MacBook Pro SMC Firmware Updater1.8

It might be helpful to word the description as something like "For SOME mid-2010 and early-2011 MacBook Pros." I know I should have read the fine print more carefully, but I have an early-2011 MacBook Pro, and I was initially baffled why I couldn't find the update. (It doesn't apply to 13-inch models.)

This update -- SMC Firmware Updater 1.7 -- is showing up in software update for me and I have a MacBookPro8,3 (17-inch, Late 2011). I wonder what gives? Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B27 SMC Version (system): 1.70f5 Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)

It might be helpful to word the description as something like "For SOME mid-2010 and early-2011 MacBook Pros." I know I should have read the fine print more carefully, but I have an early-2011 MacBook Pro, and I was initially baffled why I couldn't find the update. (It doesn't apply to 13-inch models.)

The 1.3 SMC update has an unclear effect on temperatures. (It brings me up to version 1.27f2 - go figure.) I was running up to 83C or slightly higher according to iStat, under moderate to heavy load. (The load was an external monitor streaming Netflix, Wi-Fi running at 150 KBps, and several applications. This does not seem like a heavy load to me, but I guess decoding a movie takes work.) Tonight, I went up to 83 without even any streaming (but with an external monitor). But after a few minutes it has settled down to between 72 and 76. Here's my complete temperature list for comparison. First number is first reading; second is 10 minutes after startup. CPU A 82 / 71 Airport Card 51 /52 Battery 30 / 30 Enclosure Bottom 33 / 34 GPU Diode 82 / 79 GPU Heatsink 68 / 65 Heatsink A 62 /61 Heatsink B 46 /45 Memory Controller 52 /51 Hitachi Drive 21 /21

To reiterate, not for unibody MBPs.

Not for late 2006 MBP's either.