Comments on: Notebook Too Hot? Try a Newer Notebook Model

By: todd

todd — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:40:39 +0000

JG: FYI. I use a passive (unpowered) Targus plastic notebook pad when I want to use a notebook as a “laptop”. Reducing the CPU performance can also help keep it cool. But, even with “protection”, laptop usage time of an hour or more is if-fy. I use a powered Targus chill unit to keep notebooks cool when using them for long periods on a desk.

By: JG

JG — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:04 +0000

todd: you raise a good point. somehow dell has deflected a lot of heat from the keyboard. I suppose I would rather have a hot lap than sweaty hands.

By: todd

todd — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:01:27 +0000

JG: You can call whatever you want. There’s a reason why notebook PCs are rarely referred to as “laptops” these days. Most, if not all, of them are just to hot to actually place comfortably on a lap. The last notebook I could place comfortably on my lap was the Apple iBook G4. The temperature reported for the D620 is the keyboard side of the chassis as indicated by the comparison of the hotter D600 keyboard palm rest area.

By: JG

JG — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:07:24 +0000

I call BS, I have a Core Duo d620 and it is like a space heater. When running just Firefox and AIM after doing a clean reinstall it scorches my lap. Oftentimes the bottom is so hot that it mildly burns my hands if I touch it. This completely defeats the purpose of it and so it has spent +/- 90% of its life in the docking station because it’s so unpleasant to work with as a LAPtop.