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Laptops used as Desktops
mrdkreka:
Well hp pavilion series have a lot of problem up to dv6, stuff like getting unbelievable hot, burning the battery down after 6-12 months of use.
Don't know if dv7 have improved the series :-/
AnimeJanai:
The amount of heat also depends on how much money the fulfillment house decided to save. The lower-end models are typically manufactured in mainland china. For instance, you may have the same fullfillment factory in china construct essentially the same laptops for three different clients: toshiba, compaq, and HP. The board layouts and small features might be different, but it's basically the same heat dissipation for that model. Fullfilment factory designs go low cost with an all plastic bottom which unfortunately holds the heat in and will make the fan run a lot if not all the time (unless it is totally idling). In comparison, my 1920 x 1080 Dell laptop has a metal plate on bottom that gets hot. I use a 2-fan cooling pad which of course cools that metal plate down and thus the laptop's own fans come on every now and then mostly due to the ATI GPU card inside. At least they never need to run at the "fast" speed level (that dell laptop has two separate fans: one for the CPU and one for the GPU). The world awaits a thermally-conductive plastic that is strong enough to not crack when used in the shell of the laptop. It'd be kind of neat if the entire body of the laptop got hot since a cooling pad would really work wonders then.
Dell was smart with the battery placement and put it on the side closest to the user (underneath the touchpad). This kept it away from the hot part of the laptop and improves battery lifespan. Sam's Club leaves their laptops on, so I bet you could bring in a folding@mars program on a USB stick and quickly install it to run. They have free WiFi at my Sam's Club courtesy of AT&T so you could go shopping in the club and then come back to see which models ran hottest or made the most noise. You prolly want to turn the program off because it would be unfair for al those laptops and PCs at Sam's Club to be adding counts to your total. *ahem*
NaRu:
--- Quote from: mrdkreka on June 21, 2011, 04:57:43 PM ---Well hp pavilion series have a lot of problem up to dv6, stuff like getting unbelievable hot, burning the battery down after 6-12 months of use.
Don't know if dv7 have improved the series :-/
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I have an HP DV6 i7 and I have no problem with it for heat. As long it has a flat surface it wont get too hot.
kitamesume:
oh! that reminds me, avoid playing a laptop on top of a soft platform like bed, pillow, etc. they tend to block the vents!
NaRu:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on June 22, 2011, 06:18:13 AM ---oh! that reminds me, avoid playing a laptop on top of a soft platform like bed, pillow, etc. they tend to block the vents!
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You would of think thats common sense but my ex girlfriend fried her dell because she left it on her bed and fell asleep. (the laptop ended up under the covers...) She came up to me and ask me to fix it. I took out the HDD and ram. Then I threw the laptop in the garbage and told her you need to buy a new one. She didn't like my answer
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