I went back on the 5th!

Reply 787

Jabbamuffin

Nice work! :smile:

When do you go back?

Reply 788

LouLou815

26th! One of our tutors emailed my friend back to confirm. I don't think i've ever been so happy to find out I have 3 extra weeks off! As much as I should probably do something constructive, I think WoW wins seeing as i'm having to stop for a couple of weeks to write essays :smile:

Reply 789

Jabbamuffin

Just make sure you get them done! :p:

Then all the time in the world can be spent on levelling. Are you planning on making an arena team once you hit 80? Or raiding? Or both? :eek:

Reply 790

LouLou815

Haha! I will! :biggrin:

I won't re-sub till after the 8th (when 2nd one is due, and my next one is due 14th!)

I really have no idea! I'm still pretty lost when it comes to things like that, most i've done it 5 man dungeons for quests, which i've not had to do much work in! If I can figure it out, might try to get on a few raids etc and see how it goes. Kinda useful having a bf who plays as he can help me till I figure it out!

Decided if you're lvling by yourself yet?