Yea, I don't think people quite understand what the Macbook Air issue is. As a fellow MBA owner, I can vouch for this behavior. The system will become completely unusable while the 'kernel_task' takes over the system trying to cool it down.
I've experienced the exact same thing running a 24" LCD, firefox, and Entourage. Hardly an uncommon or extreme setup, but it's enough to throw the system off kilter. And when kernel_task goes into "cool this thing off NOW" mode, the system is unusable for 4-5 minutes.
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Yea, I don't think people quite understand what the Macbook Air issue is. As a fellow MBA owner, I can vouch for this behavior. The system will become completely unusable while the 'kernel_task' takes over the system trying to cool it down.
I've experienced the exact same thing running a 24" LCD, firefox, and Entourage. Hardly an uncommon or extreme setup, but it's enough to throw the system off kilter. And when kernel_task goes into "cool this thing off NOW" mode, the system is unusable for 4-5 minutes.
The MBA is a beautiful monster.
Is your MBA a revision A or revision B?
I've heard that the revision B (128GB or 120GB hard disk) is more stable.