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by curiousgal 3670 days ago
Could've used a warning, my shitty i3 laptop went to 80°c
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I've got my i7 Macbook Pro coincidentally plugged into a watt meter, and the power consumption went from 8W to 40W. (This is with the lid closed, fully charged, and an external monitor - idle consumption is more like 15W when the internal screen is active. Maybe subtract a bit if it isn't driving a second monitor. Add more if charging the battery.)

I wouldn't have thought 80°C is anything to worry about from the computer's point of view, but if using it on your actual lap I'd advise a degree of caution.

Interesting. It works great on my iPad Mini 4 on Safari. Maybe the problem is either the browser or your graphic drivers, not the CPU.
It's an old laptop with an integrated GPU running Ubuntu so it's a combination of all.
>old laptop

Last time you cleaned it?

you can disable webGL from your browser's settings.