Comments on: Like clockwork: Let the iPad ‘overheating’ FUD begin!

By: Will

Will — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:38:01 +0000

I would have been the first one to say it’s all FUD if I did not have experienced the overheating problem myself: 1) my new iPad unit does not get just warm, but gets too hot to the point of becoming uncomfortable; 2) my unit does not charge at all when connected to my MacBookPro; 3) Both problems only disappear when turning off the brightness to its minimum level. Never had any problem with my iPad 1 and iPad 2… So let hope that these problems only affect a limited number of new iPads…

By: Ubermac

Ubermac — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:14:23 +0000

Jizzmodo in full swing fudding. Only idiots read their crap.

By: Bizlaw

Bizlaw — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:37:44 +0000

Hey, guess what? If I start my car, the engine gets hot! Wow, I should report this one someone’s blog somewhere so Consumer Reports can investigate it.

Hey, if my black car sits in the sun, the paint gets hot! Maybe Consumer Reports should put a “Not Recommended” rating on all black cars because it could be very dangerous to touch.

By: BoC

BoC — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:30:21 +0000

When something is near perfect…
Reporters need to invent something to keep their editors (& jobs) rolling along…

By: Zeke

Zeke — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:57:26 +0000

Bloomberg reports that Consumer Reports is already hard at work investigating the new iPad’s supposed overheating issues. Morons!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:34:16 +0000

Maybe he’s referring to the ads where PC dresses up as Mac, and tries telling others that Macs have as many problems as PCs.

By: ken1w

ken1w — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:31:43 +0000

People also need to consider things statistically. Apple has already sold more than 3 million of these things. If 3000 of these customers had ACTUAL over-heating problems, it would cause quite a stir. “Thousands of customers are experiencing this problem!” Well, 3000 out of 3,000,000 is less than one-tenth of one percent. That would be a pretty good stat for a defect.

And I doubt that even a few dozen customers are experiencing real heat issues…

Higher unit sales mean more manufacturing defects (of every conceivable type), even if the percentage of defects approaches zero. Can’t get much higher than Apple at product launch.

By: ET

ET — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:13:02 +0000

1. The New iPad and iPad 2 have nearly identical form factors.
2. The New iPad battery holds about 60% more power, and runs for the same length of time (10hrs) as the iPad 2.
3. Both screens operate at very similar brightness, thus dissipating similar amounts of power as light.
4. Power used in the circuitry of electronics is ultimately dissipated as heat.
5. If you ask a 5th grader if using 60% more power will result in more heat, less heat, or the same heat in an iPad, you will find they agree on, more heat.
6. This just goes to show that there are plenty of tech journalists out there who are dumber than a 5th grader!

By: KenC

KenC — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:47:34 +0000

Duh! It has twice the number of backlights to light up all those pixels, and twice the number of GPU cores. It’s using up 60 to 70% more energy to run the same amount of time, so the waste energy, aka heat, is presumably higher too, and has to go somewhere.

By: althegeo

althegeo — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:27:15 +0000

No, those Mac vs PC ads were completely honest. Many of us use both systems daily. We know shit when we see it.

By: MacRaven

MacRaven — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:26:17 +0000

Gizmodo = ’nuff said.

By: ploth

ploth — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:25:09 +0000

example(s)?

I only saw them a year after I switched to Mac and they summed up my experience pretty well!

By: Peter Blood

Peter Blood — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:23:31 +0000

It’s not a defect it’s a feature – the iPad Palm Warmer (patent pending).

By: m159

m159 — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:12:55 +0000

Waiting for mine to arrive. It can’t possibly get any hotter than my hands are.

By: fandango

fandango — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:07:48 +0000

“That’s what *she* said…”

It’s sophomoric, I know. But, it still makes me chuckle.

*shrug*

By: Mymac4ever

Mymac4ever — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:02:12 +0000

Priceless

By: BoC

BoC — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:00:20 +0000

Sidelight on other anti-Mac FUD:

Adobe’s Flash will cause my MBPro to ramp up processor usage and temps fast, which is why I only load it when I absolutely have to do so.

Adobe’s FUD against Flash rivals is crap & obvious to laptop users.

By: BoC

BoC — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:47:13 +0000

iPad 3 is nothing like the MBPro running @ 100% with the fan low.

FUD = spot on

By: TimD

TimD — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:46:01 +0000

In extreme cases the iPad will become 4 degrees Centigrade cooler than body temperature!

By: MikeK

MikeK — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:41:08 +0000

So far it’s just been one report. However, MDN picking up on it doesn’t help stop the story for spreading any.

By: gonzobrains

gonzobrains — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:39:53 +0000

Oh, yes, such an outrage. As if all the “Mac vs PC” ads were completely honest…

By: 24january1984

24january1984 — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:39:41 +0000

Some people call cheap shots innovation.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:35:11 +0000

I’ve been using my iPad 3 since I got it last Friday. I run a lot of games and I haven’t felt ANY kind of significant heat.

Note also that I’ve been playing Order and Chaos for hours at a time and not noticed any sort of uncomfortable heating issues.

I also read a lot of ebooks while laying in bed or on the couch or sitting in my comfy chair. Again, no heat issues with the new iPad.

The media is manufacturing a controversy where one doesn’t exist.

By: MikeK

MikeK — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:34:58 +0000

“If it’s too hot, then don’t touch it there.”

By: BMWTwisty

BMWTwisty — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:31:09 +0000

Oh, yeah, watch out for “lap burns,” “scientific reports” that claim having the iPad in your lap will surely cause infertility – and let’s not forget about the forthcoming heat-related battery explosion! Tune in to your trusted local news source!

By: Meh

Meh — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:30:07 +0000

The lower left hand corner is we’re the main logic board that houses the quad core graphics chip is. Yeah, that’s gonna get a little warm during use.

By: TheMacAdvocate

TheMacAdvocate — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:28:55 +0000

The new iPad would make my pants warm even when it was powered off.

/iPad 2
//with cracked screen that ruins trade-in value

By: DMac

DMac — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:28:17 +0000

“…Until then, we will continue to monitor the iPad’s hotness…”

Yeah. Me, too.