Jason England of LaptopMag has first-hand experience with an overheating MacBook, having to type out his experience on his phone while the poor laptop sat in the fridge cooling off.
According to Jason, the laptop reached a maximum of 78 degrees before giving up, with the battery depleting rapidly and the keyboard becoming so hot England “couldn’t touch it without feeling discomfort”. The underside of the MacBook Pro was reportedly “hotter than the surface of the sun” and there was no turning on for a long while after the MacBook shut off. It spent some much-needed time in the fridge and recovered, but that’s not really how laptops should work.
