Cook Your Breakfast With MacBook

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."

Comments

I do not...

[Anonymous Coward]

I do not like MacBooks and ham,
I do not like them, Sam I am!

Apple looking at other markets

[yagu]

From the summary: Even though it took three times as long to cook the egg, Apple should probably be concerned. Actually McDonalds should be concerned. Apple is coming out with a previously unannounced, now leaked, new product, the Egg MacMuffin.

For those who are curious, like me

[truthsearch]

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.

Incorrect summary

[SoCalChris]

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.

Re:Incorrect summary

[Senjutsu]

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.

What 'Do Everything Out of the Box' Means

[theRhinoceros]

"Introducing the superfast, blogging, podcasting, breakfast-cooking, do-everything-out-of-the-box MacBook."

By the way, yes, I am a Mac user.

Re:What 'Do Everything Out of the Box' Means

[Skevin]

> but I somehow doubt that a guy in tights with a rainbow colored apple
> on his chest is going to stop any criminals in their tracks ...until those same criminals realize his main power is spontaneously generating ungodly amounts of heat in any object in a very short amount of time. You'd think twice about trying to pull a gun on a superhero who just caused your buddy's teeth to explode in his head without so much as blinking. Oh, you might try to run, but I think one of his other powers is immobolizing you on a platform, making it impossible for you to migrate anywhere else. Criminals are dragged off to jail where they sit until they Switch or Think Different.

I've heard, however, that Macman is vulnerable to flying chairs, and that you can force him to revert to mortal form (a la Shazam back to Billy Batson) by shouting "Developers!" over and over. In fact, this was how he was defeated back in issue #382 by his arch nemesis performing both actions silmutaneously. Macman only barely fended off the storm of flying chairs by counteracting it with a storm of flying toasters and then wounding his arch-enemy with his very last HyperCard.

Solomon Chang

Uh, guys?

[Otter]

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...)

Re:Uh, guys?

[arivanov]

Fud - dunno.

I still have fond memories of my first Am386DX. It was spread around the desk surface with the more critical components bolted to it (so we could use it to test boards and components). A few days after we put it into action we found out that the CPU heat sink (this was in the days before CPUs had fans) perfectly doubles up as a coffee warmer for one of those neat little copper kettles used for Turkish coffee. Just the right form factor (the later CPUs became too big for that).

I also remember burning my hand on the first slotted Celery after forgetting to plug the fan in. The scar is still visible, because I got my hand trapped in the case against it (it hurt like hell). I also remember cooking eggs on one of these after moderately overclocking it. Amazingly enough it was still working throughout the process. In those days (P2/P3) Intel used to have nearly perfect thermal throttle which prevented CPUs from baking. It lost it sometimes around P4.

Frankly, I would not be surprised if an egg will cook on the bottom of a new Mac. I am pretty sure that it will cook on the bottom of my HP if I run a make bzImage on it and turn the cpufreq off. Do not see why the Mac will be any different.

This is faked - and really a joke.

[Anonymous Coward]

Take a look at the original link:

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

It mentions that it is in fact a joke.

Re:This is faked - and really a joke.

[Golias]

Obviously. 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!

For fuck's sake, the "article" is shorter than most emo kids' blog entries, and says "This is a joke" in bold, oversized text at the end!

VA Linux should fire every last /. editor, and hire a whole new staff. They don't need to be geeks, or even slightly tech-aware. They just need to be literate, and it would be a huge step up.

Why do we link to blogs?

[HockeyPuck]

So why does /. link to a blog which in turn links to the actual article: http://www.sagags.com/?p=441? The normally adds NO value.

Re:Why do we link to blogs?

[19thNervousBreakdown]

This comment sums it up much better.

It's a joke

[CtrlPhreak]

This is more satire taken seriously by an idiot on the web. The link in the article above is a blog that picked up another blog where the guy clearly says he's making a joke. This is like when the onion is taken seriously...

That aside, props to the Egg MacMuffin joke...

My Macbook burns

[eebra82]

I wasn't surprised at all when I read this blog entry. My Macbook (the vanilla version, cheapest of the three) is so hot that I actually burnt my skin. If I put it on a pillow, it gets excessively hot and makes the laptop hum like hell.

I have experienced heat before, but not this kind. I wonder what the airports say about the new portable egg toasters.

Re:My Macbook burns

[Anonymous Coward]

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!

Try running BootCamp and Vista - Dangerously Hot!

[ironwill96]

With some recent software updates my new Macbook Pro (around a month old now) doesn't run overly hot under OS X, even when charging the battery. However, I installed Vista under Boot Camp and since it isn't supported by Boot Camp yet the power management functions don't all seem to work as normal (it is a beta after all). Well, needless to say you can't put the Macbook Pro on your lap at all, especially not when plugged in (which, running Vista you get maybe 90 mins of battery life or less so plugged in is a constant state). I could easily cook many things on that upper left corner which is where I assume the battery is located at since the charging input is on that side. My guess would be that the temperature on that side exceeds 130 degrees fahrenheit or more.

And yes, it is blasphemy that I am running Vista on a Mac and its unsupported blah blah blah blah, but either way the Macbook Pro's still run way too hot and don't ever seem to run their fan. Their own documentation tells you not to use your *laptop* on your lap, which seems quite stupid to me. Whats the point of a mobile computer if I have to be tied to a *DESK*.

Re:Other one-liners...

[Kelson]

Steve Jobs is announcing that the iPod Souffle will be available in November.

And this time, they won't need a disclaimer warning you not to eat it!

Re:Try running BootCamp and Vista - Dangerously Ho

[CallistoLion]

I have difficulty taking someone seriously who can't figure out where the battery is on a laptop.