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The problem with original wasn't only hard drive, but overheating CPU. The heatsink was basically a thin piece of metal, not exactly a heatsink.

Watching any flash video was impossible for more than few minutes.

Skype calls were impossible for more than a few minutes.

HD video was impossible for more than a few minutes.

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This is so true. I remember that I had to pause video playback after about 30 minutes or you would experience jitter. The next generation did not suffer from this problem, but I'm still kinda disappointed in Apple for selling such a bad product. A $1000+ laptop that cannot play 30 minutes of HD video is just sad, even in 2009.

It wasn't even just the heat either, it was how incredibly aggressively it throttled and how obnoxious the fan was

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