It does exactly what it says on the tin.

I'd been having issues with the Macbook running stupidly hot and
suffering constant fan noise, after leaving it running 24/7 for a few
days. (ie. didn't even put it to sleep).

Given that I wasn't doing anything processor intensive, I shelled out
for CoolBookController in order to shut it up. I've been running at a
very cool 52 degrees-ish for a few days since I chopped the processor
back to 1GHz. Battery life is up, too.

All-in-all, it's an essential purchase for anyone with a Core Duo laptop
- I just can't understand why Apple didn't let us throttle the processor
in the energy saving panel.

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SteveH wrote:
Crap, memory leaky Apple programs? (c:

Sounds a bit crap to me, why didn't you get something running nice XP or
Vista out of the box?

Funny that, as throttling has been a feature of Intel laptop chipsets
for ages.

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Douglas Payne <douggie (AT) cheerful (DOT) com> wrote:

Or maybe a tiny little notebook isn't designed to be run 24/7?

Lol.

If I run this on XP, the fans go crazy.

Apple claim that the OS takes care of everything - but if you have one
shite program running (My current favourite suspect is Azureous) the OS
loses control.

Anyway, I'm happy that someone has released a decent front-end for the
Kernel CPU controls.
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SteveH wrote:
Doesn't seem to bother my Thinkpad, and presumably it has to work harder
on account of being slower and less powerful.

Lack of drivers for the Mac's chipset?

Azureus? It is shite as far as memory and CPU time are concerned on all
the platforms I've tried. It also makes my netgear routers throw hissy
fits from time to time.

You wouldn't need to be if you'd chosen a decent OS...

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"Douglas Payne" <douggie (AT) cheerful (DOT) com> wrote

Agreed, what's the point in buying a laptop with a decent CPU, then turning
it down to prehistoric power...

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Douglas Payne <douggie (AT) cheerful (DOT) com> wrote:

I have a Thinkpad and the MacBook on the coffee table in front of me.

The Thinkpad is twice as thick, twice as heavy, around the same width
but a good few inches deeper than the Macbook..... I think we can assume
there's a lot more space inside the Thinkpad for air to circulate.

No, 'cos there's nothing in the chipset that's specific to the MacBook
in reality.

That's probably what's causing the issues, then.

Says the man who shelled out a lot of money on a Mac desktop.
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Iridium <iridiumdan (AT) googlemail (DOT) com> wrote:

Because, in reality, you don't need 2GHz of Core Duo power 99.9% of the
time.

Much better to throttle back for better battery life / energy
efficiency.

Let's put it this way - I haven't noticed any significant slowdown in
performance even though I've cut CPU speed by half.
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SteveH wrote:
Why did you buy a grossly overpowered computer in the first place then?

I'm gonna run my car on 2 cylinders to see if I can tell the difference.

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Douglas Payne <douggie (AT) cheerful (DOT) com> wrote:

The same reason you bought a rag-top car whilst living in one of the
coldest and wettest places in Europe ;-)

I fail to get the comparison.

I'm barely stressing this hardware - because an Intel Core Duo at 1GHz
comprehensively outperforms a 1GHz G4 (which is what my last laptop
had).

Why didn't I buy something slower? - perhaps because you can't - the
MacBook is Apple's entry-level consumer notebook these days.
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