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Cook Your Breakfast With MacBook

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the preparation-of-food-with-heat dept.

Kisom writes "Everyone knows Apple isn't famous for their cold notebooks. Dan Lurie however discovered it was possible to cook eggs on the bottom of his MacBook. Even though it took three times as long to cook the egg, Apple should probably be concerned."

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  1. For those who are curious, like me by truthsearch · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the Egg Nutrition Center:

    Egg white coagulates between 144 and 149F, egg yolk coagulates between 149 and 158F and whole eggs between 144 and 158F. Plain whole eggs without added ingredients are pasteurized but not cooked by bringing them to 140F and maintaining that temperature for 3 and 1/2 minutes.
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  2. Incorrect summary by SoCalChris · · Score: 3, Informative
    Granted, it probably took something like 3 times as long than if he had used a stove, but thats obviously not the point.
    That doesn't say that it took 3 times as long, it's just a candid guess by the article writer.
    1. Re:Incorrect summary by Senjutsu · · Score: 3, Informative

      I'd say the:

      If you didn't know yet this is a
      joke.

      at the end of the article makes the summary a tad more incorrect than that.

  3. Uh, guys? by Otter · · Score: 4, Informative
    From TFA:
    Now you know the secret of the overheating notebook.

    If you didn't know yet this is a joke.

    (you guys really need to read the whole thing)

    (Although I have no idea what's going on in that murky YouTube video so maybe I'm missing something...)
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    1. Re:Uh, guys? by KozmoStevnNaut · · Score: 2, Informative

      My Pentium 4 Northwood-C first throttles and then shuts down if it reaches approximately 96 degrees C. I "discovered" this because I forgot to plug in the fan on the CPU after assembling the system...

      In the manual for my Thinkpad T42 (Pentium-M Dothan) it says that the CPU will shut itself off (triggering the rest of the system to shut down) at a little over 100 degrees C. And I'm pretty sure that it starts throttling at around 72 degrees C, since that's the highest I've ever gotten it to, by running Prime95 on full tilt in the background while working. And while it does get rather hot while playing games (it's amazing how much heat is generated by playing something as old as the two first Fallout games on a 1.7GHz Pentium-M).

      So it seems that the thermal throttling is still very much alive and kicking in more moderne Intel CPUs.

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  4. This is faked - and really a joke. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Take a look at the original link:

    http://www.sagags.com/?p=441

    It mentions that it is in fact a joke.

    1. Re:This is faked - and really a joke. by Tim+C · · Score: 2, Informative
      The Slashdot editors have proven, once again, that they suck at what they do. Actually, worse than that, they don't actually DO what they do!

      Actually, if you read the FAQ, you'll find that the editors don't even claim to do what you think they do:
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  5. Re:Apple looking at other markets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Why is this in the apple section, and doesn't at least have the Terry Gilliam Foot Icon, as the article itself reads:

    If you didn't know yet this is a
    joke.

    (you guys really need to read the whole thing)

  6. Cooking with technology by Kelson · · Score: 2, Informative

    This reminds me of a story I once heard about a scoutmaster who rigged up a miniature oven you could put on top of a car engine. He supposedly had recipes where the time had been converted to miles driven. On camping trips, the boy scouts would set up a meal before they left, and by the time they arrived at the campsite, dinner would be ready.

  7. Re:My Macbook burns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Laptops and notebooks are never supposed to be placed on cushions, pillows, blankets or other padded and insulating material. For God's sake, every single user's manual for notebooks and laptops have stated just that ever since they came out!

    If you want to use a notebook or laptop, then follow the extremely basic rule of keeping the vents clear and if possible, place on a hard surface.
    Again, just as it says in the bloody user manual.

    RTFUser Manual!