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July 21, 2008

Note to my MacBook Pro - My legs are not chicken drumsticks

If you're sick of your Macbook Pro roasting your legs like drumsticks, there's finally a free solution. Woot. A freeware fan control system preference pane has changed my life forever.

http://www.lobotomo.com/products/FanControl/



Comments (7)
July 21, 2008
drlotto said...
hi Garry

i am new at this . did you read my tips.more tips will follow until saturday afternoon

regards

July 21, 2008

james Tan said...
weird, i thought that issue was fixed in the new generation o macbooks.

July 21, 2008

Sanny Liao said...
What do you mean? Your legs are totally drumsticks. =p

July 22, 2008

andyman said...
Here's another free fan control that works pretty well, as a menu bar icon:
http://homepage.mac.com/holtmann/eidac/

(btw - Thanks for making Posterous! You rock!)

July 22, 2008

Eric Sausse said...
Oh so that's why my legs are red after an hour with surfing with my MacBook Pro.

Thanks for the tip Garry!

July 23, 2008

sushmita said...
you wish your legs were chicken drumsticks. then you wouldn't have to get up from your computer to microwave that cup-o-noodles :)

July 27, 2008

Matt Agnello said...
I've actually been reading some less-than happy reviews of Fan Control, especially from people trying to uninstall it. I opened up the pref pane recently and saw that all of the bars were at 0 and I couldn't adjust any. Just in case, I decided to uninstall Fan Control in case it was doing anything hacky.

Some people have suggested that SMC Fan Control might be a better option (similar name, different app). I haven't used it. Here's a MacRumors forum post about uninstalling Fan Control that recommends SMC: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=403547

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