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Old December 2nd, 2002 Top | #1
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Question Confused about cooling
How come cooling is not an issue with laptops? The laptops on the market are running 2.4ghz but with a desktop/tower you have to have fans.
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Laptops DO have fans. Besides the mobile CPU are a bit different from the desktop ones. They use less power and can make themselves slower when they're not used to save even more power. This means less heat and less need for cooling.

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Look at the picture on this link >> Laptop Fan is shows clearly the cooling on a laptop cpu.
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Those laptops DO get hot!! A co-worker has a newer one and the bottom gets pretty crispy. Not to mention the air that comes out of the exhaust is almost hot enough to double as a space heater.
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Thanks for the info. I did not realize laptops had fans. :blink:
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Read an article somewhere a while ago about a professor who got blisters on his *weehee* after working 4 hours straight with the laptop in his lap. Be careful guys!

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