Cooling is terrible on Macs - it's just one of those things. It hasn't really changed with the 2010 models. The best way to avoid overheating and the consequent stuttering/etc is to spin up the fans to max prior to doing anything strenuous, never use it lid-closed (even if you have an external monitor), and put it on a cooler or stand which allows for sufficient airflow under and around the machine. Putting airflow OVER the machine - across the keyboard - helps more than airflow under the machine, as would e.g. a 'traditional' underside-vented Windows notebook.
Many Appleist Dunning-Krugers make reference to aluminium being a good conductor of heat when talking about the unibody case, but the fact is that the MBP's casing no longer gets that hot, unlike the 2006-7 Macs which could easily reach 50C on certain areas of the case - and this is due to heat *not* being translated to the case. The Apples therefore rely on the fans quite a lot to move heat out of the system, and the fans don't work that well, all things considered , when compared with a performance Windows machine.
So helping it along with the above steps will allow your Mac to stay cooler.
It is a problem for any notebook computer. If you buy a fast processor for a small notebook like a 15 inch, it will over heat. Thin notebooks are not good for heat sensitive devices unless they are using the chassis of the notebook for cooling. If you only have a 15 inch Macbook Pro, playing games on it will be limited. The 17 inch model will be better. To keep the load low, set quality setting in games to low.
If people say that bootcamp software does not work well in Windows, they do not know how Windows works. Windows works with ACPI and the BIOS to handle the temperature of the processor and other tasks. Windows does not support EFI BIOS well as Mac OS X. Though I think bootcamp for Windows 7 is still new since it came out in January of this year (2010).
Another thing to think about Windows 7 uses a lot more memory than Mac OS X, so Windows will be using more resources. If it is using more resources, expect the heat output be more.
The reason why I asked in the first place is that I want to use BootCamp for games like 2-4 hours per session and OSX for everything else. I was just worried that BootCamp + win7 will overheat and destroy the MBP. What do you guys think?
The reason why I asked in the first place is that I want to use BootCamp for games like 2-4 hours per session and OSX for everything else. I was just worried that BootCamp + win7 will overheat and destroy the MBP. What do you guys think?
This did not come from my ass. It came from experience that a small space to cool any device that produces a lot heat will have problems. I am just stating picking the slower processor for the 15 and 17 inch inch models will be better than picking a faster processor if you care for heat.One does wonder which fetid crevice you fished this all out from.
People do more in Windows on a Mac in terms of load, because ironically and somewhat laughably given the various issues involved in a Boot Camped scenario on a Mac, they're most likely doing the most heavy lifting in terms of application load in Windows - and more often than not, they're running a variety of shiny low-impact apps under OS X and therefore much less likely to come up against thermal issues, even on a computer with particlarly crap cooling. Few people run Windows on a Mac to crank up Internet Explorer.
And I can assure you the situation is not really any better on the 17-inch. They're what I use.