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One bad side effect of Mac OS X 10.3.2
The most annoying side effect of Mac OS X 10.3.2 on my 12-inch PowerBook G4 is that my machine’s fan is running a lot more – nearly all of the time when I have the machine plugged into the AC. Are others seeing this? [Mac Net Journal]
I didn’t really make this connection myself until I read this, but I had noticed that my normally silent-running 12-inch has launched its fan twice on me today. Both times when I launched NetNewsWire Lite and the processor was in heavy usage. Odd.
UPDATE: I’m starting to think that this fan thing isn’t a bad thing. It is hardly audible and would appear to be keeping my usually quite warm 12-incher rather cool. Now, if it does this with the unit unplugged and runs the battery down more quickly, I will be irritated, but for now, the extra fan running is a nice boon. It’s actually comfortable to sit back at my desk with my 12-inch in my lap!
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