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Impossible to use a laptop these days


Achilles Tang
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What an oxymoron... a laptop that you can't put on your lap because of the intense heat generated by today's laptop!

Anyone knows of a gadget in the form of a flat base that can be attached below the laptop, with a USB powered fan(s).

It's also stupid to have to reboot your laptop because the heat eventually slows it down significantly.

ps - its my wife's laptop... and she's always griping about it too.

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Hmmm... any good brands/models to recommend? Err.. how much will it cost me? Do they really reduce a lot of heat? And prevent heat from reaching your skin?

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actually they are very small "only 2 or or more blades on them~~~ can keep u a bit cool down~~ but if want serious cool~~ i dun think so~~ and they draw power from your laptop..so in another way also reduce the battery life of your laptop

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hello AT

managed to get a review of this usb fan for you

Any fan will make noise...it's air being moved past plastic blades, of course it makes noise (what fan doesn't?). It has a relatively small cone of effect - which, if using a laptop that doesn't have heat problems (i.e. ANY iBook or PowerBook under normal use) that will adequately cool one's face. It really does a great job of this. Any undue drain on the battery could indicate a poorly designed USB power bus on the particular model computer, but is certainly not a universally experienced effect.

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Do they really reduce a lot of heat? And prevent heat from reaching your skin?

Depends, some of the more reputable ones r capable of dissipating the heat faster n also does not generate tat much heat.

I have tried using 2 brands of notebk. Both of r the same specs, after running 1hr, the heat rate generated is totally different, one is really hot while the other one is not.

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Hmmm... looks like there's a market for such a device then!!

I'm gonna submit my patent for a temperature controllable peltier heatsink ceramic laptop cooler with inbuild lap massaging function!

It'll be a sell out... I just need some investment funds... any angels around?

Till then... I'll look around for the $20 device and make do.

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totally agree... my previous hp omnibook and apple powerbook can get so hot that you can actually fry an egg on them.... after searching ard, the only two laptops that i have used so far and have not burnt me lap are the new iBook and the newly revamp ibm ones... those using centrino... i have been using these surfing the net and on this forum witout any problems.... and they are on me lap all the time.... :P

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IMO,

1. Bad posture causes backache and neckache, if you use laptop on your lap. :rolleyes:

2. For male, heat generated from the laptop on your lap may cause impotency.

3. Laptop is extremely useful in cold countries. :lol:

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