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Perhaps that applying both would produce even better results, but are you willing to void your warranty?

I'm not willing to buy a computer that overheats. Period. I'm waiting until the issue has been resolved -- and anyway the Merom Core Duo will be a much better chip and by the time that becomes available all these teething troubles should have been (hopefully) ironed out.

You are missing the point. The "overheating" was caused by the fans not blowing properly. An updated computer does not overheat. It's a software bug. And it's fixed.

Trust me, there are many worse bugs in every modern OS than this one, which doesn't comprimise security or stability.

But how would a tech be able to tell if I took out my logic board? Correct, only if he were to take out the logic board. So if, say, I have a busted blower, wireless card, keyboard etc. there shouldn't be a problem getting it fixed.

Re-applying the thermal paste does NOT void your warranty, as many people have pointed out in the thread the process was originally documented in at SomethingAwful. Applecare still applies as long as you don't screw anything up with your big, grubby mitts. Do a clean enough job and you can't even tell it's been opened.


My one concern, though, is that the fans in my MBP don't seem to spin up very often in OSX, while under Linux they come on often enough to be unobtrusive yet cool it considerably better. Hopefully there'll be a BMC or other update to address this in the future.