I’m a little confused about all the current fuss over the iPad 3 (sorry… “The New iPad”) and its
love of warm temperatures. An electronic device is warm — this is astonishing? Really, It’s all Consumer Reports fault for being… antiquated.
God forbid I actually defend an Apple product, but this is mostly me bashing on stupidity (rather than Apple, for a change). Consumer Reports published their article titled “
Our test finds new iPad hits 116 degrees while running games” and all the people of the world freakout because this is A GINORMOUS NUMBER! Really, I mean, it’s huge. It’s not like it’s even been that warm in California, Indiana or Utah (note: These are geographic regions not gadget code names).
Oh wait, it has. There are
numerous devices out there with similar issues (and yes, I could have linked more, but I got bored at 4). I’ve had numerous 3G and 4G devices that really cook. Not because the processor is warm, but because the cellular chipsets really kick out a substantial amount of heat when they are transferring data.
Also, do you remember laptops… err notebook PCs? Do you know why it isn’t PC (Politically Correct) to call this PC (Personal Computer) a laptop any more? Because they got too hot for our laps. I cannot remember anyone ever calling a notebook a notebook in the early days because a notebook was something that contained paper. Eventually though, they got too hot to safely hold on a lap (for any significant length of time) and were re-christened the notebook.
So where were we… Oh yes.
Dear Consumer Reports,
Modern electronics generate heat. It is a fact of life. Unless the heat is dangerous (i.e. it will burn you) or is significantly uncomfortable in a portable device (e.g. a cell phone that’s too hot to hold)… please shut up. Thanks.
XOXO
— Jon