MacBook Running Hot?

Recently my faithful MacBook Black (2006 – 2GHz Core Duo) has started to get a little hot under the collar.

When I say hot under the collar, I really mean the underside of the chassis gets so hot that you can’t put it on your lap comfortably – even with jeans on! And what is hot? My processor is getting-up to 190 degrees plus….resulting in 6000+rpm processor fans and the spinning beachball of doom.

Time for a little investigation – hardware, software or both?

Creating a Mac OS X Lion Install DVD

I’ve recently been investigating installing Lion (Mac OS 10.7) on by faithful MacBook Black, and have come up with a bit of a warning for those who want to create an installable USB image or Install DVD prior to upgrading their Leopard or Snow Leopard installations.