Core i7-equipped MacBook Pro hits 100 degrees Celsius, your lap cowers in fear

PC Authority recently put the latest edition of Apple’s sleek silver classic through a series of torture tests, and found that running Cinebench could cause the CPU temperature to climb over 100 degrees Celsius. The metal shell proved ineffective at dissipating the heat as well as the similarly equipped Fujitsu Lifebook SH760, which finished the same test at 81 degrees, and actually required PC Authority to run the MacBook Pro on its side (see pic above) to complete certain tests. The site thinks that Apple’s cooling solution may be inadequate for a Core i7, but these results could be a fluke — in our experience with the machine, we actually noticed an improvement over the egg-cooking solutions of yesteryear.