loner w/a boner Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Please don't waste any time looking this up (I can look it up myself, but I'm a lazyass), but if you know it off the top of your head: My question is: Are the newer laptops sufficiently heat tolerant that one may run the machine continually (not shutting down after use), or is laptop life significantly shortened by continual running? I'm new to laptop, but am familar with overheating issues in standard desktop pc. I'm using a Compaq Pentium 4. It's not hanging, or showing any symptoms. Nor is it piping hot. I'm more concerned with preventing future problems--catastrophic failure. It seems pretty warm. All the cooling fans are working. I even prop it up a bit to create air circulation room underneath--where most of the vents are. A desktop being so big feels naturally cool by comparison unless you open the case and put your mits near the processor or such. But given the smaller nature of the laptop, naturally it's going to feel warmer. I'm just not quite comfortable with that yet. Thanks, Later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTim Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Provided power saving features are enabled (turning off disks etc.) there should be no heat problems while idling. Notebook computers vary in their ability to handle intensive use, but just leaving it switched on should not create any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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