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		batou on July 18, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Macbook overheats in Hangouts and Skype, micro... Sounds just like the 2011 i7 MBP I had or "the cockburner" as it was officially named. Might be the CPU throttling due to heat. There is no active cooling system on the new MacBook by the looks so I reckon it's thermally managing itself by doing less causing other problems.

goldfeld on July 18, 2015 [–]

Beware, "the cockburner" can make you sterile.

batou on July 18, 2015 | | [–]

It got replaced. Plus I have three children already :)

aw3c2 on July 18, 2015 | | [–]

Accidental downvote, sorry. That is correct!

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